How well do you get along with your parents?

I'm very close to both my parents, especially my mom. We talk on the phone at least once a day, go out to lunch together when we can, and typically do a "girls' getaway" for a fews day every year. I usually have dinner at their place once a week or so. I have with mom, we laugh a lot and can't talk about almost anything. Our relationship has always been like that. She's always been extremely supportive of everything my brothers and I have done with our lives and we love her for that. I learned about patience and compassion from my mother's example. My dad's a great guy, very much a people person, with a great sense of humor. After all these years, I'm still daddy's little girl. He taught me how to laugh at myself and to be open-minded and respectful of other peoples' beliefs and opinions. What can I say, except I love them both!

My mom is my best friend. Its hard because we live 2 hours from eachother & I only see her like 1 or 2 weekends a month
I'm the same way with my dad though too, I'm a daddy's girl & he's my best friend too

I wish I lived closer to them, but I talk to them about... 3-4 times a day I miss them!

It sounds like so many of you have a wonderful relationship with your parents and I think that's great! I enjoyed reading everyone's replies, thanks for sharing.

I lost my mom to cancer when I was 27 years old and she was only 52. Before that we had sort of a volatile relationship, but I had just learned how to better get along with her when she was diagnosed with cancer and died 3 months later. I regret that I didn't have more good years with her and still talk to her anyway. I was distant with my dad until my mom died and her death brought us closer and we have been very close ever since she died. I have learned a lot about relationships and how little time we really have with each other and to appreciate every moment we have on this earth. For that reason, I hope those of you that are estranged from your dad or mom will take the first step and mend any hearts that have been broken while you still have a chance. Tomorrow may be too late.

I have a great relationship with my mother. I talk to my father, but I am not as close to him as my Mom. I probably only have contact with my Dad due to my stepmom. She's really great. For him and my brother and sister.
I think my mom is one of my best friends and the older I get, the more I appreciate what she's done for me in my life, how hard she worked to provide what she could.

Lets just say that if someone were to tell me that someone in my family had died, it would be no different from someone saying "oh look, the sky is quite blue today".

Actually, to tell you the truth, I don't know who in my family, immediate or extended, is alive today, nor do I care to know. Estranged is the word I think.

Father I disowned him about a decade ago ....

Mother well I am living with her and attempting to be a caregiver ... relationship at time s is rocky ( we are night and day)

My dad and I... speak when it's unavoidable.

My mom and I are close, now, but until I was old enough to have adult conversations we weren't much of anything. I don't think she really likes kids all that much.

I get along with both of them really great and enjoying spending time with them. My mom and I spend a lot more time together keeping in touch - pretty much daily.

I lost my father at a very young age, 7 to be exact. My mother and I clashed throughout my teenage years. Now that I am twenty, she till tries to control me and manipulate me to do things I don't care to do, for example come to Thanksgiving this year.

Whatever I do I feel it will never be enough for her. I wish I had one of those mothers that were "my best friend" oh well in MY dreams.

I have kind of a weird relationship with my mom. Sometimes we can be best friends and others we don't get along at all. Too much alike in some ways I guess.

Me and my dad don't really talk that much any more. I used to be a daddys girl but now he doesn't really understand some things about me (socail anxiety disorder and panic attacks) and I think it has put a wedge in our relationship.

Both of my parents are entirely self-absorbed and they have always been emotionally and physically abusive to their children. I don't really know my father; in my life I've had about four conversations with him, and my mother is extremely negative, critical, violent, and irrational. Any contact with them is hurtful and exhausting. My parents are now in their eighties and my siblings and I are still struggling with the consequences of their abuse and neglect.

On the downside, I've never known a parent's love. On the upside, I'm not going to miss them when they die.

My mom is a little bit of a drinker..but other than that she is all about the guilt trips..etc...bitterness...its not good.

Although its okay to talk to her as long as she hasn't been drinking.

My dad is pretty much estranged.. I maybe see him once a year and we talk about the weather. Eh.

My parents and I have always been really close. My mom and I especially. She and I have a great bond. At least once a year though we have a screaming fit with each other though, but it always only last for about 5 minutes and then the apologies happen. Those fights generally happen because our personalities are a bit too similar!

My dad and I are actually closer now than we've ever been. He's been opening up a lot more over the last few years since his mother died so even though we've always been close, it's been nice to get to an even deeper level with him.

I feel that since I got engaged about 6 months ago my relationship with both parents has been deepening. It's a nice feeling.