Q. Do I love my parents?
A. No. Not at all.
Q. Do I hate my parents?
A. No. Hate seems like a word too bitter to describe my feelings for them.
It's more like "not liking" them.
I just can't bring myself to like my parents, but I don't hate them either or anything.
For now, I'll keep it at "Maybe".
Twocows already said what I was going to, but anyways:
My parents did a terrible job of doing what they were supposed to with me.
I practically raised my own damn self, and I feel like I did a pretty good job of it.
That's not to say I could have done it without them. They paid for me without thinking of getting something in return, and that is all that they did worth noticing. Also, if they ever even paid for me, it's because of social obligations.
I'd never take a bullet for them, though.
Like I said, I don't like them much, and I have my reasons for this type of feelings for them.
And I hate when people say they hate their parents. How can you hate the people that gave birth to you and raised you? I mean, obviously there are exceptions (like if they abuse you physically/sexually/emotionally), but those are the only times I think it's okay. You shouldn't hate your parents because they're too hard on you or some stupid **** like that. You should love them for taking care of you, making you go to school, helping you with big issues (or otherwise), and everything they do. They're only preparing you for the real world, so get over a few groundings here and there and all the chores they give you.
Sorry, I rant.
You should learn to view things from two different perspectives.
Being blinded by one side is never a good way to judge a thing, just so people know.
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