What's your family like?

[NotInUse 64]

I'm close with my mother and siblings, my dad and I are OK but I don't see him as much as before, I no longer see my cousins or uncles anymore, I'd say I have a big separated family.

[Mr F 1,522]

Meh I am pretty distant towards my parents, brothers and sisters. (I am the oldest of 5 kids)

I don't really know anyone else, my mothers side lives in the opposite side of the word and probably have forgotten about my existance.

Some from my fathers side barely knows who I am. I have met some of them a few times but we don't speak the same languages.

Sometimes I wish I knew anyone in the family, but what can one do?

Edited March 17, 2014 by A CrayZ Cat

[Lagom 204]

My dad.. My dad.. What can I say about him? Oh whenever he tells me he'll be there in 10 minutes I should expect to wait for him in about 15-30 minutes. Between him and my mom, I remind most of my dad in personality, and not so much in the good way. He even joked about the all the bad things come from dad and all the good things come from mom, but honestly I'm not like my mom.. Even she admitted it.

My mom has supported and taken greatly cared of me through the years and despite the fact she can come off as tsundere and overprotective (I've lived with that knowledge in almost 6-8 years that if I took the bus a man would cut my organs out just like in Vietnam), she's really nice, sensitive and caring once you get to know her. Whenever I'm out with friends she insists that I have to pay for their food in oder to say thank you for being my friend or actually going out with me. xD

[Guest]

I live with my grandparents - they're usually chill. Sometimes grouchy lol. And religious but I don't HAVE to go to church anymore.

My dad is constantly drunk, my mom is dead.

My aunt talks A LOT and she acts like a teenager

My other aunt is snooty and serious. -_-

I don't really talk to any of my cousins.

And I don't talk to people are my mom's side for...reasons.

[Greywolfin 102]

My immediate family is pretty awesome. I'm really close with both parents and my brother.

 

As for my extended family... My mom's side of the family is almost entirely made of drug addicted lunatics (my one cousin being the exception to that, and she's doing quite well). I try not to associate with them unless it's absolutely necessary, like I haven't seen my aunt in more than four years and my uncle in even longer than that (which I'm perfectly fine with, I can't stand either of them).

 

My dad's side of the family is pretty cool though. I see them fairly often and both cousins on that side have kids of their own and they're a lot of fun to hang out with.

[Tetris 115]

My parents are pretty chill and I respect and admire them for that. Their lax policies have made me... questionable as a person, 

Me pretty much. I also have a brother who is my best friend. We are a team.

[FatalRain 108]

I wouldn't say im that close to them, but we are there for each other if needed, I do feel I need to make more effort to get closer though

 

I hope that goes well for you ^^

I've tried to get closer with my family numerous times but they just don't seem interested

[King Sejong 859]

   For me my family has been very distant, both physically and spiritually, even before they split off the pursue some endeavour, my relatives typically saw me as the quiet, well mannered kid, of course they also stifled a lot of my vigour too. My mother and father are very work oriented so I had to raise myself, and I still have to do everything entirely by myself, even fun things like going out, playing music or simple hobbies, however I had my brother and sister, then my cousins, we are very close together, although they live far away from me, I care for them deeply. In my loneliness, I wish I had a family, I would even settle for friends, for awhile the navy was my family, so when I can came back, my family just wondered away, still seeing me as they always had, which is why my PTSD had been so problematic, they wouldn't care to hear the story of veteran, I now see why the other veterans in my family couldn't share their stories, they would not understand, if they still see me as a teenager, fine I will embark on a quest to find a new family, I wish I had a family like the Apples, I would want that more that the entire wealth of the world.

[Radiance64 7,053]

I am very close with my immediate family, especially my parents since I still live with them for now. My mom and dad are usually pretty cool with me, with each other they can be terribly rocky in their marriage but that's their issue really. My siblings though, I suppose you could say I tolerate them- my older brother has some mental issues, so he can be hard to deal with sometimes and can probably never live on his own, but we do relate on a few things on some level so even between his usual sheer idiocy I can find some things to like about him. My sister lives alone and has 2 kids, but she doesn't have any transportation of her own yet so we're constantly called upon to help her and whatnot. She's not exactly my favorite human being, but I do love my nephews so helping her out occasionally has its rewards.

So yeah, I do love my family very much, because I have to so I don't go crazy having them as my family, I guess.

[Shanks 10,816]

What an odd coincidence I was going to make a topic like this, I have been thinking about this stuff alot with the 2nd anniversary of my fathers passing and everything. My family used to be very close but although there is still love there and it is not a Jerry Springer situation it is not nearly as close as it used to be, there were a lot of family tragedies and there were also other issues like divorces and people just sort of drifting apart. My parents have always been there for me and I really glad I could be there for my Dad in the last few years of his life, my brother was in the military for 4 years which put much of the responsibility for taking care of my sick father on me though my Mom was there to help as well. I have mixed feelings about my Dad's side of the family, there are some of them I love without question because they have been very good to me, my brother and my dad but there are some of them that have treated my mom like crap and some of them left my Dad for dead.

 

I am a bit closer to my mom's side of the family even though most of the tragedies I mentioned hit them, but even still there is still a love there despite all that has changed and happened. My brother has always been a bit protective of me despite me being the older brother because I grew up with Autism, but I am very angry at him right now because of all the BS about bronies all being cloppers and pedophiles that he just had to tell my mom. Neither one of them is accusing me of any of this stuff, but I still don't like it he knows she is a worry wort and I don't understand why she even needed to know any of that.

[ReverseFaller 2,483]

I'm not as close with my extended family as I used to be. I rarely talk to my cousins anymore. Ever since my grandmother on my dad's side passed away, the whole family kind of stopped seeing each other as much.

 

Anyways, when it comes to immediate family, things are good I guess. I get along with my parents. Sure they have their issues, and so do I. But I like to think we're a good family. There's a lot more derpiness, hypocrisy, and complaining than I'd like in my household, but oh well. I have two good parents I like, and I have an adorable cat. I could complain about my family. Yes, we're not perfect. But I wouldn't trade my family for another one if given the choice.

[Adorkable 2,737]

I don't like my family very much.

 

99% of my family are pure rednecks.

 

I'm the 1% not.

 

I never get to see any of my other family members besides my parents and 1 uncle.

 

Kind of wish I did though, I'm not crazy about rednecks, but I would enjoy having a big family like Applejack.

 

How I've longed for a big family like hers.. :/

[DragonKing235 198]

my family is one of the best things in my life 

[BastementSparkle 20,326]

I can't say that we're really all that close. Despite living in the same house, I don't tell them anything. They don't know about most of my interests, I don't really feel like I can talk to them. They aren't all that judgmental, but I get the feeling they would be worried about me if they knew about some of the things I like. I don't really know all that much about them either, I don't really ask them about much.

 

 Although I have been meaning to buy some pony plushes, and a Binding of Isaac tarot card deck. So, I don't know how long their ignorance of those two interests will last. I'm just really sick of acting fake around them.

[iceestarz 5,764]

My dad's side: I pretty much hate them all, except my grandma. Well her and my aunt who died last year. It was really tough on me, I couldn't understand why she would turn to drugs.

 

My mom's side: I don't talk to them, but I don't despise any of them. We just live too far to see them often.

 

Mom: I love her. She is literally my savior. I underwent double jaw surgery 5 weeks ago and she took care of me. She gave me showers, have me my pain meds, stayed with me when I erm...was throwing up blood, changed my ice packs constantly, made me food, and much more.

 

My dad: not that close to him cause he was gone for half of my life due to deploying. Just part of the military life I guess.

 

My sister: we used to hate eachother when we were younger, about 10. Now we're extremely close and consider her my best friend. If anyone starts something with me she definitely has my back.

 

My two little brothers: quite annoying, but I still adore them. Besides, bronies gotta stick together, right? They made fun of me for liking ponies last year, but it only took a few weeks before they started watching the show

 

My cat: haaa, he's a butthead. I still love him. <3

[Rainboom Dash 1,056]

My family's alright. I have a mother and father who love and care for me very much, a sister who's alright, and a brother who's autistic but still good. I also have four cats.

[Callisto 1,877]

My family's cool. I'm close with all of them, but moreso my mother than anyone else. They're kinda odd, but aren't we all?

[Rainbowcrash420 109]

My moms and dads families are pretty crazy. Alot of alcoholics and psychos(literally). I get along with my moms side pretty good most of them are just old hippies there pretty cool. I dont get along with my dads side very good. Alot of greedy a$$holes. They have alot weird control issues and I dont really see any of them anymore.

[~Chaos~ 3,967]

I live with just my mom (dad left when I was young) we have a good relationship and don't fight or anything, small but I don't mind.

[Technicolor_Pony 34]

*whimpers*

let's just say I consider you guys my closest family I've had...

[Callofduty 4 6]

Close and very varied: all of us are from many different places around the world.

[Treble Bolt 1,122]

I went through foster care from age 10-18. My birth parents made it clear from an early age I was unwanted. I have a sister who is 2 years younger than I. The difference between us is the fact that I was an unplanned pregnancy, as well as a failed abortion, whereas my sister was planned. My birth mother told me this when I was young, as well as this aspect being confirmed when I snooped through my court/foster care papers when I was 14. My birth mother was either at work or at the bar (oftentimes we'd be with her at the bar). Never really did anything with us as far as going to the park or doing anything as a family.. We were pretty much neglected by her.  My father....well, he didn't work as far as I can remember (he was always home). He often got mad at me and I was his punching bag. I was his physical plaything as well. He also had friends who "played" with me....so yeah..

I went through 12 homes in foster care. So there's not much for anything of a "family" during that time. I considered none my family, and I quickly learned I was there for them to make money.  Only 2 homes really cared for me, but I was not there long enough to really have it count. ...

 

Well, now I am married. Have been for over 3 years.  My husband is my everything. :wub: :wub: He is patient, gentle, kind. A very skinny, tall, quite man. There's always something going on in his mind.  We communicate very well, but then again, it's easy to be on the same page because we are very practical minded people. His parents don't know much about me, and were not happy with the prospect of him getting married at all (he's an only child), so they basically told us we were on our own (hoping it'd deter us from getting married, but it didn't because we then worked hard to get everything together ourselves). Now, I am fully accepted into the family. His dad is a big teddy bear. A tall, plump man with such a baby face. He doesn't say much at all, but loves farming, knows everyone, but I think he's stuck in the 1970's mentally (not hippie like, just technology/societal). His mom is a bit of a hoarder (we have grain bins full of newspapers), a very quiet nervous woman. I often feel like I'm walking on eggshells with her because she seems to cry over any little thing. But we have similar political, environmental, and health viewpoints. She just doesn't act upon her views much at all.

 

My birth sister....well, I had a vehement hatred of her throughout foster care. She was well cared for when we were little, but back then, I thought I was truly a bad child and deserved the neglect and abuse I was shown. Once I learned otherwise, and add to the fact that people ONLY wanted to adopt my younger sister and not me, I grew to hate her.  Why did they want her? Adoptive parents often want the youngest children possible. I was 14 and my sister 12 when we were put up for adoption throughout the nation. Our social worker would tell us over and over who was interested, and the reason they decided against adopting us (basically telling us that my sister was wanted, I was not). She actually grew to hate me too because I stopped her from getting a family. When I was 16, there was a family who wanted us both, but by then I had college prospects and knew adoption would make me ineligible for many scholarships and grants, plus I did not want to be adopted. I fought the state really hard to get separated from my sister so she could get adopted and I be free because they were going through with the adoption process even though I did not want it. It took a lot of work, but in the end I was able to sign myself separated from her, and she was able to be adopted. After aging out, I lost contact with her (I moved for college), but recently I got in contact with her again and now we are friends. It's an okay friendship, we live very far apart and I have matured a great deal more than her. Plus we have little in common, but at least we are friends.

[man dude man 555]

Terrible relationship with my family. I'm the blacksheep. I am the one who doesn't get invited to the card games lol.

Parents are self concerned and lazy, one is an addict, I pretty much am only on like good family terms with some of my cousins, and I am like best friends with my brother. Other than that me and my dad can't be in the same room as eachother without something bad happening. He's kind of just a selfish douche, that stays to himself like 24/7 getting high and complaining when he has to or is asked to do anything but. Constantly giving off doubt, telling me how I wont succeed, but then criticize me for the rut I am in. Only really nice to me when he's self medicated past good health.

[Guest]

My family is pretty loving and very close to one another - it's nice to know that there's always a shoulder you can hold onto in times of trouble.