discussion Do you get along with your parents?

[Smarticle]

No, it's on sight

 

[Jack!]

Yep, very close actually. Always been lucky to have had them be so understanding. It's definitely helped our relationships now.

[Haschwalth]

i luv me mum but my dad is dum dum

[poki]

Uhhhhhhhhhh 

 

It's complicated. 

[AvadaKedavra]

98% good : Real Sweet and Nice to me. Always supported me even in my worst moments-downfall. Gave me the greatest childhood. Sacrificed so many things 4 me.  I always have the best moments with them. Im grateful. 

2% bad : Very overly conservative,traditional and homophobic (for me its just Impossible to come out) / Their whole lifes they were very uninterested about my educacion-academic life and im paying the price of that.

[Pop Life]

Let's just say I don't want to end up like either of them

[NoOneDiesFromLove]

Yea because they still think their son is straight 

[naval23]

Yes - they're honestly the people who understand me and love me unconditionally despite all my flaws 

[kandicha]

my mom - yes, we're very close. she's very conservative and religious but did so much to try to be understanding and become more accepting

 

my dad - not at all, but he does make an effort at least so there's something

[Theshigo Washidu]

Yes, although my dad doesn't know about my sexuality

[popmusicisdead]

my dad died when i was 15 so yes 

[zasderfght]

Yes. Despite my parents growing up in a religious household (my mom more so than my dad), both of them revealed to me on a phone call in my own apartment they loved me when they suspected and finally found out/figured out I was/am gay. I know it's scary to have these kind of discussions with your parents, but what makes it scary is being vulnerable with people you expected to bottle up their emotions and be an authoritarian. They're not. We're adults. They're just human being with a lot more life experience than you do, and they hope you achieve their successes and do even better than they did at life. 

 

This is assuming your parents weren't abusive or anything on that level of harm/toxicity. 

[LCTV]

I don't speak to my dad.

I love my mom with every fiber of my being though.

[dreampop]

On 8/13/2023 at 11:37 AM, Cloudy said:

Lmao no. I dislike them very strongly

 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

they are the joy of my life tbh

[gagacasanova]

Yup.

[worldwide angel]

i'm closer with my mom but she can get real nasty at times. 

 

my dad......we can be cordial but we butt heads a lot 

 

despite us typically preserving the peace and ofc i do love them and care about them,  i hold a lot of resentment towards them because of they way they treat me (especially in the past).

i feel like i'm doing a good job at giving them grace because of their childhood trauma and the trauma that comes with being immigrants but i wish the grace was reciprocal and not just 

in the "oh i paid for x, y, and z" kind of way