What are (or were) your parents/guardians like?

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    So, to be clear... the reason I added guardians is because I'm not sure that all PC members were raised by their parents for whatever reason. It can happen, and I wanted to include everyone. :3

    Anyway, same as the topic... what are (or were) your parents/guardians like?

    My dad is actually really mellow. He does have moments when he can get frustrated, especially with my mom as well. He isn't very social and doesn't get out much unless he has to (He's the only one in our family that can drive). He often defends me against my mom... but not always. I'm actually really close to him because I can tell him anything, and he never judges me. He's a good listener too! He does spoil me a lot because he grew up dirt poor and had practically nothing at all. The only thing he had were the clothes on his back.

    My mom on the other hand can get annoying. Don't get me wrong, she is my mom. I do adore her a lot as my mother, but I swear she's even more of a little kid than I am sometimes. She gets upset when things don't go her way. She also gets upset over the simplest of things. The worst part is that she has no idea just how upset she actually gets. She's also the type of person who feels she's right about everything and will argue with you. If you prove her statements wrong, she's always like "Oh... I knew that". Like, no you didn't! She's even oblivious to the fact that when I'm listening to music... that she'll start talking like I can actually hear what she's saying. It annoys me so much! ;o;

    So yeah... how about you guys? XD
     
    my dad is a mellow dude too, a very chill hippie
    he smokes cigarettes and really likes shows about cars and motorcycles
    we used to be really close bc he was a single parent and all but then some shit happened and now we don't talk as much as we both want to

    my granny is a wild woman at heart but very traditional southern christian
    she drops anything shes doing to help get you anything you want/need and she is honestly the greatest treasure to this earth
    she's all about everyone else before herself
    she'll also talk your leg off and is the queen of small talk and gossip
     
    I seriously think my Mum is amazing, I mean she can get annoying sometimes (everyone's parents do) but the things she does for me and the childhood she's given me have made me so thankful.
     
    what are (or were) your parents/guardians like?

    hmmm. my mom, she's very open minded and sweet. she has a bad temper though and can have her buttons pushed very easily depending on who shes talking to. shes very confident in herself and stands up for what she believes in. she went through a fuck load of stuff though to be who she is today, the confident and strong woman she is. she doesnt try to push her opinions on other people and is respectful in what you believe in or what you think. she's a good mom, she tries her best to keep me and my sisters happy. i appreciate that. she actually tries.

    my dad is..okay? he tries his best, and i appreciate that, but at the same time he doesn't really try at all, if that makes sense. my dad can be open minded depending on what it is. he also is very firm about what he believes in, however unlike my mom, he does not respect other peoples thoughts and opinions on stuff, anything really. he will try to force his opinion on you and tell you yours is wrong. he also likes to splurge money on what he doesnt really need, like board games and conventions and then complains how he never has money.. :| im pretty sure my little sister is his favorite child, but thats for another day. uh..idk. my dad tries his best i guess, but.. he has his fair share of things he needs to work on and change, although im pretty sure that will never happen.

    idk sorry. i have a lot of family issues..not as much as i did before when i was growing up but..eh.
     
    dad's cool, he's funny and smart. he plays victim a lot and makes up excuses which drives me mad but thats about the only thing.

    my mom is super compassionate, all about feelings and emotions. she loves everyone & everything unless you give her a reason not to. she's cute and kind.

    they're both very honest people and make for good company, although sometimes when im with the both of them together, there's some sort of weird dynamic shift that i cant really explain... and it really sucks. i almost prefer being with them 1 on 1 rather than all 3 of us together.
     
    My dad is a mixed bag. I can joke things with him much easier and we have several same interests. However, he can be so overwhelming and complain too much, especially when it comes to house cleaning and finances. With my mom, I prefer to talk certain topics to her than my dad and she's willing to spoil me more often. Sometimes her attitude is a bit eh in which there are some things she's unwilling to change and she forgets things very easily.
     
    My dad loves imitating and making fun of others, but hates getting roasted lol. Its the funniest crap. He's great- loves spending time with family and is a fun guy. Its unfortunately our interests dont cross at all.

    Im probably closer to my mom, who is very loving, compassionate, and sociable. She is very understanding.

    They are probably stricter than most parents, but relative to the traditional super strict parents, they are reasonable. Its just that Im not as active as others my age, so I haven't had to test the boundaries. There is a high degree of trust between my parents and I as well, which helps.

    In short, I love my parents to death and there is no one I would replace them with.
     
    I'm estranged from my father but my mother is ok.
     
    My mom is an absolute pain in my ass. In a mom way, of course. She's overbearing, intrusive, gets pissy when I avoid her for being overbearing, intrusive, etc. She is a complete worrywart, too. Think of any cliche annoying mom quality, and multiply it. Plus she's much dumber than me. And I'm not saying that to make me sound smart. She's just a complete moron financially, ethically, emotionally, and academically. It drives me insane how someone can willingly be this stupid. But she means well overall, so it's not like I can hate her or anything like that.

    My dad is an idiot in less ways. Just ethically and academically for him. He's working 24/7 due to how many siblings that I have (six others, if you're curious.) He's incredibly loud and blunt, and does not give a single crap about people's feelings/opinions. He is also very stubborn and will not hesitate to call you out if he disagrees with something. It can be a complete pain being around him, but the unfiltered honesty can be refreshing sometimes.
     
    I have a good relationship with my parents even if sometimes we have arguments regarding various things, from the more serious ones to the insignificant ones.

    My mom is really nice and kind but often tends to worry too much about me, for example: sometimes if I want to go somewhere on my own she disagrees and won't let me go because she's afraid that something bad could happen to me and don't get me wrong; with the world we have today I partially understand her, but I feel that I must try out some new experiences, because I think that they could teach me new things and also could benefit in the future. She's a great listener though, and I can really tell her everything without fear.

    My dad is really cool too, sometimes he gets angry for stupid reasons but I tend to get over it in a day or two at max. He also often stands out for me when I want to do something in which my mom disagrees like I said earlier and also he is the only working man in the family so all we have it's thanks to him.
     
    my father was overprotective. like, really, ridiculously overprotective. because he was scared of me catching hypothermia from a public pool, he never took me swimming as a child ? now i can't swim. because he was afraid of me falling off, he never taught me how to ride a bike ? now i can't ride a bike. because he was afraid of me burning myself, he never taught me how to cook or prepare food. you get the gist. i wasn't allowed to go anywhere as a child without parental supervision and if i was, it was genuinely under the eye of another adult they trusted highly. my dad's reasoning for this is because he dropped me on my head when i was young and he thinks this gave me my disability (it didn't, asd is genetic lol) so he became extremely overprotective as a result of that. i mean, listen, i love my dad to bits. we have a super close relationship. however, i really struggle to tell him much about my personal life and struggles because he overreacts, takes it personally, and i know if i'm sad he will be too. he still stops me from going outside a lot, makes me change clothes and asks i call him every 5 minutes even though i'm almost an adult. idk how he's gonna cope when i move away :'(

    my mum is a loooot more relaxed. we're pretty much the same person in a lot of ways, so i think we get along more as friends than mother/daughter. the problem is this also means we fight a lot. we had an incredibly close relationship in my childhood where she would help me with a lot of the social aspects of life i struggled with and i owe my creative writing and essay skills entirely to her influence. in my early teens our relationship was terrible. i put an awful amount of pressure on her due to my depression, struggles with school and awful relationships with my peers and teachers, and it led to us fighting all the time and me going missing from home for hours without telling anyone where i was. now that i've gotten over that we've repaired our relationship a lot, though we do still fight when i'm feeling sad. but yeah, overall, good but complicated relationship w/ my parents!
     
    Mother is hardworking, serious, and pretty overprotective of me especially. To be honest, she also gets pretty nosy and she speaks her mind a lot, even in situations where it's just not necessary. But overall, we get along well.

    Dad works hard too and he's a perfectionist, but also because of that he's kind of impatient and seems to get silently annoyed by even the littlest of things. I get along with him too though, but we don't speak that often because he gets busy a lot.
     
    My dad is incredibly overprotective. I can sorta understand him but it gets very annoying at times. He doesn't allow me to hang out with my friends in the shopping district, he doesn't let me do anything that is remotely dangerous, and he worries so much about my grades that if I forget to turn over homework (which doesn't happen often...) he gets mad when he sees the teacher's note.

    But... I love him. He helps me understand homework when my brother's aren't round. He helps me fix my things that break, and is in general a very nice man once you get past the fact that he is and looks pretty intimidating. He also buys me anything that is related to learning something. He is the one who pays for my violin classes and I convinced him to pay for a system that allows me to learn kanji online. He's also very, veeeery patient and very fair. If I increase my chores in the house he raises my allowance for the month.

    My mom can also be pretty strict but is much laid back and definitely not as crazy as my dad. She helped me convince my dad to let me go to a party after exams where over because my dad wouldn't let me go at all. She is also my most important confidant and I tell her almost all my secrets. In general, if there's something "risky" I want to do that she approves of but my dad doesn't, she will find a way to convince him to let me do it. She also understands that I'm human and that I forget things. She's not as stingy as my grades as my dad.
     
    I figured I'll go into more detail

    Father
    Was an alcoholic all my life and frequently chose alcohol over like, everything. It was my mom who provided for us basically. He was distant when sober and violent when drunk. Mom and I fled from him.

    Mother
    If it weren't for her I'd have offed myself long ago. She's always been there for me, always tried her best. I really appreciate my mom.

    Step father
    Breaking his neck and forcing himself into an early retirement had a huge impact on his mentality. He is very childish at times, but tries. He is a proud person as he was a chef with red seal papers before his accident.

    Step mother
    My father has since remarried and doesn't drink as much. I'm glad they're happy. I have met her and she seems nice
     
    My mum is pretty amazing honestly. Very compassionate, smart, she works hard at whatever she does and she's the sort who would sacrifice anything for my sister or I, even though we're adults now. We get along really well for the most part and have a lot of similar interests and skills. I'm extremely lucky to have her, especially right now with my physical and mental health not at their best. That being said, some of the traits we share are being very opinionated and stubborn and we don't necessarily agree on every topic... so when we argue holy shit just clear out.

    My dad is ill-suited to parenting. He's very selfish and wrapped up in his own world and he's always given me the impression that he thinks he's a lot cleverer than he actually is. Even when I was little things tended to be more about what suits him than me and he was pretty terrible to my mum. We do have some similar interests though and when we have spent short periods of time in each other's company it's been nice enough. I don't hate him but he's far from being my favourite person on the planet too and I think he feels pretty similarly since he doesn't seem that bothered by my shaky health and hasn't called or texted since like 2015.
     
    My parents are good enough to suffer me living under the same roof as them still provided I pay a contribution to the house, but they're not good enough to treat me with basic human decency. You win some, you lose some, I suppose. They're just like everyone else to me really, the only difference is that I live with them.
     
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