Family Relationships

Hmm. Well my immediate family take the piss out of everything I do, therefore I really dislike them. Apart from my mum who if I were to open up to, she'd be OK and rarely takes the piss. However now I feel the need to, in essence, act to be someone else. My dad is the worst, he always trys to make me something I'm not, constantly complaining about how none of his sons are big football fans and some other dreams he had of us. At the moment he's forcing me to get a job otherwise I couldn't afford a car, my comeback is that I won't get a car if I can't afford it then he complains that I have to get a car to, and I quote, "have some fun". Whilst I would like to get a car, I don't see the point if I could be going to uni 6-9 months after I pass my test. He doesn't approve of anything I do, he doesn't like anything I do and we generally don't get on well. I appreciate what he's done in the past, but I genuinely can't wait to get out of here as soon as possible.

My mums side of the family I don't speak to anymore since the passing of my Nan, and while I don't mind one of my Uncles, the other one is a right ***. He's one of those posh ***** who think he is better then everyone else and feels the need to send his daughter to some private school.

My dads side, well I dislike my uncle, dislike my aunt, don't speak to my cousins really. My Grandparents are the only people I can stand and even then their outdatedness can be frustrating at points.

I really can't stand my family all in all, which I don't think is very good but you can't change the past.

I really like my mum's side of the family although it's just me, my bro, my mam, my uncle and my granny. Although I'm not open with my family, I'm close to my granny. She'll always treat me as a 5 year old and I love that ahaha. She's so squidgy and I think we're on quite similar wavelengths in our thoughts (although she reads the bloody daily mail). She exudes so much love and I know that she will accept me whatever my faults.

My dad's side are so much more proper and less open about feelings. They're very staunch in their views and considering my dad is a bit of the black sheep in the family and my mum was so much younger than him there is always a bit of us being the outsiders. Regardless I do really like them, especially my uncle and my lesbian cousin has always been lovely to me, if a little judgemental. I don't really know my other 3 cousins as they've lived abroad for the majority of my life.

I have a very small family. Me and my mum are so close, sounds cheesy but she really is just like my best friend. I only live with my mum, I don't have any siblings. My dad on the other hand is the biggest **** ever lol, I fell out with him big time couple of years ago and he doesn't even want to know me now basically (even though he lives 5 minutes down the road from me), because of this I don't speak to my dads side nomore, i wasn't that keen on them anyway, they were all too up themselves really but it is a shame. My mum's side are alright, I get on with my cousins etc (i only have about 3). My grandparents i'm very close too, my mums parents are split up, my mum's dad lives in greece which is amazing as then I get free holidays ahhh. My mum's mum lives near by, I always go to see her bless her.

I have the best relationship with my brother. I've only started living with my current family (hiya adopted) recently so I guess it's not really expected for me to be OMG BESTFRIENDS with my mum and her husband, steve. I wouldn't say I have a bad relationship with anyone in my immediate family, but we're certainly not the kind of family who tell each other all our secrets.

Steve and I have a sort of love-hate relationship I guess.. He often gets drunk which makes him quite scary, so I do try to steer clear of him most of the time just in case!!

And my mum cares too much. I wish she'd just give me some space because no, mum, I'm not dealing drugs in my bedroom just because I haven't come out of the room for two hours, it's actually called sleeping :(

My brother- woo love him!

I've got an OK relationship with my Mum and Step-Dad. A couple of years ago my Dad decided he wanted to see us and now feels like he's not even gonna come down to see us for about 7 months so obviously he doesn't give a ****.

My brothers and sisters, obviously, I hate. Especially my brother as he's incredibly annoying. That's all the family I have really though.

I dont have a good relationship with my mother, but with my father I do. I have a good relationship with my brothers aswell.

um, i think most of my family live pretty close although there are some that live really far away and i don't ever see. i wouldn't say i'm close enough to anyone in my family so that i'm able to open up to them and feel comfortable about it. :( i'd love to have a great relationship with my mum (like loads do) where they're able to treat her like an older sister and just tell her everything that's on there mind, but unfortunately i don't exactly have the courage to talk to my mum, let alone anyone irl.

i live with my mum & dad and well, i stay out their way most of the time. throughout the year my nan and granddad (that spend most of their time living in spain) come to visit and usually stay at our house as there's like their little house thing that i can't explain in our garden. (H) i love all my family and i don't have bad relationships with anyone, it's just i'm not exactly that close to many of them.

my relationship with my mum is quite good i've gotten really close to her lately so that's nice, but my relationship with my step dad is absolutely ****, he acts like a child and he is fine with my sister. i've given up with him, i think we're too similar whenever we try to talk it ends up in an argument and then everyone starts moaning at me and saying its all my fault, then it ends in a full blown argument. so i've just given up with him...

my mum's side of the family is really nice we're quite close and see each other quite often. yet my dad's side of the family is completely different i haven't seen most of them in years which is really disappointing because they're all lovely and i feel we could get on really well. i think with all the re-marriages have created a big divide in my family, and it means we're not as close as we could have been. just thank ya self lucky if you haven't had many divorces happen, lmao like everyone person has re-married in my family.

Thank you to everyone who has posted. I'll do mine now, only fair to after all XD

I was'nt close to my dad when I was younger but I did start getting close to him as I grew up. I get on alright with my mum but don't like to share alot of things with her and I get along with my brother quite abit. Me and my brother never fight at all. (Except playfighting)
Im not close with my cousins and aunts and i'm more close to my godmother then anyone in my family. Mainly because when my dad died, she was there for me the most. Considering we're not blood related, I think that's pretty nice of her.
All in all, im not as close as I could of been with my family.

i have a great relationship with my dad but not with my mum. I get on the most with my grandmother (maternal)