Both of my parents are divorced. They have been unhappily married for twenty years and were together because of my sister and I to have both parents together.

I am very afraid of my dad even til this day. His is very bigger than me. yes he has hit me and he is an alcoholic. What can you do about that. He forced me to play football in high school and I am glad he did, but what can I say. I had to do what he said. Definitely can't upset a drunk in the house. I probably talk to my dad once every two weeks. If we do talk its the same thing how your doing, etc... Even if we were face to face the only thing that we would talk about is sports and bowling. I guess that is good enough for me. I am not saying that he was a good dad as he supported his family and tried to be there for us. I would have thought I would have outgrown him and be stronger just in case we were to get in a fight, but he is still muscular and weighs about 250 so I can't compete with that.

As for my mom we can't really talk about anything but my son. She is very nosy but I don't think she realizes that. She always asks questions which can be very annoying but I have to respect her. She has helped my family enough to get us out of debt and take care of my son and provide for us as well. Can't really argue with that, but I have nothing to say to her. When she come over to the apartment she always thinks she smells marijuana and always thinks that I am high on drugs. I do understand where she is coming from as I used to do a bunch of drugs in my early twenties, but it can get annoying. It almost comes to a point where I just want to say F*** you to her because her questions are very condescending. I have to lie to her sometimes to get her off my back. Is that wrong??? I don't think so, but whatever.

All I can say is that I am grateful to still have my parents alive and talk too. Even though we don't talk as much I still think that family is important. Some others replied as to be truthful to your parents. As for me I have to lie all the time and I can't be myself around them. I learned that it causes less drama if I lie and I definitely don't need that in my life as I am stressed enough already.