Is your relationship with your Parents close?

[Tash.]

Not really. Never been particularly 'close' to my Dad, though I have always had the banter with him about football etc. I know he cares, he just isn't the type of person who shows love easily. Now he doesn't live with us anymore, so don't see him, do text him a bit though. My mum, who I live with, I have my ups and downs about. I know she does her best, but I question her state of mind and whether she thinks things through sometimes. When we clash, it's bad because our views and personalities are poles apart. So yeah, doesn't sound great when you put it like that actually.. haha. But it's taught me to be more independent recently, and for that I guess i'm thankful.

[Lindsey]

I am closer to my mom, because I Do not speak to my dad, My dad tries and texts me like everyday, but I don't answer back. Because I don't really like my father, but then I don't really have a close relationship with my mom neither. :S

[HotelUser]

I talk to them both. I don't talk to them about personal things or anything.

[sammy]

I'm extremely close with my mum, she's like my best friend & I can tell her anything - but when we argue we REALLY argue. Me & my dad are close too but we don't talk that much because we don't really have the same interests.

So yeah overall I'm REALLY close with both of my parents so !

[luce]

yeah we're a pretty close family especially compared to some that you see out in Town or on the TV !

[HotelUser]

Does anyone here actually eat as a family?

[Catzsy]

Does anyone here actually eat as a family?

Yes we always do - when everybody is home in the evening.

[HotelUser]

Yes we always do - when everybody is home in the evening.

We're most always home together in the evenings, though eating together would seem almost alien

[Catzsy]

We're most always home together in the evenings, though eating together would seem almost alien

Well it's quite normal for us and we catch up with any news otherwise we just pass in the house!

[Metric1]

Eating together was something we ALWAYS did as a family even when my parents were together. Because it's just me and mom now we eat together when we can and mom always makes an effort for all of us to eat together at least once when everyone is home. My relationship with my mom is awesome, my relationship with my dad leaves a little bit to be desired. My dad tries to be my friend and he is a really nice guy but it's just hard because I don't see him very often and I'm more attached to my mom. My parents split and my mom had sole custody of us because my dad moved home. My mom provided us with a great life, it was a little tough in the beginning because my mom was left with a lot of debt from my dad and from the divorce but she ALWAYS made the best of it and she always told us that if we could get through the hard times our lives would be a whole lot better, she didn't disappoint. My mom is probably my best friend, I spent a lot of time with her when I was younger because my brothers would be out doing stuff and she couldn't afford to have somebody to watch me. When my mom would do a showing I would wait in the car... sometimes it would take hours but I always knew it would somehow make our lives better so I didn't complain. Don't get me wrong, the first year was tough and looking back, I know we struggled but mom never made it apparent to us. My mom began working a lot, like she would work from 8 in the morning until 10 o'clock at night sometimes.. my brothers would be out doing stuff because nobody was there to say no.. I learned how to take care of myself because it was better than sitting in an office or waiting in a car,my brothers would call me "Matilda" because I cooked and cleaned It doesn't sound like the ideal life, but my mom eventually became a broker and she had a lot more free time because she had a lot of people working for her (eventually I became one of them). My mom provided a great life for us, just like she promised.. call me a mama's boy, I don't care, I have a lot of respect for my mother.