I randomly landed in here somehow, and ended up reading all of these posts. I can relate to a lot of your comments. I had a large family when I was young and over my 28 years have watched it dwindle to a few. I currently have a good relationship with both my parents, Took some growing up on my part. Mater Familia was the greatest, almost story book mom with the way she ran a household, except she keeps it real in a serious convo. No June Cleaver fakery. My dad was awesome when I was younger but worked out of town a lot for a few very important years of my life (13-1
Parents divorced @ 12. I developed an extremely hard head, became rebellious, and had very reckless lifestyle which caused much worry for both parents.(with good reason) . I can talk with my mom about things, current events, people, she is more able to reciprocate in bi directional communication. My dad, I spend more time listening to. I love him, but he talks about things and doesn't really ask much or seem to take in all of what I say, so I just let him talk. I know he won't be around forever so I visit him, but I think it's only because I feel obligated too. I guess I've never said that to anyone. I miss the memories of our past relationship. He pretty much just annoys me because its always the same things, same convo. He is 60 and set in his ways and not much is going to really change I guess, with the exception of his health. I spend a lot of time reading and learning about new ideas and concepts, and my parents being older, aren't as able to wrap their minds around it I guess. There are a lot of things I have tried to share with them that they will never understand, and there are some things I will never reveal to them, or anyone. They supported me and were always there for me, even when I was real fucked up in the game, so I will do the same for them. With a good family comes the responsibility of taking care of them if something happens, and the burden of watching some of them pass. We get thrown into this life with no say so or preparation, to deal the best we can. My parents made this life tolerable and allowed me to see that we should enjoy it, because we are going to be here either way, no need to make it worse. I hope you can all find peace with yours. Thanks for reading.