[BridgetaBBenitar]

Mine drive me up a wall, to be honest. I get a good earful whenever either of my siblings do something that is even slightly disrespectful. My mom is kind of controlling; she likes to be in other people's business, has to have everything in the house according to her, and doesn't compromise for anyone at home.

My mom also has a habit of reading my email (she claims she does it by mistake, but it's happened far too often for me to believe that anymore) and (I've noticed as of late) my snail mail. She recently lectured me for about 15 minutes about using the f-word online, after she read a notification I got from Facebook from a page with the f-word in the name. She had to be absolutely sure I'd never use it online, or anywhere in real life, because it's disrespectful to others, and is the worst word in the English language, in her opinion. I kinda tuned out most of it, though; I was thinking about why the hell she didn't respect my privacy, and why she seemed so dead-set on making me believe that dropping the f-bomb should be a federal offense.

I find my dad a little more tolerable, though; he usually appreciates my humor, and sometimes talks to me whenever I'm feeling really frustrated.

However, I realized why I'm not really happy with my parents: I feel like my opinions and rights are suppressed whenever I talk to them. Recently, my mom was trying to get me to obey her like a dog would respond to a command. She was mad at my brother, and she demanded that I get off the computer. When I didn't, she dragged me off, sat me down and demanded to know why I didn't listen to her. I tried to explain that she had just confused me, but it came out wrong: I told her that I didn't follow her reasoning for her demand, so I felt no need to do as she said. "If you'd explain why you told me to do that, and I found it perfectly reasonable, I wouldn't have any issue doing as you said." She said to me, "This isn't a democracy!" and my dad backed her up on that one. They grounded me off of my phone and the computer. >__>

Anyways, what type of parents do you guys have? Do you get along with them well? Do you feel close to them?



Also, some advice on how I can communicate with mine would be lovely.

[Ranoosha]

did u type ur parents?

[Onigiriman]

Well I can relate you that my mom is a impossible being, luckily in a different way. She has really bad habit to live in her own little world. So she is annoying in a goofy way, my friends seems to like her because she is easy going. The main problem is that when she thinks something or hears something from her friends she sticks with it, her oppinioin is impossible chance even with proof or good reasoning. So I have actually had to argue if I like some food or not with her. She is also really unreliable when it's goes on some small favors, but money wise she has always helped me in trouble. So I cant really complain in the end talking with her is just bit hard to handle.

My dad is a okey I think he is INTJ, his only problem is alcohol so it makes him very unreliable on weekends and vacations.

Both of my parents got high work morale

[IndyGhost2010]

Well, I used to not be able to stand my parents. Especially my father. They still aggravate me time to time, but not living in their home certainly helps me to get over it.

Is it possible, that you can change your passwords so she can't get into your emails and such?

[srsly]

My mother is an unheathly ESFP
My dad is an extremely unhealthy IxTP. <--- Though, he does better at planning then the rest of my family.

UM. I get along with them... okay.
They both push me to be a tough mo fo and to take on leadership positions. They push me, basically, to be an ESTx.
I'm not, though. :I
It kinda tears me down to try.
Every time my feelings get hurt, they tell me to toughen up or I'll never survive in the real world.

Yesterday, I was rear-ended while driving.
My car is kinda like my safe-place, so, obviously, I'm not to happy the back is completely destroyed.
(Nobody died, no cuts on anyone or anything, my passenger is doing better than me, thankfully. I'm suuupppeerrr sore.)
I was trying to tell my mom how much the car means to me, and all she could tell me was "It'll be fixed. It's a waste of your sadness to be depressed over it." She started getting angry, it seemed to me.

How come I'm not allowed to be sad over my car? ;A;

But, other than that, I get along with them.

[Voodo Chile]

I still feel like an only child at times.
As i grew older i got given responsibilities.
6/7yrs being asked to dry the dishes
8 clean my own room
9 cross the road and walk to school by myself
Go to dairy to pick up milk
etc

I always complained that my younger brother never had to to anything. He was too young i was told. Hes 11 now and i still get asked to pick them up from school. I'm the go to guy out of the 3 of us. They were eager to place responsibility on me but for my 2 younger siblings they didnt really need to give them much responsibilit becasue i had basically covered it.
"how come he doesnt get asked to dry the dishes"
"dont worry, when hes older he'le dry them
"but you told me the exact same thing when i was 10!"

[whist]

Sadly, I don't really have any advice for you except to change your passwords and to log off whenever you go AFK. ;(

I okay with my parents...I know they care about me a lot, it's just the way they go about showing their care can be quite detrimental haha. They don't trust me with anything and are usually disappointed in me since I'm not a go-getter. :( But I realize its partially my fault too, so I try not to get too pissed with them...which often fails. XD

I wouldn't say I'm particularly close to my parents. Its not the kind of relationship where I can confidently talk about everything and anything with them.

[Leeoflittlefaith]

My mum is an ISFJ, and my dad appears to be an INTP. We're all introverts in my family.

Mum's generally pretty incredible, and I often find myself taking her for granted; she's very dedicated to her family and is very open for advice, and yet rarely gets in the way. She complains I spend too much time in my room, but she never interferes with my life and openly trusts me.

Dad is great too, though he's always been unreliable. He's always been very into computers, and I would always come into his room and see hard drives opened up and screwdrivers and stuff lying everywhere. He taught me bits and pieces about computers that have been invaluable to me, and he opened me up to videogaming and stuff. He was adventurous when he was a bit younger, always going fishing and climbing and stuff. However, my parents split up and he developed stuff like Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and some other things, and he's got a bad leg, so he's pretty weak right now. He's on his feet, but can't really go too far from home.

I've turned out pretty well so I wouldn't like to be ungrateful and ask to have my childhood changed. But I do wish my parents were a little more...cultured. My parents just had day jobs and went home to look after us, and not much else. Life is so much more than that. I wish I'd been introduced to music and art sooner so I could have developed a talent for them.

[Indigo Aria]

Mom is ISTJ, dad is INFJ. And their outlook on me is basically "We were good to you, and you'll be grateful...GOT IT!?" They use a lot of emotional manipulation. I don't really care anymore, though. I just keep things light around them because I know that Ill be on my own in less than 2 years, max.

The biggest thing that bothers me about them is how open minded they seem to think they are, when they're actually very restrictive. but I'm just an ungrateful snob if I speak my mind anymore.