general Do you consider your family as friends?

[KatonRyu 1,036]

For the most part I don't. There are only a few members of my family I'm interested in being in contact with, and the rest I see as more of acquaintances than friends. Honestly, family ties mean very little to me so on the whole my friends are more important to me than family is.

[cmarston1 5,965]

I love my family, but I don't think calling them just friends would be how I would describe it.

[Kiri 7,298]

My immediate family, yes! Now that I'm older, my mom and I can relate to some of the same life circumstances and we get along pretty well. My dad and I joke together a ton, as we have the same sense of humor. I'm not nearly as close to my extended family, so I just see them as relatives and not "pals".

[Steve Piranha 29,504]

Well, my case it's quite.... complicated. I can't say my parents didn't loved me, but lately, they get on my nerves far too often. Long story short: they loved me, but made mistakes, keep making them, never saw nor let me be an adult (I'M 25 FOR GOD'S SAKE  ), and as such, my opinion hardly mattered. I've developed psychological problems these last years, and they rarely helped (more often than not they've worsened it), so I've drifted away emotionally from them. On top of all that, they wanted to limit my time in helping them with chores, going out (which I hate ), going to college, studying and nothing else.

 

I don't hate them, but I can't say they were the center of my life either. They weren't my enemies, but I felt they were unconsciously toxic friends. One of my goals in life was to live my own life, and amend that bond.... but I have  to scratch that for good, as they've been murdered

 

I regret to say (but it's the truth), I feel two of my aunts are better friends to be 

[Appley Hooves 137]

No, not really. I used to, but that decreased the longer I stayed being a shut-in. Have heard enough snide comments from all of them about the vertigo I apparently lie about having that were it not for seeing them once or twice a year at gatherings I'd never go near them.

[Radiance64 7,059]

My parents yes. My siblings... eh, they have their moments.

[KiraTakahashi 748]

I only talk to my mom and stepdad. Everyone else can shove off. But with my mom I'll roast the hell out of her and she'll do the same right back. It's our way of bonding.

 

My stepdad is like that guy who you always wanna hangout with. He may look scary (he's a bonified biker lol) but he's a real cool dude.

[Victoria Sponge 1,021]

I'm not good at socialising so I feel a little awkward even around friends, but I don't so much around my family so I'd say they are better than friends to me.

[Kings&Hooves14 617]

Absolutely. 

My mom is my very best friend. She and my dad divorced when I was a baby, and--due largely to my Autism--I was homeschooled; for most of my life, we've only had each other.

I'm also very close to my maternal grandparents. I wanted to be just like my grandpa when I was little!

[Midnight Solace 5,135]

They're not really my friends, rather my enemies.

[碇 シンジン 27,442]

I don't think so I mean i can get along with them but I think the meaning of the word friends has been lost to me

[Lucky Bolt 35,271]

I do yeah, particularly with my siblings, it being I'm especially close to them. 

[Stone Cold Steve Jobs 22,514]

I love and appreciate my family for raising me. But if presented the option to move far away, they would never see my ass again.

[Nsxile 29,281]

I consider my family as family.

[Cash In 23,502]

Even though we have our differences, I would consider my parents and my mum's parents as my friends. I wouldn't consider the rest of my family as such, as I only interact with them on the rare occasion.

[Meson Bolt 2,651]

My standard of friends is pretty darn high, come to think about it. I'll support and care for my friends, just as long as they support and care for me when I need them to. It's not just people I hang out with, even people I hang out with regularly. Friends are close. Everyone else is just... sorta there.

Anyway, I genuinely don't feel like I can come to any of my family members with my issues, because I know they won't care. I've always been the outlier, the loner, even in my own family. So I don't consider any of them friends.

Edited May 26, 2019 by Meson Bolt

[Lucky Bolt 35,271]

mehhh.....honestly, I tell my friends a lot more personal things than I do my family. Sad I know.

[Splashee 28,606]

I keep my family close, tell them all kinds of stuff about myself. But they are not my friends.

[Early Sunsets 2,112]

My sister, yeah, and my mom to an extent. I don't talk to my extended family and I don't really like my dad all that much. He's really annoying and we're about as different as two people can get.

[Emerald Heart 25,402]

My cousins I consider my friends. They're so amazing I love them all.

I mean, I consider my best friends a part of my family so why not consider my family my friends?

[Rainbow Cloud 19,572]

Yeah, I do consider my family as friends.

[Cagey 4,261]

Siblings, yes. I'm very close to the rest of my family, but mostly in a formal way, so I wouldn’t consider them friends. Friends are more equal, I think. 

[daviddaviddavid 781]

Depends who from my family - I'd consider my immediate family (parents + brother) as friends, though. Obviously I have great respect for all of my family members, even the ones I'm not in contact with, but I find that I get on with my mother's side of the family much better than I do with my father's side (not that I dislike them at all though, I just don't think I'm anything like them either in terms of personality or looks, whereas I fit a lot better with my maternal side in those aspects).

edit: My dad is my father though, AncestryDNA confirmed. ;D

Edited December 3, 2019 by daviddaviddavid

[DubWolf 20,687]

Nah not really, I mean obviously we're a family, but... mostly just feels like a coincidence, not that there isn't good chemistry between members, but as a whole it's always felt a bit awkward.

[Clawdeen 26,533]

No not really. I'm not that close to my family. I do stuff with them but I have things I wouldn't talk about with them that I would friends.