Did you/do you have a good relationship with your parents?
Can mention why or why not in the comments if you feel like sharing.
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9 min AI interview5 questions
Well, I don't with my mother. It maybe crude of me answering, but that's the truth. My mother has always focused on herself and her friends. My upbringing was where she used to be proud that I wasn't pampered by her. At the same time I used to see my friends get the kind of love which I thought didn't existed
Nothing crude about it, I was actually expecting more to answer no because I've seen too many dysfunctional families first hand.
I don't think India has a good culture when it comes to families and parent-child.
Well, I have seen lots of families which are close knit. Their children turned out great as well. Here I am suffering from fear of even talking to group of people irl
Single parent child, my father thought a son would bring an end of him because astrologer told him so, therefore he wanted me dead but lmao he ended up dead in some ditch.
The irony how words become true only by our own actions.
Raised by my grandparents and mother, they are world to me. I only fear when they will know I’m gay, they will kick me out. Maybe this is the end astrologer talked about. Lol
Parents take time to come around, but it does happen eventually for many people. Try making small efforts by showing them stuff like Maja Ma and Badhai Do (Kim's convenience if they watch Western stuff). Sensitise them first, then have the talk if you feel comfortable.
Yeah i tried showing them , but they didn’t like the film. Lol imagine the shock when it turns real. But its fine, i live alone and far anyway so it’s either parents can be a part of my happiness or each one of us will have our own happiness.
People who love each other don’t necessarily live with each other.
I think in India parents are way to interested in their children’s lives.
During my childhood, I used to think I had the best parents. Super healthy relationship and all. But gradually I realized they are as flawed as any1 else, have their biases. Did give me some emotional traumas.. But otherwise they are really good and I actually love them for what they are. It's functional and all rosy until I maintain that boundary. If I allow them to involve too much, it makes my life hell. And there some places I can't stop them from being involved, so I negotiate and reach a middle ground. It is those places which made me realize my relationship with parents is also average and functional, nothing great.
I think average and functional is good enough considering our parents learnt everything on the go and weren't exactly prepared for it in every case.
It is difficult and takes time to recognise them as fellow flawed humans and treat them accordingly.
Yes, I am not complaining. In fact I m grateful seeing the amount of fuckup that's happening around.
This poll made me take an objective eval and in that, it's just average and functional.. That's it.
Not with my father. He was there yet he wasn't there. My mum Raised me
I conciser it to be average/functional. It is on the borderline healthy and could be actually healthy if it weren’t for my sister’s influence on them which causes some friction between my wife and mother’s relationship.
I do of course have a healthy relationship with parents but their orthodoxy and over controlling of my life makes me mad like anything. I m not at all orthodox and try to mingle with the current generation in their ways which my parents strongly hate it. Letting relatives butt in with their useless opinions about me and how an ideal boy should behave lol