How do you feel about your parents?

**Jim S** · 12-14-2007, 10:13 PM

**Tippster** · 12-14-2007, 10:15 PM

Only have my Mom left, and she's awesome.

**gbarnum** · 12-14-2007, 10:19 PM

My mom and I wrote hateful notes back and forth when I was in high school. Those were tough years. We get along great now. Love 'em. Unfortunately, were 2000 miles apart now.

**Stone-Free** · 12-14-2007, 10:24 PM

My mother is a saint. Kewlest woman ever.

My dad is pretty cool, but he is a super type A personality and can be difficult to talk to. I love them both very much.

**My Pet Powder Goat** · 12-14-2007, 10:24 PM

mom & step-fam (dads deceased, leukemia '79)

all I can say is..
"when I was 18 I was always amazed at how ignorant, and narrow minded my parents were.
...by the time I had turned 23 I was amazed at how much they had grown!" -unknown

my mom was sometimes a fiery bitch, but she really has mellowed...
mixed fams can be difficult but, they have been my brothers, sis & dad since I was 5, so I couldn't & wouldn't, change a thing

**Kevo** · 12-14-2007, 10:29 PM

All in all they did a great job raising me. They support me in anything I do, which means a lot. They seem to realize I want different things for myself than they want for themselves/older bro wants for himself. Once we were able to come to that understanding everything has been good.

**skikola** · 12-14-2007, 10:30 PM

I lucked out.
Great parents who have always given me love and support.
The mags have been real timely, personally, with a lot of threads lately.....
Missing them a lot right now, just got back to tahoe after an extended visit, and my grandfather passed away last night. Wish I could have stayed a few extra days.....

doughboyshredder · 12-14-2007, 10:52 PM

My mom and step-dad are awesome. My life would not be anywhere near as amazing if it wasn't for them.

My dad is a piece of shit.

**4matic** · 12-14-2007, 10:58 PM

My parents were perfect. I was a self sufficient adult at age 17 when I left home for college to make it on my own. Never thought twice about it. I was given every advantage and opportunity available. I'm a serious underachiever all considered..

**bio-smear** · 12-15-2007, 01:21 AM

My folks are awesome. They are from very modest means, they taught me that nothing comes for free except blackberries in Oregon. They divorced when I was 24 which made for some bad years but things are cool now. I can't imagine having any other people as parents. [/feelgood]

**Buzzworthy** · 12-15-2007, 01:55 AM

Ups downs all arounds.

They did fucking fantastic.

**mitch buchannon** · 12-15-2007, 02:13 AM

Originally Posted by 4matic

My parents were perfect. I was a self sufficient adult at age 17 when I left home for college to make it on my own. Never thought twice about it. I was given every advantage and opportunity available. I'm a serious underachiever all considered..

Seconded. I wouldn't say I was self-sufficient at 17... or 22... but I feel as though I was given a lot. And seem to be underperforming with it as well.

**skinny_kid** · 12-15-2007, 03:12 AM

My parents have been amazing to me and I can't thank them enough. They really have done so much for me and my sister. I have just really begun to realize everything.

But how could I not love my parents? I'm from Atlanta and they took me skiing when i was three years and change and never missed a year(SLC every year with Jackson/Targee/Big Sky/and Colorado mixed during highschool and college) untill I was twenty. Not bad I if you ask me

**kchri** · 12-15-2007, 08:01 AM

Mom was always awesome and still is. Dad was a drunk and an asshole most of the time until he found out he had lymphatic cancer. He stopped drinking and became the dad he always should have been until he died three years later. He was awesome until he died.

Mixed bag...

**Caucasian Asian** · 12-15-2007, 08:09 AM

I love my parents. When I lived in the same town as them, I never spoke to them or saw them. Every few months. Now the farther away I move from them, the more I call them. Once or twice a week now.

And I always tell my mom I love her.

**schuss** · 12-15-2007, 09:08 AM

Overall, pretty rad. We've had some rough spots, but I think most have. In terms of raising me, I couldn't have asked for much more from them.

**Jim S** · 12-15-2007, 09:35 AM

My dad taught me bit of street smarts and the uncommon common sense. He turned me onto skiing and staying in shape; I got my wit and spontaneity and humor from him. Both my folks imparted honesty and a sense of honor in my moral code. That's the good.

However, there is a lot of bad. And looking at me and my siblings and the family structure nuclear and beyond, I now that both of parents have psychological issues (no joke) and probably should have been neutered and not allowed to breed. Or they should been made to take courses in parenting before being allowed to procreate.

I will try to do better with my kids. Lord knows I wish I had better tools and modelling.

**BigDaddy** · 12-15-2007, 09:48 AM

Considering what I gave them to work with, they did a pretty good job.

Edit: Funny but serious stuff, JS. It's a slow evolutionary experience and we hopefully improve. I catch myself (and wife) repeating sins with our child, but I figure that's good... we're aware of it at least!

**Theodore** · 12-15-2007, 10:35 AM

Heart mine. Dad died when I was 18, so I only have my mom left, but we get along great. There are things that bother me about her, but for the most part we have no issues at all.

**hutash** · 12-15-2007, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by Tippster

Only have my Mom left, and she's awesome.

Same here, and agree

**skiing-in-jackson** · 12-15-2007, 12:19 PM

Short of bearing my soul on the interweb.

I'm convinced they were out to destroy me- particularly my mother . They succeeded with my brother

and almost got me too.

You can have 'em for a six pack of brown bottles.

, you could have 'em for a sixer of Schaefer.

**Chainsaw_Willie** · 12-15-2007, 01:21 PM

Explaining my relationship to my parents here would take too much typing. Suffice to say that the first half of my life is something I wish I could live over simply because the folks were super-conservative (they grew up in the depression, dad served in WWII) and a lot of those traits rubbed off on me. I was raised to follow the straight and narrow, not explore and discover. Still, I love 'em like no one else and wish mom was still around (cancer got her in '90) as she had the biggest heart of any woman I've ever met. Dad's a great guy and still kicking, remarried to a great woman and retired over East of the mountains. I go to visit on all the holidays and on his Birthday.

**mr_gyptian** · 12-15-2007, 01:24 PM

in a word, proud.

**A-wreck** · 12-15-2007, 01:38 PM

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