Hellobee Boards Topic: Growing up, were your parents affectionate with you?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Growing up, were your parents affectionate with you? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 20 Jun 2026 17:33:03 +0000 bubblegum on "Growing up, were your parents affectionate with you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growing-up-were-your-parents-affectionate-with-you#post-2709629 Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:10:58 +0000 bubblegum 2709629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Absolutely not! I knew my mom loved me but she never said it (only one time I can remember) and the hugs started after like 8 years old. I think it was just the old school way for her but I'm sooo the opposite! DS probably hears I love you 100 times a day and I hug and kiss him to the point that he probably wants to kill me :silly: Bibliolove on "Growing up, were your parents affectionate with you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growing-up-were-your-parents-affectionate-with-you#post-2709617 Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:01:56 +0000 Bibliolove 2709617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes! My husband and I are affectionate with each other too, and I assume will be with our future kids. MrsRoo on "Growing up, were your parents affectionate with you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growing-up-were-your-parents-affectionate-with-you#post-2709614 Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:00:13 +0000 MrsRoo 2709614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes, very much so. My parents were also very affectionate with each other. I vividly remember seeing them hold hands and kiss at red lights in the car. MrsSRS on "Growing up, were your parents affectionate with you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growing-up-were-your-parents-affectionate-with-you#post-2709606 Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:47:02 +0000 MrsSRS 2709606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes. We hug/kiss hello and goodbye and say I love you then and at other times. We still do. mrbee on "Growing up, were your parents affectionate with you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growing-up-were-your-parents-affectionate-with-you#post-2709211 Sun, 12 Mar 2017 22:20:40 +0000 mrbee 2709211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ PHYSICALLY: Not really? I would hug my dad when he got home from work, but it was more me hugging him than the other way around. EMOTIONALLY: I didn't really hear "I love you" very often either. Maybe after a long trip away, or if I was sick or something. OVERALL: Despite both of the above, I never doubted that my parents loved me! I don't know how I knew that they loved me, but I did feel loved growing up. I also think that "back in the day," the norm was that parents weren't all that physically or emotionally affectionate? So it was pretty common for hugs and kisses and "I love yous" to be infrequent! Growing up, were your parents affectionate with you?