Do you get on with yer parents???

abetarrush

Well, do ya?

Me:

Dont get on with or even talk to my mam at all

Get on great with my Dad

free2fly

My mum and I are very close and mostly always have been, except for a few of my wild teen years. My dad passed three years ago, but I was very close to him as well. Enjoy your parents while they are here

Ruu_Old

The other one isn't gone, just locked as theres no need for two threads, you have the poll here. Also care to give your own thoughts first?

Get on fine with both Mam and Dad, as mentioned enjoy them while they are here. A good few friends of mine always regretted not knowing their own folks or respecting them enough while they were around.

Kingp35

Both my parents are young, both 40 and i 22, so I have always got on with them because there isnt a huge age gap.

Endurance Man

No problems here, get on well but i am a bit sick of living with them.

Heyes

Obviously there are the irratating moments, but get on great with them other than that, and think the world of them both.

Might sound silly but sure hey its true

Basq

Reminds me of the scene in The Breakfast Club:

Bender: "Sporto, do you get along with your parents?"
Andrew: "Well, if I say yes I'm an idiot, right?"
Bender: "You're an idiot anyway. But if you say you get along with your parents, well then you're a liar too."

Ahhhhh, John Bender. Never will be see a ballsier character in a motion picture!

PS - yeah, get on with both my parents.

Wishbone Ash

Yes, but I haven't lived with them in the past 20 years.

Umiq88

Yeah get on really well for the most part do loads dont think the age gap matters dads 60 and im 18 and we still do loads of stuff together we have the same way of thinking and like all the same things so its grand and handy if a bit strange

1huge1

Endurance Man wrote:

No problems here, get on well but i am a bit sick of living with them.

im in same situation

my bro is in his 2nd year of college and im stuck alone with the parents
im in 5th year now so can't wait to move out

iFight

Get on well with both

Pighead

iFight wrote:

Get on well with both

Thats strange, Pighead was under the impression you fought.

Ruu_Old

^Poor at best Pighead old chum.:) Keep trying, you can do better.

The Real B-man

Endurance Man wrote:

No problems here, get on well but i am a bit sick of living with them.

Yeah cant wait to move out but sure i suppose youd be ****ed without them

1huge1

The Real B-man wrote:

Yeah cant wait to move out but sure i suppose youd be ****ed without them

the sad truth

phantom_lord

Yep I do.

fish-head

Ah yeah I get along well with both of them. Connect with them on different levels.

takola

I haven't talked to my dad in years and have no intention of doing so in the future.

My mam and I didn't get on well while I was a teenager but I like to think we would have gotten on well now that I'm older and not such an immature cow! Unfortunately she has degenerative mental illness so I can't find out. From what I remember of her before she got sick I think we'd have gotten on really well.

Tar.Aldarion

I don't really ever see them but yeah, grand. I argue a lot with them, but I love to argue and shout and stuff...

Faith

I get on with them just great when I'm not living with them. When I am living with them, we vary between getting on great and fighting horribly.

I'm far closer to my Mum than my Dad though.

Binomate

I supose I do, although they get on my tits most of the time.

Red Hand

We wouldn't be that close, but we get along whenever I'm at home.

Nightwish

As a teenager, I didnt speak to my father at all. I got on better with my parents when I moved to Dublin, and I didnt live at home. Now I'm back at home, they're wrecking my head again.

Sam Vimes

my dad is an idiot. my mother is a saint. she'd have to be to have not murdered him by now

mad m

An auld mammys boy myself,Get on great with my mam and step dad. Funerals,weddings I normally see my dad. Enough said.

Arohanui

Have to say my perspective on my relationship with my parents changed after I became a mum myself. I would imagine most new parents will admit to that! Having said that, I'm quite close to my mum but quite distant with my father but that is mainly due to issues that he has. I think getting older involves acknowledging your parents are only human with their own problems and not superhuman infallible as we would have liked to think. All you can do is your best...

CathyMoran

I adore both my mum and my dad, I just can not live with them as I have my own life now

Anti

Get on with my mother well, But we have our arguements.

Havent talked to the sperm doner for years. And hope not to for many years too.

Fajitas!

Get on great with both, probably closer to my dad. Same interests and whatnot.

The Hill Billy

I get on well with both of them - a little better with Nana Billy, but that's just coz Grandpa Billy is a bit quieter.

Becoming a parent myself certainly made me appreciate them both a whole lot more.

Parents FTW!

Black Swan

I get along with my one parent splendidly (most of the time...then there are those times when revolt is called for!).

connundrum

Haven't seen my parents since May, and before that it was October 2003, so we get on just great

The odd phonecall is friendly, but it would be hard to argue on the phone.

TerrorFirmer

I get on quite well with both my parents...

petes

Get on okay. Have just moved home recently for a few months. Haven't lived there for about 4-5 years. I'll see how it goes. Still don't see them that much when I'm at home. Get in at 7. Have dinner. Go to room. Weekends I go out on the lash. At the same time I am looking forward to moving back out.

Aisling(",)

I'm not getting on to great with my mam right now jsut because off the usual teenage arguments ie wont let me out late etc.get on well with my dad though.he lets ym mam do the disciplining

My dad, Yes
I can tell him anything and he'll give me honest advice and he'll do anything at all to help me
My mam is more bitchy and controlling toward's me so no, not so much!

Kolodny

I fought terribly with my mum all through my teenage years, we could barely be in the same room for more than an hour, but we get on great since I left home (and the country!) See her about twice a year now and really look forward to our get togethers.

MarkR

Mom - not good for a long while. Came to a head at my wedding. Told her folks their daughter was a manipulative bitch (she's not! - then if I was whipped I would say that!v:D) then hit the bar (No particular reason - just felt this was a good time for it in front of all my / her friends and familty). Next time I elope! :rolleyes:

greenkittie

Always got on well with my Mummy but even more so in the past couple of years, i phone her pretty much every day. Didnt get on with my Daddy for alot of my life for various reasons but then when he gave me driving lessons when i was 17 we managed to make up so i get on great with him too. My parents are the nicest people in the world (much better than yours ).

Sad Professor

Don't know my father, never speak to him nor particularly want to. He took off when I was young and despite making a few poor attempts he has never had the courage to face me since. He's an alcoholic and only ever rings when he's drunk.

Get along great with my mam though. We argue and disagree all the time but I've never had an argument with her that lasted more than a few hours. We shout and scream and then its gone and forgotten.

exCrumlinBoyo

I get on great with my parents. Probably for the fact that I live in Florida and they live in Dublin. When I was growing up as a teenager we had some hairy moments and crazy arguments. At 19 I decided it was time to move out on my own. The mother and father could not believe it. They were like; he will back in a month. A year went by and they were actually very impressed and respected me for the fact I could look after myself. We got on a whole lot better and the mammy would love it when I would come each and every Thursday for Dinner. When I would leave she would be stuffing my pockets with sausages, pudding, frozen vegetables ect. She would make sure I was eating.

Now, we speak on the phone each and every weekend and still can’t believe that I settled down and got married have gave them two grand-children. We go back to Dublin once every two years and my family come to visit me every year in between that.

I was not until I left the nest and went out to the world myself that I got on with my parents. I seen them and they seen me in different lights. I seem them as human beings for the first time in my life, instead (and as well) as my parents and that they are allowed to make mistakes as well. My parents (now separated) have made huge mistakes during mine and my siblings life times which caused us all a lot of heart ache at the time, but forgive and forget is my motto as again, they are more than your parents, they are humans and make mistakes. They tried their best. I would not change them for the world. They have been there for me when I needed them most and I have been there for them and still are. When we all speak on weekends, they ask me for advice, their eldest 27 year old son. Its funny, I am like a parent to them sometimes more than they are to me, but it’s a fair swap for all they have done for me over the years.

I know too many people who hold resentment and blame their parents for a lot of their sh it. They tried their best, made mistakes as you will with your own kids. What matters most is that their there for you when you need them most and visa versa.

Tell your parents what you want to tell them because one day they will be gone and you may not get another chance. Regret is a horrible thing

rainbow kirby

I get on really well with my mum, don't get on so well with my dad. No particular reason why, probably just a personality clash.

shane86

I get on well with your ma.






3 pages in I cant believe nobody had said it........

exCrumlinBoyo

shane86 wrote:

I get on well with your ma.






3 pages in I cant believe nobody had said it........

Jayis Christ.... get over the ma thing.... its so old and boring now. :rolleyes:

aidan24326

Get on ok with both, but not especially close to either. My sister doesn't talk to my mother though and hasn't for many years.

Surprised by the poll results - 26% of respondents so far don't get on with their dad. That's alot.

embee

I get on well with both of them, but I have "moments" with my Mam. We are very very alike, and as such, it causes friction. I'm a Mammy now myself, but sometimes my Mam just won't let me get on with being a parent to my daughter. She's always telling me I'm doing stuff wrong, don't do that, do this etc... It grates on the nerves as she made mistakes when myself and my siblings were kids (every parent makes mistakes!).

My Dad - I get on well with him, but I don't really "know" my Dad. He's the strong, silent type. He doesn't talk about how he feels about stuff. He is Mr. Practical and worries constantly about money, and is always lecturing me and my siblings on money... I suppose every Dad is a bit like that.

Sycopat

I get on well with both my parents, sure there was the odd hairy moment growing up, but now, it's hard to describe, we talk every couple of days, never for long, and see each other odd weekends here and there when it suits everyone, and it's really easy to just get along...

snickerpuss

I get on freakishly well with my parents and my brother. Its easy cos they're all lovely.

Sparky

I get on quite well with my parents. Although I do have more arguments over nitty things more with my mam than my dad. My dad and I can have a fight maybe once every 3 months but it wears off in about 3 hours.

NotMe

exCrumlinBoyo wrote:

Jayis Christ.... get over the ma thing.... its so old and boring now. :rolleyes:

I got over yore ma!
or.....
Yore ma's old and boring now!
:rolleyes:

I've never met my father, and I get on fine with my mother which is good since I'm still living at home...