Im not that close to my parents... I do tell them about school but with my private matters like friend problems or love i dont really tell or talk about with them...

I am not as close with my parents either. It seems to me that I'm the "black sheep" of the family. The most I hate is their negativity about me. They tend to compare me with other girls who are "skinnier". I don't know about you, but Chinese people tend to only like "skinny bodies".

Also, I tend to not tell them about whom I'm dating with because my parents believes starting at a early age, you'll turn bad and do bad things. Personally, at this age I should go around observing and exploring what I like. So in the future, I'll know what to expect and stop being so indecisive and picky.

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me too...but now were trying to catch up...its important to open up to our parents

For me...i am closer to my mom than my dad...maybe cuz i got more of her genes cuz my attitude is somewhat like hers, but my mom and i would bump heads sometimes and i would yell at her...the weird thing is...when i scream at her, there is nothing, but when my older sister screams at her, she is like, why are you yelling at me like that? As for my dad, we barely have a relationship...Everything he does pisses me off and on a daily basis. We barely talk to each other...if he gives me money, i'll take it, but its like a bribe...for me...dads dont understand their daughters sometimes...plus he likes to try to show affection and I HATE it when he touches me...i always find a way to squirm away....

I was not close to my parents also, i never talked to them about what's happening to me except, just like you guys, school stuff. until six months ago, when my mom had a stroke and was in a coma. While i was sitting beside my mom's hospital bed in the intensive care unit with all the tubes connected to her and the machine that is helping her breathe, i had a flashback of me and my mom when i was about four or five. She would personally take me to school and fetch me from school even though i have a nanny who can do all those things. She would give me a bath and comb my hair until i feel sleepy. Then i remember when i was about 12 or 13, start of my teenage years, i was slowly pulling myself away from her. Yes, she would scold me at times but at night, when she thought that i was already asleep, she would kiss me goodnight and saying in a low voice how sorry she was to have scolded me that day and that she loves me so much. Those memories of my mom made me realize what kind of a daughter i have been to her and how good a mother she has been to me but i never showed my appreciation nor did i return the love she has given me because i was thinking that it is her obligation as a mother to love me and to take care of me.

After being in a coma for about two weeks, she passed away. Although it was hard for me to let her go without letting her know how i love her so very much, i know that it was already too late.

We can have one or more friends, with divorce nowadays, we can even change our partners but we can only have one set of parents in our lifetime. Let us cherish them, love them and respect them. show your parents how you appreciate them and most of all, TELL them how much you love them while they are still alive.

To My Mother, Ruby, I will be forever grateful to you and I Love You.

sorry to hear that atsigrace, im sure your mom knows that eventhough you never tell her how much you love her

atsigrace Wrote:I was not close to my parents also, i never talked to them about what's happening to me except, just like you guys, school stuff. until six months ago, when my mom had a stroke and was in a coma. While i was sitting beside my mom's hospital bed in the intensive care unit with all the tubes connected to her and the machine that is helping her breathe, i had a flashback of me and my mom when i was about four or five. She would personally take me to school and fetch me from school even though i have a nanny who can do all those things. She would give me a bath and comb my hair until i feel sleepy. Then i remember when i was about 12 or 13, start of my teenage years, i was slowly pulling myself away from her. Yes, she would scold me at times but at night, when she thought that i was already asleep, she would kiss me goodnight and saying in a low voice how sorry she was to have scolded me that day and that she loves me so much. Those memories of my mom made me realize what kind of a daughter i have been to her and how good a mother she has been to me but i never showed my appreciation nor did i return the love she has given me because i was thinking that it is her obligation as a mother to love me and to take care of me.

After being in a coma for about two weeks, she passed away. Although it was hard for me to let her go without letting her know how i love her so very much, i know that it was already too late.

We can have one or more friends, with divorce nowadays, we can even change our partners but we can only have one set of parents in our lifetime. Let us cherish them, love them and respect them. show your parents how you appreciate them and most of all, TELL them how much you love them while they are still alive.

To My Mother, Ruby, I will be forever grateful to you and I Love You.

thats very touching, atsigrace. Made me realize my own relationship with my parents... Even though we're close, we never really express ourselves. It's too weird for me, I always just shrug every time my mother says she loves me... but they know I love my parents. I just have a weird way of showing it.

It's a LOVE STORY, baby, just say YES!

Our family is pretty tight so yeah I'm close to my parents but more to my mom since I talk to her often about me. But I like my dad more. LOL They say I'm a daddy's girl but I don't agree. I just like to act like one. My younger sister is much more of a spoiled brat than I am. Hehe.

I don't tell my parents everything though, like when I first had a boyfriend, it was pretty tough to keep it secret knowing that our community was pretty small and one false move can get you in trouble. My parents are overprotective even until now that I am in university (and close to graduating too!)

Shucks, I can also be very stubborn which sometimes is the reason why my mom and I fight a lot. But I'm a good daughter *ehem* (except when I break the rules once in a while.)

I realized in college it's a lot easier to be nicer to your parents the further away they are. In this case distance does make the heart grow fonder. It was really then when I could appreciate and cherish all my parents have done for me. Since then we talk every day and have a cordial relationship, but I don't bother to tell them any of my business.

im really close to both of them, i can't hide a secret i tell everything. and yes i also have the "BEST PARENTS IN THE WORLD".