my parents were tough
2007-03-22 20:04:50 · 18 answers · asked by Stormy 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
no i wasnt....can u say abuse?
2007-03-22 20:08:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was treated well growing up, in many of the ways that count. I always thought I was loved even though I don't remember ever being hugged. That seems strange when I think back on it. I remember asking my mother why she never hugged me or told me she loved me while I was growing up and she responded that she was raised that way and she used to hug me when I was a toddler but couldn't bring herself to do it as I got a little older.
Then I acquired a step-father at around 2-3 years old and he never once told me he loved me and never once held me or hugged me. I think that is why I have been married 4 times and why I married at age 17 the first time---always seeking a man's affection---maybe--who knows???
You say your parents were tough. I'm sorry to hear that, if it caused you to have problems. My mother was very strict, but my step-father was a push over and consequently I thought he was a pansy and that I could 'walk all over him' and I didn't respect him. I feel really bad about that now.
I have apologized to him as an adult but I still hurt deep inside for never receiving affection from him and never receiving the love of a father.
Very insightful question, by the way! Thank You!
By the way, this is an add-on to my previous remarks--MY MOTHER is wonderful and the best friend in the world to me, now and the two of us HUG all the time whenever we get together----YEAH!
2007-03-22 20:16:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm still growing up, but I hope i can answer this. and yes I am treated VERY well. I'm as spoiled as he**, I've only been yelled at once in my lifetime (and it was for something REALLY BAD), my mom doesn't act like a mom half of the time she is acting as if she were my roommate, or something, in fact I would say that I have one of the best childhoods in the world!!!!
YAY ME!!!!!!!
2007-03-22 20:12:42 · answer #3 · answered by Nicki.Nicotine. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think so.....my parents were tough also, but I was a tough child to raise.
2007-03-22 20:09:56 · answer #4 · answered by tigerbychild 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My parents were tough, but fair. My Mom is my best friend now.
2007-03-22 20:08:08 · answer #5 · answered by Zorlinda 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. Your parents probably gave you "tough love".
2007-03-22 20:09:47 · answer #6 · answered by FL Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tough but fair.
2007-03-22 20:09:18 · answer #7 · answered by Judas Rabbi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mine was really an odd mixture of both good and bad.. now days me and the rents get along okay for the most part we still have a few issues to work out but it's nothing that will hinder our relationship.
2007-03-22 20:19:42 · answer #8 · answered by Lazrus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wasnt treated bad. i might of got 4 smacks all up. But my mum didnt have much money so we missed out a bit,
I love my mum...
2007-03-22 20:13:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but my parents were distant. They were kind of caught up in their own problems. But they took good care of me and my sister.
2007-03-22 20:09:12 · answer #10 · answered by jlily680 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes & I do count my blessings & try my darnest with my 2
2007-03-22 20:11:47 · answer #11 · answered by Praxis 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋