While most children have pet peeves about their parents, I think most of us can admit that there's things we truly do love about our parents, too. Sometimes, when I'm really frustrated with my family, I find it's good to make a list of the positives AND negatives, to make me feel a little better and remind myself that my parents are human, too!

So tell me forum, what's the good, the bad, and the ugly about YOUR parents?

The Good:
-My mother tries to be supportive
-My mother has a good sense of humor
-They provide me with a roof over my head
-They don't emotionally or physically abuse me

The Bad:
-My mother is disgusted by homosexuals and she voices this, even though she knows I'm gay
-My father has anger issues
-My father can be annoying an insensitive

I'll start us off.

The good:
My parents are both bright and cheerful people. My mom is a lot like me, though it took me a long time to realize it, and I love it now: when we go shopping or really do anything together, we really connect. My dad... haha, I was just talking about this in another thread, my dad is CRAZY. He's got the best sense of humor of anyone I know, is constantly pulling practical jokes on his coworkers, and manages to be successful while he's having fun. He's a great person to talk to and very fun to cook with. I have to admit, I've got pretty cool parents.

The bad:
Mom understands me - she grew up in a family which had the same financial position (not bad at all) as the one I grew up in. Dad, on the other hand, grew up with two older siblings on the edge of poverty. He had to work hard and pay for everything he wanted, including college. Because of that, he's a real hard-ass about paying for my school. He makes me work a job while I go to school, and he's keeping a running tab... if I get less than a B in any class, I have to pay him back for that class. It sort of pisses me off sometimes... I feel like he doesn't understand that I AM working as hard as I can. It feels like he's taking his experiences growing up out on me.

The gross-out factor:
Last year, when I was eighteen, I caught my dad smoking weed. I grew up in a Dutch family, and so I was already used to the idea of pot, and I knew I liked alcohol when I was very little. There is no alcohol or drug abuse in my family, and I was raised against it. Even though I knew my parents were in support of legalizing pot, there was just something... life shattering about catching my parents smoking weed, and learning that they'd managed to hide it from me for eighteen years of my life. To be honest, I'm still a little shaken up about it, no matter how much I joke with them. And while I still love them dearly, I look at them a little differently now.

Since I've become an adult, my parents have also been much less reserved about their sex life... which my mom unwantedly told me is "pretty kinky, I won't do everything your dad wants me to." LOL what sort of person, regardless of how old, wants to hear that, really?! Oxo Not to mention I clean the house so there's a HUGE gross out factor when I see lube or my dad's cock ring on the bedstand. Sorry, that's taking it a little far. And if I confront them, I get the, "Be glad your parents love each other. We COULD be separated." Thanks, mom. I feel loads better now.

All in all, my family has its functions and its dysfunctions like every other family. Though they frustrate me, weird me out and occasionally GROSS me out, I wouldn't trade them for anything. I love my parents.

The Good:
- They always pick me up from School.
-Pitch in for my art supplies.
-Provide a roof over my head and a place to sleep.

The Bad:
-My mom ods.
Has mental problems.
Tells me to commit suicide almost every day.
I've gotten used to it so it doesn't bother me as much.
-My dad just works to much, and ignores me.

As for love and affection..I get more of it from my dog. But I'm sure my parents love me very much, they just have different ways of showing it.

My dad


The good:
He's funny
he's kind of laid back
he works hard

The bad.
He's stubborn
he smokes in my car
he's loud during sporting events
he's embarrassing

the gross
He talks about defecation at the table
he has a dirty mind....at the supper table
he walks around the house in his underwear

The good:
As she's a female like me, she usually understands my feelings more than my dad.
She works really hard for me.
She's friendly and speaks freely to me.
She loves make-up, dress-up and shopping just as much as I do.
She doesn't think I should have any secrets at all.
She thinks Enrique Iglesias is hot too. :P

The bad:
She's paranoid about me dating a guy; she hates men.
She shouts too much.
She doesn't think I'm pretty.
She doesn't let me read story books.

The disgusting:
She has a funny way of chewing her food.
She changes her clothes right in front of me.

There isn't any good in my parents. I was abandoned by both of them more than once, and left for dead on way too many occasions. I have no love or respect for my "parents."

The good:
They provide a roof over my head and food to eat.
My mom knows what kind of clothes I like to wear, so I don't always have to go shopping with her..[xD]
She understands me, and knows when I need help.

The bad:
My mom jumps to conclusions..
My dad has road rage.. and anger problems [as well as my siblings]
My dad brags a lot..in public..


The gross:
My parents aren't really gross... 8D
Okay, well my dad, like other men likes to look at 'stuff' on the computer..
and I've caught him doing it even when he promised mum he wouldn't do it again.
My mum is totally against it..and..well..he IS a man. >_>

The Good:
-They worry about me and know when I need help.
-My mom is careful about what she cooks for us because I don't eat meat (its more than that, things like using vegitable stock instead of chicken stock ect...)

The Bad:
-My dad likes to tease me and that frusterates me.
-My mom is constantly lecturing me on serving sizes (usually over about how much milk or juice I pour).

The Ugly:
-My dad likes to make poop jokes, even when we have company, even during dinner.
-Some of you may not find this particular thing a big deal, but as a nerd, this urks me: My mom doesn't know who Boba Fett is, despite having seen all six Star Wars films.

Good:
My Mom and I get along GREAT.
They push me to do things.
My Mom has decent input on some things we talk about.


Bad:
My dad has choked me before..twice.
- He also drinks and drives with me in the car, and he's a police officer.
They argue all the time..so much that they should be divorced.
They never sleep in he same bed.

Ugly:
My Dad is fucking disgusting. He fart and burps like nobodies business. I mean, the burping I have no problem with..it's the other stuff xD

The Good:
Frankly, the fact that she moved away from me when she did. I wouldn't want to be taking care of my mom & my daughter right now and that's exactly what I've been doing. We DID have a few good years when she was clean and sober and we would read The Chronicles of Narnia together and I attribute my love of books partly to her [and partly to my grandma].

The Bad:
She was a drug addict, doesn't know who exactly my father is & really only cares about herself. She use to leave me and my brothers alone with strangers all the time, disappearing for weeks [sometimes months] without anyone knowing where she was. She's a flat-out liar. She puts up a front for people like she's the best person in the world and treats everyone like her own personal stepping mat. I could go on with this forever.

The Ugly:
Not freaking joking she once asked if my boyfriend would be into a mother-daughter sort of thing. Fucking gross.

Good:
Both of my parents try to be supportive.
They provided for me for 25 years of my life. XD
My parents put up with my weird obsession with reptiles and let me keep a bunch even though my mom hates them

Bad:
Neither one of my parents really understand or support my gender identity issues.
My mom tends to be a bit closed minded and thinks that anything dealing with queer folk is "trashy" that's more so towards transgenders and drag than homosexuals although she is not too thrilled about me having girlfriends and tries to get me to date guys when I will not do that.
My dad doesn't really give opinions on things and is more of a listener.

Good:
My mother really did try, despite the circumstances.
When the public eye was on us, we were a normal family. It was nice, despite how short it was.
If I was never born to them, I would never have had my little angel, Kyrie.
My Godfather was a good man, and mostly raised me.

Bad/Ugly:
Father was abusive in all forms and a drunk.
Father said he hated my mother and I all the time.
Father never helped in caring for me.
Mother was an MPD schizophrenic without medication.
Mother tried to commit suicide all the time, finally succeeded, while I watched.
There was never any love to begin with, I am a child born of rape.

I apologize if this seems to brunt for some of you, but I am truthful of these things, I am not ashamed of my past.

My parents are quite helpful and supportive but at other times they're just too possessive and over-protective. But recently, someone at my school heard a rumor that this kid in her class is being beaten for no real reasons. And he usually arrives at school with bruises and blood on his face, claiming his parents beat him with this chain. I'm not sure but maybe he's just doing it for attention. You never know.