I'm closer to my mom than to my dad. I barely have a relationship with my dad.

Hey Laga, what's the word from yesterday???

still waiting. I should hear today.

I have a good relationship with both my parents but I'm closer to my Mom. That means that when I connect with my Dad on something it feels really special.

With my kids, it depends on the activity-- they're closer with their dad with respect to things like games, because he plays them as well.

With me, it's music and television and movies that we share closeness.

Maybe when they were younger they had a more marked preference for me because I was with them almost 24/7, but these days, it's fairly equal. I wonder how that might change now that they're heading into adolescence. I know that Nate's getting ever moodier. Oy.

I have a good relationship with both my parents but I'm closer to my Mom. That means that when I connect with my Dad on something it feels really special.

This is me, too.

I had a good relationship with both, but there's no doubt I was my mommy's little girl. We were very sympatico. I used to spend hours in the kitchen with her while she cooked.

As for my kids, I haven't seen signs of a clear preference in either of them. I tend to be the one who is most needed in times of distress, but that also means I'm the one who gets the brunt of their anger as well. I should ask my husband if he sees any favortism.

I used to be closer to my dad, but that was when I was an adolescent and he is pretty much emotionally halted at that age. now I am closer to my mother. I like her more, that's for sure. But I try to maintain a decent distance from them both because of Teh Crazy. It doesn't work, but I try.

They both exhaust me.

Really, the bitterness is healthy! Ask my therapist.

I have a good relationship with both my parents but I'm closer to my Mom. That means that when I connect with my Dad on something it feels really special.

This is me, too.

Me three! My Dad and I were really close until I hit puberty. He didn't know what to do with a teen girl, which is sad, really. I still miss that relationship.

I was very close to my dad, not so much with my mom. We're just different people, and my dad I were so much alike. We're really not closer since my dad died, we just spend more time together out of necessity.

I was always closer to my mother growing up and even as an adult well into my 40s. There was always affection between my father and myself, but he's a hypercritical person, so being around him wasn't always comfortable. That has changed a lot since my mother passed away. Things I wouldn't have tried to talk to my father about are now fairly frequent topics of conversation and the criticism has totally dropped off the radar. I'm sorry it had to wait until mom was gone for us to get to that point, but I cherish it all the more for the fact I finally have it.

For Shir, a secret chocolate link to lure her to Dallas: [link]

That's nice, but I'm more like that, baby.

Close to both parents, here, but more in a "make sure they know I'm alright at all times" way. Closer to my dad, and one of the things that pisses me off is that he can read me so well, and still don't understand why I can be frustrated with him. As for my mom, the more I grow up, the more I appreciate her and thinks she's a super woman.