So I was thinking...I wonder where all these people came from? I mean, how did we all end up the way we are? What is your family like? Do you attribute who you are now to the way you grew up? Just a thought...
good question...my family are my mam and sister...i have a step dad but i don't count him. most of the problems i have now stem from my family life. my dad died of cancer when i was eight, but at the time i didn't know he was my dad, i jst thought he was a family friend even though i was brought up seeing him everyday. because i was conceived in what society would call and affair, my mam and step dad thought it best i didn't know. when my dad died though, my mam lost a lover, friend and partner, i lost my dad. i haven't been right since he died....it's complicated......it was probably best not to ask!!!!
My family are my mother and my father, but we're not that close. I moved to live by myself when I was 17 and now we're living in a different country and even tho we do keep in contact (my mum was actually visiting me yesterday), they still don't really know me and I don't know them. My closer family are my friends. We've grown up together, gone through pretty much everything together... I love them more than anything.
My family consists of two parents and a brother. I don't live with them because I'm away at school, but we talk a lot. My brother and I aren't very close, because he is an extremely negative person and I can't be around people like that... but we do ok. We try. My therapist has convinced me to try to work out a relationship with him, so I"m working on that these days. My maternal grandmother lives with my parents since my grandfather passed away .. a year ago yesterday, actually .. so I guess my family is pretty tight. But friends are family too, and they're awesome Family isn't just about blood... it's about love
I am not anything like my family. Ok, well I take that back. Some of my mannerisms and patterns of speech are similar to my father's. And my emotional state was influenced heavily by my mother. Not to mention my self-image and self-esteem... those were both reduced to almost nothing by my mother. My father taught me how to NOT communicate, and how to hold things back. In a way, this is a good thing. Restraint can be appropriate at times... but not when it becomes unhealthy. My two older brothers were moderate role models for me, but not all that influential. All in all, my family has made me some of what I am. But for the most part, I am part of that family by blood relation only. I look like them, but I sure as hell don't live like them. Maybe in spite of the way that I was raised, or maybe just because rebellion is what teenagers do, I went very far off of the track that my parents set me upon. And I came back to find my own path, in my own way. But I thank my parents for how they raised me. Even for all their faults, they produced a compassionate and caring young man. They did their best, and I was left with the rest. It's beginning to become balaced out now. And now, I am just beginning a family of my own. My fiance and I are due to have a baby in the middle of next year, and it is such an amazing feeling to be starting the process all over again. Ok yeah, THIS TIME AROUND, it will all be perfect I will most certainly NOT make the same mistakes that my parents made... yes indeed... I love my family, and I'm proud to be a part of a new one
My mom and dad are the most loving, forgiving, supportive people I have ever met. My mom and I are VERY much alike, and so are my dad and I, but we are also quite different. My parents are very openminded (except when it comes to drinking/drug use because there is a history of ALOT of abuse in my family). They don't drink or smoke, they love the outdoors, and they are very happy people. Without them, I would probably be lost and trying to sort out all kinds of problems with no luck. They have taken me to my first riding lesson, picked me up from soccer practice, put me through school, and even bailed me out of jail. I am an only child and my parents gave me a lot of attention when I was a kid. Both of my parents are psychologists, so granted it got pretty intense a lot of the time. Whenever we had a family problem, we all had to sit down together at talk things out. It gives me a really good feeling inside to know that no matter how much of a bastard I was to them in the past (especially around 17-18 years old), they forgive me and love me and know that deep down I am a good person. Now we live across the country from each other and I miss them very much, but I know that it is better this way. Since I have no brothers or sisters, they are very protective of me (especially my dad) and they would not approve of some of my "habits". Its nice to be out on my own now and not have to worry about disappointing them or making them sad. I hate disappointing them. I also have a large extended family who I love more than anything. I swear my grandma is the kindest person in the world. I don't think I have EVER heard her say anything bad about anyone. My cousin Matt is basically like my brother, we have grown up together. I also have to mention my best friend Crystal who goes everywhere with my family and is not even realyl a friend, she's my sister. And of course, last but not least, my boyfriend Matt has been with me through so much. We've been together for over a year and we're going strong. We've been living with each other away from our families & friends for 5 months now, and I couldn't be happier. He is definitely family. My family has shaped who I am today in every way. My parents are the smartest people I know. They know SO MUCH, its like a plethora of information at my fingertips. I love them.
My family is my parents and my older brother. Very few extended family, and we pretty much never saw them. I'd say that my parents raised me really well. I definitely take after them. I can see just about all of my personality traits in both of my parents. I wasn't very close to my dad, but I spent quite a bit of time with my mom. I haven't seen my brother very much in the past 6 years, since he went off to college. Right now, he's in grad school in Mebourne, so I won't see hime for another year and a half. Our family traveled a lot, and lived overseas for 2 years, which I'm thankful for. We actually got along really well together, and never had any major problems. They've given me a worldly view and eclectic tastes, and I'm happy to call them my family.
my family is my dad, a crazy burnt out hippie of 58, who grows the smoke, and he's like the coolest cat i know... my mom... shes a hyper,jumpy little woman of 46, reads self help books, watches dr phil*shudder*, and has her nose & bellybutton pierced and rides a motorcycle. my brudder... hes a 19 yr old kid who has big dreams but doesn't know where to start, that's why hes still in grade 12. he likes fishing and wants to be a marine biologist.
I am half klingon... my dad was a klingon warrior, who had lost his brow ridges due to some exposure to some romulan bio-wapon, thus, he could easily pass for human.
I would have to say I am opposite of my family. I have some characteristics from both my mom and dad's side. but for the most part...you wouldn't know that i was related to them.
