2007-10-30 07:38:26 · 18 answers · asked by sparkleeliz 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
I know enough about them to realize that they are the most selfish, unloving parents that can exist and haven't spoken in years to them, nor ever will I plan to.
2007-10-30 07:46:43 · answer #1 · answered by Yummy♥Mummy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can't know everything. I'd be pretty freaked out if my parents knew everything about me.
What they tell you depends a lot on their comfort level to share about their lives. Neutral areas like where they were born, grewup, schools they went to, how they met, etc are more likely things they'll share. But most parents won't talk about it unless they're asked. Sometimes, if a memory is too painful, they don't talk about it and even avoid the topic altogether.
It takes a lifetime to know anyone well. We only really get to know our parents well when we're grown and adult. That's when we speak with our parents as adults and friends and things are shared much more easily with less of the burden of parenting responsibility and duties in the background.
2007-10-30 07:46:37 · answer #2 · answered by founteterne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know exactly what they want you to know about them and you know gossip and rumor passed on by their siblings or relatives that is infused with whatever the gossip teller feels about your parent; love, envy, hatred, jealousy, upset, revenge etc.
You parents are human beings exactly like you and there is NOTHING that humans are doing right now in the world that hasn't already been done or been thought of. And that includes, thoughts, sex, actions, defiance, love, underhandedness among other things.
Honestly, if kids REALLY knew everything about their parents and their lives, I think their soft little heads would explode. Especially teen age and 20 somethings soft little heads.
2007-10-30 07:45:04 · answer #3 · answered by Mimi Di 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't. I don't even know where they met, how they met, or even when they got married. Their lives before kids are a total secret and that's how they want it. Sometimes, you learn things in odd ways, though. I learned a few things because of a security clearance i needed a few years back. So, they had to answer questions. I even learned about some health risks that they never shared...
2007-10-30 07:42:39 · answer #4 · answered by Night Owl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot, over time I learnt more than I needed to know.
As I got older they began opening up. Particularly when I went through issues they could relate to, they would give advice and in the process exposed an element of themselves.
2007-10-30 07:44:46 · answer #5 · answered by phantasm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quite a bit. I'm sure they haven't disclosed everything to me but we are close and share a lot. I am an adult, so it might be different to ask a younger person what they know about their parents.
2007-10-30 07:41:53 · answer #6 · answered by leaptad 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funny you should ask this question today. Just last night when I wasn't sleeping, I was thinking about this very subject. And also how it relates to what I know about my grandparents. Or for that fact, my brothers and sisters. Hmm.
Do we really want to know? Or is it better left alone?
2007-10-30 07:45:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know that my mother absolutely hates my Dad after being split up for over 40 years, and the my Dad would remarry my Mum tomorrow
2007-10-30 07:46:54 · answer #8 · answered by steve j 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine would never tell us anything, except miscellaneous historical information like where they lived when they got married.
All I know I learned through observation and experience. That's plenty for me.
2007-10-30 15:00:42 · answer #9 · answered by ~Biz~ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quite a bit, but I'm older and they tell me lots of things now. What aspect are you talking about specifically?
2007-10-30 07:48:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋