Relationship with your parents?

[Del Tachi]

I thought that this would be an interesting question, seeing as many of y'all seem to hold fundamental life values and belief that differ significantly from the people who raised you.  Does this put any considerable strain your relationship with your parents?

I would rate my relationship as "very good".  My parents have always supported me and we basically agree on just about everything, from religion to politics to taste in music.  Moreover, my parents have done a really good job of keeping their stuff together so its not like they are divorced or anything like a lot of other parents.

As per the bolded part...I'm pretty sure that an entire family of big government, Tom DeLay Republicans who are ardent Church of Christ'ers living in the South is a completely frightening notion to a lot of you.

[Napoleon]

Very good, even though I'm a chronic disappointment. It's hard to not love me!

[Leftbehind]

Very good, even though I'm a chronic disappointment.

In many respects only sticking around for my parents.

[Dr. Cynic]

My relationship with my mother is good. My relationship with either my dad could be described as poor to deplorable. Mostly given to the fact that since we don't share any DNA, we are nothing alike and we've been fairly hostile to each other for years.

[Joe Biden 2020]

My relationship with my parents is very good.  Probably "too" good for a man 9 months from his 32nd birthday.  It is what it is.  We disagree politically, though I am coming back around to their views somewhat, but we all share the same faith and love for Jesus Christ.  I go to church every Sunday, Mom goes when her headaches will allow, and Dad has only been twice since March 1 mainly due to working every Sunday from March 1 - June 28 except for Easter Sunday.  I trust my parents a lot more than I did in my teens and 20's.  My parents still help me out quite a bit financially and I had to move back in with them earlier this year, but be that as it may.  My parents are not just my parents, but at this point in my life, they have become my friends, as well.  I can tell them pretty much anything and not worry about being judged for it.  If there is one thing I've learned from them over the years, they judge a lot less than what I think they do.  They accept pretty much everything and realize I am a man trying to make it in this world, as well.  Short of becoming an atheist or coming out as gay, they are far less judgmental than they once were.  Either they have grown less judgmental, or I have grown up, one of the two.  We have so great a relationship that I even give my mother advice on quite a few things.  Just this afternoon, I gave her advice on how to deal with a private matter.

[anvi]

Good.  My mother and I have always had a very open and communicative relationship, and she is unfailingly supportive, even now, up to the end of her eighth decade.  My dad passed away almost twenty-three years ago, but he was not only my dad, he was my close friend, and I still miss him.

[Ban my account ffs!]

I have good relationships with both my parents, even if my dad and I are complete opposites politically. 

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Well for me these days, it's "parent" not plural. And my relationship ranges between calm and anger-filled. The second part is usually when I try to do anything social and she insists on intervening. One month til college.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Well... my relationship with my living parent is very good.

Politically... even though she was a Liberal voter, I became more conservative than her in my late teens, but have become more 'liberal' than her as I've gotten older. But she's shifted to be more left of centre than when I was younger.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Definitely pretty good.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Good, for the most part.

[Gustaf]

It's pretty good, we get along well and like each other.

[This user has not been convicted of 34 felonies]

Very bad, so much so that I view them more as people that live with me rather than family.

[DC Al Fine]

Dad: Excellent

Mom: Mediocre. She's a liberal, and sort of feminist. We get along ok, but my my fiance and I have very different ideas about marriage, parenting, and money than her, so there's been some tension as of late.

[Anti Democrat Democrat Club]

Mom: Good. Over the past two years the only thing we've ever really sparred over was me going to college in NH. Then my best friend basically convinced me to come to PA. She's finally coming to grips wit hit pretty well though.

Dad: Meh. Used to be horrible. Fighting every day, sometimes even got physical. The low point was a psychotic break. Still some fights today, mainly because he justifies his acting out because other people are acting out and has a hard time accepting blame for him screwing up. We're at least cordial now, so that's good.

[Torie]

Distant.

[dead0man]

good, but not close

[windjammer]

Very good, even though I'm a chronic disappointment. It's hard to not love me!

Don't be so strict with you Napoleon. You're a good guy, your parents are probably proud of you!

Relationship with my parents? Very good!

[opebo]

Distant.

I thought they were long gone?

Mine are, so I voted 'bad relationship'.

[ilikeverin]

Very good.  My parents are wonderful

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

For the most part, I'd say lean good though more often than not bad. My dad and I have little in common and he was aloof during my younger years as my parents had their hands full with my autistic younger brother. I understood that even then and my dad did take time out for my other brother and I when he woke us up one morning and took us to Disney. Stuff like that happened more often than it should have and I'm grateful for that. Still, we're not very close and I really don't wish to have any more of a relationship than I have. My mom, on the other hand, is a domineering, disturbed woman who sadistically enjoys toying with my anger. Do I hate her? No, but I think the less of her in my non home life the better. Watching her youngest son suffer through rather severe autism is hard and she needs an outlet. I guess thats what I am for now. Not an ideal situation but hey at least I live in a very nice house, eat everyday, and live well. Most kids in the nearby neighborhood can't say that, so I'm inclined to say neutral or lean good rather than bad.

[Tender Branson]

Excellent relationship to my mum.

Had an excellent relationship with my dad too until he died last year.

[memphis]

I don't relate to them well. They don't seem a bit self aware and have zero intellectual curiosity. And I hold a few grudges about how I was raised. But, for the most part, they're good people, and we get along fairly well.

[Enderman]

my relationship with my dad is good, though he used to annoy me a lot... now that I'm older and maturing at a personal record rate (thanks to Atlas amazingly ) I've gotten over his annoyances- usually

[afleitch]

Always got on well with the both of them. My dad is one of the kindest men you could know.