Talking to Your Parents.

  • Anarchy in Words

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    I can't really trust my mom because she tells my aunt everything. I don't know if she does it looking for advice or what, but I really wish she would just keep something between the two of us for once.

    I love my dad, but he's not the kind to tell important stuff too. We both have anger problems, so the two of us don't make a good team.
    November 21st, 2009 at 07:43pm
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    I talk to my mom everday, I can tell her anything that's on my mind. But my dad, I barely talk to him at all except for a hello when he comes home. I don't know, my mom notices and asks questions - I don't know the reason why we don't talk, but that's the way it is, I guess.
    November 22nd, 2009 at 04:01pm
  • Krooked.

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    I can talk to my mom not so much my dad. Which doesn't help me much since I live with my dad.
    November 23rd, 2009 at 01:35am
  • DontEatMyCherries

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    I can't really talk to either of my parents. I try to talk to my mom, but she admits that she doesn't understand me and keeps saying that I should talk to a therapist instead.
    November 23rd, 2009 at 06:09pm
  • TeenCadburyDream

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    I try not to talk, and so they shout me. But when I do talk, they shout at me because apparently I'm not 'normal' and therefore won't be accepted by society.
    But talking to them is now a waste of my time.
    December 23rd, 2009 at 05:53am
  • Delia.

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    I don't talk to them..its just too awkward I guess...They tell me I can talk to them about anything, but we all get so annoyed at each other at times, it's impossible to
    December 25th, 2009 at 02:11am
  • lee francesco

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    ^ This. Even at the subject of boys and relationships, my mom's willing to listen what I want to talk about. Problem is, I don't want to talk about it to her.

    I mean, even when I was younger at early to mid elementary school age, I remembered refusing to answer my mom's question on how's my day at school went because I figured that she just doesn't have to know everything that goes on in my life. Now, I don't feel like telling anything to her. There's hardly anyone for me to talk about anything in general but that's a separate story...
    January 3rd, 2010 at 08:12am
  • D E L E T E D ;

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    i can never talk to my mom because she doesnt care and doesnt understand anyway
    January 5th, 2010 at 04:08am
  • Christelline

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    I tell my mom as much as safe. I have to stretch the truth a lot so I can go out with my friends. My dad is a very distant figure. Recently, he has completely stopped all contact with me. He didn't even call me on Christmas.

    I need to tell my mom I want to go get tested for STDs and that I want to be put on the pill. As a raver, I'm exposed to a lot of unsafe situations. I want to make sure that everything's okay.

    How do I tell her without her blowing up in my face? Is there a place I can go where I don't need parental consent? I'm only fifteen and I don't know where to turn.
    January 8th, 2010 at 03:50am
  • ella vator.

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    I've never been close to my parents, but lately I've been wanting to be, and wishing I was closer to them when I was younger.

    Now that my mom is driving those 18 wheelers around the country I don't see her anymore, so it's hard to be close to her.

    My dad on the otherhand is always with his girlfriend. She always wants to be the center of attention and so he spends a lot of time with her. I just don't talk to him much anymore. Sometimes I'll go days without seeing him even though we live together. Shifty
    January 11th, 2010 at 02:24am
  • Sydney Carton

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    There was a point when I didn't speak...at all. Coming out of that taught me that I really need to talk to my parents, and now I can't imagine not talking to them about something.
    Dad is the person I go to when I have questions. He's the logic of the family, and he helps me organize my head so that even if he doesn't have an answer, he can help me find one for myself.
    And Mom...well, Mom knows everything about me, from the scary things I do in my sleep to the obnoxious fake British accent I use when I'm talking to myself.
    January 13th, 2010 at 03:34am
  • inkfilledveins

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    I'm the kind of person who keeps things bottled up.

    My mom.
    We've never really been close. We fight about everything. I can't talk to her about anything without her turning the blame on me and sending me into tears. (and I'm not a person who cries often)
    She pushes me too hard. Thinking I'm just like her when I was her age, and can't understand when I don't get straight A's, though I'm trying my hardest. She extremly overprotective. Putting time-limits, and parental controls on the computer, so she can see what I'm doing. & Tells me I'm not allowed to hug/kiss my boyfriend :o
    She doesn't trust me, though she says she does.
    It's better if we don't talk. So we wear our smiles and go on with life.

    Daddy :D
    My Dad is amazing. Sadly he lives far away. But we talk on the phone, and I go visit him once or twice a year.
    He's so understand, never pressures me. Always makes it clear that he believes in me, and tells me how proud he is of me.
    My father lets me make my own desicions, gives me advice, but never MAKES the desicions for me, like my mom does.
    He supports everything I do, doesn't judge anything about me. & Even tells me all the bad stuff he did when he was a teen (:
    I do find it a little hard to open up, because I'm kinda shy, and I barely ever see him. But we're becoming closer & closer as the years go by.
    January 18th, 2010 at 03:55pm
  • NobodyThatMatters_13

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    Honestly, the idea of actually talking to my parents is almost a joke.
    I'm not big on deep or personal conversations, but that doesn't mean I like our distanced relationship.
    I'd love to talk to my mother about guys I've dated, friendship troubles, and other things, but I can't see it happening. At all.
    I don't think it's worth the effort to try because it'd just feel to awkward for me.
    But with the way it is now, whenever we're alone together, It feels like I'm avoiding land mines. I'm trying to make sure nothing I say can turn into a conversation about things I'd rather not share.
    My father isn't one for talking, so that means that I'm left with talking to myself. : /
    October 11th, 2010 at 04:07am
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    Honestly, the idea of actually talking to my parents is almost a joke.
    I'm not big on deep or personal conversations, but that doesn't mean I like our distanced relationship.
    I'd love to talk to my mother about guys I've dated, friendship troubles, and other things, but I can't see it happening. At all.
    I don't think it's worth the effort to try because it'd just feel to awkward for me.
    But with the way it is now, whenever we're alone together, It feels like I'm avoiding land mines. I'm trying to make sure nothing I say can turn into a conversation about things I'd rather not share.
    My father isn't one for talking, so that means that I'm left with talking to myself. : /
    October 11th, 2010 at 04:07am
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    Sorry. Double post. :coffee:
    October 11th, 2010 at 04:07am
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    I can talk to both my parents. :)
    I talk to my mom about girl stuff...though I keep the 'boy related' discussions to my sisters.
    Mainly me and my dad talk about my future and school and garlic bread Rolling Eyes (it's a long story!)
    October 15th, 2010 at 07:16pm
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    The man that my genetic code says contributed to half my DNA is obviously not close to me.

    I am my mom's best friend.
    October 23rd, 2010 at 09:20am
  • ColourMeComplete

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    My mum and I used to be close, but lately I've been getting really irritated by her and snapping at her all the time. Its not her fault.
    I'm just struggling to deal with stuff, and I could talk to her about it, but when it comes to her, talking means me receiving a lecture. I don't like those lectures. Cause she makes me feel bad for doing stuff that she expects me to not be doing >.<
    October 24th, 2010 at 08:07am
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    My mum and I used to be close, but lately I've been getting really irritated by her and snapping at her all the time. Its not her fault.
    I'm just struggling to deal with stuff, and I could talk to her about it, but when it comes to her, talking means me receiving a lecture. I don't like those lectures. Cause she makes me feel bad for doing stuff that she expects me to not be doing >.<
    October 24th, 2010 at 08:07am
  • fooleish

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    Me and my mum have a really good relationship, and I can talk to her about pretty much anything, even things I don't feel comfortable talking about with anyone else. She's great to talk to because she'll listen to anything I say and doesn't usually judge me but she'll tell me I'm being stupid about something if I am.

    I don't talk to my dad that much, really. Apart from 'hi, how was your day?' the only things we really talk about are computers and that kinda thing. Mostly, I go out of my way to not talk to him, especially about things that matter.
    October 25th, 2010 at 10:50pm