How do/did you get on with your parents?

Good God some of the replies in this thread make me want to get down on my knees in the library hahah.

Love my parents dearly, fantastic people.
 
I get on with my parents really well. I don't see them very often but I have no issues with them and would happily move closer to home to spend more time with them.
 
Havent seen my parents since last December, they live in Australia so I get to speak to them on Skype every couple of times a week. You make do i guess :)
 
Get on ok with my mum even if we're not amazingly close. My dad I don't really speak to. We go out of our ways to ignore each other which isn't really hard as we now live in different countries. In fact, not any of the kids speak to him. Me, my brother and two sisters. I'm not very close to them either and perhaps speak to them once a year. Not sure why, maybe because of a rubbish upbringing. I know my dad is gutted about how things are but it's up to him to fix it since he tried for 20 years he's hardest to **** things up for all of us. To be perfectly honest, I don't really care if he got sick and die either. I wrote him off 20 years ago and he is totally out of the picture apart from when bumping in to him at my mom's every few years. Feels like a strange old man, not a dad. My grandad was my surrogate father until he died in 2003. My grandmother is a sensitive, tortured and depressed little soul so talking to her you gotta be careful or you just dump her in another bout of depression.

My father, perfect example of a guy (like 1000's out there) that had NO business having kids.
 
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yer_averagejoe said:
Wow, the fact that he's married to her should help you forgive and realise it wasn't just a stupid mistake. He loves her, not your mum. Bit of a rubbish thing for someone to do (cheat) of course but he is happy now and not lying to your mum.

My mum cheated on my dad (emotionally or physically or both, still don't know) and she is getting married to him next year. It still hurts my dad but they're adults and they can both make their own decisions. Its not going to affect my feelings about my mum.

I'm suprised at the amount of people who hate their dads! I don't have the best relationship with my dad, mainly because we usually have nothing to talk about.. but I can't imagine hating him. It'd take a lot.
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I've always said to the pair of them, I wish them happy apart than to be unhappy together. My loss of a lot of respect for him is the manner inwhich he went about it, with that said, you have no idea what happened in it's full context, other than the fact my father cheated on my mum, and is now married to her. For that reason I don't need to justify my reasoning!

I never said I hate my dad, I love him dearly. But it'll always be there.
 
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I got on with my dad very well until he passed away from cancer 2 years ago. A lot of the things he did & said made total sense shortly before he died and I'm glad he was such a good father to me. Even though I felt like I didn't really know my dad until the last 7 or 8 years of his life I learnt a lot from him. I get on well with my mother too but I find living with her difficult. I move out on Friday :)

She sometimes forgets I have been to Uni for 3 years and looked after myself perfectly well. I'm more than capable of every day tasks she feels the need to explain or remind me to do this and that. I find it quite patronising but I know she's only trying to help because she cares. I do love her but she can really grind my gears about 75% of the time.
 
Very well, my family is awesome, I had a little bit of a barny on sat with my parents but dad went shopping and bought me beer and galaxy, all was forgiven.

Before that I cant remember the last time we had an argument
 
I think it helps my dad and I are like carbon copies of each other, both are very witty and we throw jokes around no end, mum isnt quite as quick and sometimes becomes the butt of our jokes (it doesnt help she comes out with some gems of stupidity) which isnt fair on her, think ill tell her that tionight.....she will say im lovely and then cry lol.
 
I get on OK with my mum if we don't see too much of each other, we tend to clash if we spend more than a week with each other.

My dad I don't really speak to at all. He's not a loss to me
 
Pretty much get on like a house on fire all the time - they do wind me up at times, especially when they quarrel about stupid stuff... However, as much as I love them I'd find it difficult to be with them for more than a few days at time. I love going on holiday with them for a short break, however I often go and do "my thing" for a bit just to give a bit of distance. 2 bulls in one house is often going to create a clash. :)
 
just moved back in for a few months, things were tough before i moved out, heated arguements. Now im back things seem a lot better, i miss my home comforts and its nice to be back, on the other hand living at home is awkward and i miss being able to do whatever it is i do on my own.
 
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