I am trying to deduce what causes kids to love their parents, so I can work backwards!
Who do you love more: mama or papa?
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You are funny Mr. Bee. I love my parents equally. I have a stronger bond with my mom because after my parents divorced I became sort of my mom's best friend and her support. So even though I love them equally, I am closer with my mom. However if you had asked me this question at 16 I would've said my dad. And if my parents hadn't divorced the answer may be different!
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I mean... I hope I love them both equally... but I'm definitely closer to my mom. Partly because we're both women, so I can have female-related talks with her, but also because she's the keeper of my parents household, so for most of the advice I need, I go to her. She balances the checkbook, pays the bills, cleans the house, does the DIY jobs, maintains the yard, does most of the cooking, and pretty much did most of the raising of me and my brother, including teaching, playing with us, and disciplining us. So she'd be more inclined to have the answers I need for any given topic. I think growing up, I thought my Dad was the more fun one (he'd pretty much just let us do whatever we wanted when he was the one watching us), but now that I'm an adult, I realize that it was really my Mom that taught us values and formed us into the human beings we are, so I really appreciate all her hard work! Hope that helps!
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My mom... My dad and I are too much alike and our tempers definitely flair which has made it hard to have a relationship at some points. My dad also put some unhealthy habits above his family for quite a few years of my life, so we're just now (in the past 6 months) working on moving past those choices and building a better relationship. My mom and I have had our moments too but in the end I know that she's always there for me unconditionally whether she agrees with my life decisions or not.
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unfortunately, my mom. i'm just so much closer to her and i can talk to her about almost anything. my dad and i just don't have much to talk about. i still love him lots but it's not the same.
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I love them both equally, of course. I talk to my Mom more because we have more in common. I talk to my Dad because I like talking to him and enjoy hearing what's going on in his life. He also takes a big interest in our life (my husband and me). They're both wonderful people and I really do enjoy spending time with both of them so much.
When I was a kid, Mom was the one who was around a lot because Dad traveled during the week for work. I feared Mom more than Dad as a kid because of that. Dad also usually came home with gifts, which rocked. Mom had an effortless way of showing us that she was upset without yelling. I want to be like her.
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I love my mom more. She raised me as a single mom (my parents divorced when I was 3) and I'm an only child, so we are super close. I love my dad TONS as well, but it's not the same. I only see him once a year, but I do appreciate him a lot. He put me through school, took care of the finances when I was growing up, contributed to our wedding, bought me my first car, etc. It seems like I only love him for his money when I write it out like that, but I swear that's not the case!
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I think it depended on what was happening in my life. I've always been a Daddy's girl but as I became a woman, wife and mother, I feel a different bond and closeness with my Mom. I should note I love them both equally though and still rely on them for love and support just in different ways.
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My mom, for sure! But there are extenuating circumstances & I don't really communicate with my dad any more (every other month or so).
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I honestly think I love them equally. My dad and I had a more strained relationship as I was growing up just because we have very similar personalities and we're both really stubborn. I didn't understand him as well as I thought. My mom has always been very open, involved in my life, etc. She still calls me almost every day and I almost always go to her first with something. Especially after meeting my husband though I've come to appreciate my dad so much more.
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I love them equally, but in different ways. I am my mom's best friend, but I will always be my dad's little girl. I go to them for different things and support in different ways. Regardless, I wouldn't be where I am in my life without both of their sacrifices.
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I am really close with both of my parents but in different ways. I really do love them both equally!
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Growing up I was a daddy's girl. It was just so much easier to get along with my dad because my mother wasn't great at communicating. My dad was the one who gave me my first period talk! Can you say awkward?!!
But after I got married and then had Kylie, I'm way closer to my mother as a woman, wife and mother now. I rely on her for A lot of advice and support.
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There were so periods of my life where I liked one better. When I was little, I like my dad because he was less strict. Now that I'm older, my mom is more caring than my dad.
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I love them both, but I like my mom better these days. My dad is hostile to any view not his own, whereas my mom doesn't see everyone who has slightly different views as an enemy. When I was younger, Dad was far more mellow than he is now and he had more interesting hobbies. Still, if I was upset, I went to mom. She was just more huggable. But I don't recommend growing man-boobs for kids to cuddle.
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I love them both, but I'm much more of a daddy's girl then anything.
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I love them equally, I'm closer with my mom but me and my dad have always had a special bond.
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I love my parents in different ways. I love my mom more in the sense that I talk to her pretty much every day and see her multiple times a week. We do pretty much everything together like shopping, go out to lunch, etc. I love my dad more in the sense that he's a superhero in my book and can build/fix anything and even though he doesn't say it often, when he says he loves me it melts me. I was devastated when he hurt his back last month and had to have unplanned surgery. I cried as they were taking him back.
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Definitely my mom. I have a much stronger connection to my mom. Of course I love my dad tons but if I had to choose, I'd say my mama.
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I love them both in different ways and for different things.
Mom - She's a better communicator, we talk more often, I vent to her and ask for her advice, at any given moment she knows exactly whats going on in my life.
Dad - He's a bit of a perfectionist so he was always a bit harder on me. Higher expectations. When i need help solving a problem I go to him. He has very creative solutions re: home improvement, money management, big decisions, or even just little DIY projects, fixing computers, etc. He get the abridged version of my day to day life from Mom.
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I love them equally, but my relationship with my Dad is easier because we approach things very similarly, though I talk to my Mom more often.
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I had a really tough relationship with both my biological father and my stepfather growing up, so while I love them both, I'd have to say that my mom and I are much closer together. I hate 'picking' one, because then I feel bad, but my mom and I really are best friends.
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