who do you get along with better?

BKtje · 27-08-2007 11:06AM

Always got on well with my parents.

My dad moved out about 4 years ago and lived with my mom so got into less arguments with him than my mom. Its swung the other way now tho, my mom moved out so its just me bro living together but my dad is round first thing every weekend and its starting to annoy me a bit.

Tbh, i get on equally well with both of them.

No i am not 15, no i don't think saying mom makes you sound young and no i dont think it is an americanised word. Glad to get that off my chest

layke · 27-08-2007 11:49AM

I'm a blatant mammies boy. That and a stepfather that I never really bonded with.

AlmightyCushion · 27-08-2007 11:53AM

Deleted User wrote:

The mother I suppose,she's far more easy going than my dad.

All I see when I read that sentence is 'mother' and 'easy'.

Niamho! · 27-08-2007 11:58AM

My mam. definitely.
myself and my dad are not close i nthe slightest. as in....we've never told each other we love each other. myself and my mam would though. If he's been away or ive been away we'd have a hug and they both always get a kiss goodnight

but we're not Close. plus he's the moaniest person ive ever met. lol

Kojak · 27-08-2007 12:00PM

I dont associate with either of them.

Ger_Hankey · 27-08-2007 12:09PM

Kojak wrote:

I dont associate with either of them.

Ditto. I don't own an Atari Jaguar, but I'd still get on better with it...

watna · 27-08-2007 01:04PM

I'd be close enough to both my parents in different ways. I can talk to my mum about most things and we can be girly together but she can be very judgemental sometimes, nothing I do is good enough, even though i'm doing ok for myself at the moment. My bf moved in with me a few months ago and she was awful about it, I'm 23 not 15! Surprisingly my dad was much cooler even though he's far more old fashioned and I'm a daddy's girl. She finally came around though. My dad and I have the same sense of humour and tastes in books and films and things so I'd talk more about that with him. It's funny because my mum and brother have the same sense of humour too and they laugh about things together that just aren't funny! (to me!)

Nailz · 27-08-2007 01:32PM

I can't make that choice, they're both lovely people that has always treated myself & my brother well. They both share verious different interests with my and we're always up for going out with them for dinner and such. I can't choose one over the other...

Crumble Froo · 27-08-2007 02:16PM

my dad. he has a sense of humour, taste in music and is possible to converse with.

my mam on the other hand (and the alternative to 'mom/mum' is not necessarily 'ma', i've always said 'mam') i cannot have a normal conversation with. she doesnt converse normally; when she's "taking an interest in my life", it always feels more like an interrogation than anything else, and im forever saying something that she takes up the wrong way and then doesnt talk to me for a while :rolleyes:

ah the joys though, im making the most of seeing htem now, cos im not letting them come visit me in nz for at least a year

watna · 27-08-2007 02:53PM

narco wrote:

ah the joys though, im making the most of seeing htem now, cos im not letting them come visit me in nz for at least a year

That's wierd, I'm moving to NZ next year and I'm begging my parents to come visit me while we're out there. I'm actually worried about being so far away from them in case something happens at home. I guess that's a good sign as to how I feel about them!

CathyMoran · 27-08-2007 03:06PM

Even though my mummy is very ill now I still have always got on far better with my father and until I met my husband I never thought that I could love someone as much as I love my daddy. He has alway been my best friend and is a genuinely wonderful man that I am very proud of.

togster · 27-08-2007 03:21PM

My daddy loves me very much and when im good he lets me go for rides with him in his car. I love my mammy too but not as much as my daddy. My mammy is special though and i love her. I never thought i could love anyone as much as mammy and daddy but i bought a pet snake called titus and i love him as much as daddy and mammy together.

Crumble Froo · 27-08-2007 03:33PM

watna wrote:

That's wierd, I'm moving to NZ next year and I'm begging my parents to come visit me while we're out there. I'm actually worried about being so far away from them in case something happens at home. I guess that's a good sign as to how I feel about them!

well, ive a fiercely independent streak in me, and my parents are a little on the very strict side... so huge conflicts while i was in my teens. only in the last year since i (officially) moved out that we've kinda resolved stuff, and ive sucked it up and been a nice little daughter.

but in nz, it's gonna be a weird enough situation for me, in this new piece of world, with all these new people and a new way of living, and i just dont feel able to deal with those two worlds colliding any time soon.

that, and anything to keep my parents away from my older lover...

watna · 27-08-2007 03:48PM

narco wrote:

well, ive a fiercely independent streak in me, and my parents are a little on the very strict side... so huge conflicts while i was in my teens. only in the last year since i (officially) moved out that we've kinda resolved stuff, and ive sucked it up and been a nice little daughter.

but in nz, it's gonna be a weird enough situation for me, in this new piece of world, with all these new people and a new way of living, and i just dont feel able to deal with those two worlds colliding any time soon.

that, and anything to keep my parents away from my older lover...

Ok, that was very well put. I suppose I just have a different relationship with my parents, but I see your point. I guess the fact that I won't know anybody except my bf (who is from Wellington) means I'll beg anyone to come visit me. Anybody want to come to NZ? Anyone at all?!

phasers · 27-08-2007 04:01PM

definitely my mam, but I get on with both

I'm one of those rare teenagers that likes her parents

Crumble Froo · 27-08-2007 04:44PM

watna wrote:

Ok, that was very well put. I suppose I just have a different relationship with my parents, but I see your point. I guess the fact that I won't know anybody except my bf (who is from Wellington) means I'll beg anyone to come visit me. Anybody want to come to NZ? Anyone at all?!

hahaahahahaha, very diplomatically phrased on my part... took me a while to write up that post "oh god, no i cant say that!"

yeah, i went over for the first time in march, only knowing my b/f in christchurch (who i was meetin for the first time), and two other lads i'd met on teh same forum. i met my fella's family, and one of the other lads' family,and my guy's sister and the other lad's wife are both lovely... but thats all the people ill know... :rolleyes:

maybe i will beg my parents to come over... but there's other people id rather see first, tbh.

Tar.Aldarion · 27-08-2007 05:06PM

No idea.

Rob_l · 27-08-2007 05:26PM

ahhh I does love me mammy!!!

L31mr0d · 27-08-2007 05:34PM

hmm... probably my father, but its more respect and admiration more than anything, he's managed to keep life simple, stay true to his word and never go back on principle ever, even when it would of been easier for him to do so. But, I get along with both of them equally. I put this down to the fact that I have a lot of my mothers traits in me, and for the same reasons my mothers personality goes well with my fathers, mine does also.

Mr. CooL ICE · 27-08-2007 07:43PM

Hard to say. I have a great laugh with my mum in general, but myself and my dad seem to be a quiet pair when, say watching a match, but i have always had a deep-found respect for what he has achieved in life. But over the last few years i have been doing badly at college and both have been annoying me about it (i deserve it for being so lazy tbh), but my dad has emerged as someone who would prefer the status of 'having a son with a degree' over wanting me to be happy, and rarely looks me in the eye these days, whereas my mum always greets me with open arms

WindSock · 27-08-2007 07:48PM

You are asking the question to a majoritively male irish audience.

Hmmm...wonder what the results will be...

Smellyirishman · 27-08-2007 08:40PM

Yeah, I would have liked to poll to be gender specific too.

Male -> Dad
Female -> Dad
etc...

Anyway, I get along fine with both, but they offer different comfort and relief.

D Bronc · 28-08-2007 12:30AM

Im a Female (last time i looked).

I havent spoke to my mother in about 4 years so it has to b my father, we wouldnt b really close but get on fairly well.

What a strange thread

but had to reply!

Creamy Goodness · 28-08-2007 12:35AM

i get on equally with them tbh, but both have their qualities.

i feel i can talk more about about daily life etc with my mother, with my father it's really just sensible talk, he's the most sensible person i know and has gotten my to manage finances extremely well.

monkeyfudge · 28-08-2007 12:41AM

They are both huge disappointments to me...

They could have easily afforded that pony I wanted..

anniehoo · 28-08-2007 12:48AM

Definitely my dad..id be lost without him! Its actually scary how alike we are...both have same sense of humour but are equally stubborn and short tempered so if we fight its major temper tantrums ..no messing..hes 52 and im 28..we're like bold kids! But still..hes the first person i ring if i need advice on something. Ive never been close to my mam..not sure why as shes quite laid back..somehow i feel my dad just "gets me" more!

Ishmael · 28-08-2007 09:05AM

My Mother, because i barely know my father. The auld pair split up when i was 2.

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