parent child friendships

[schmevil]

My parents and I are very close. We have the familial dimension, but we're also friends. We do all the parent-child stuff and all the friend stuff (minus any sex talk - because my dad is far to frank for my comfort). This seems to be increasingly common with people ~30 and younger.

Are your parents your friends?

And those of you with children, are you friends with them now, or can you envision a friendship with them in a few years?

Comments

[torachan]

Noooooooo. My mom is very, very right-wing conservative Christian and her life revolves around that.

[bethbethbeth]

Absolutely friends with my mom and friendly with my dad on the relatively infrequent times we talk (note, they're long divorced and my dad is less of a communicator).

Even at my most angsty and/or rebellious teenaged moments (more than half a lifetime ago now), there was never anything I felt I couldn't say to either of them. My mom, in particular, was responsible for shaping almost all my political, artistic, philosophical beliefs, so...yes, definitely friends.