[Benjamin]

Just wondering? I myself haven't spoken to my mum in nearly 6 years, I don't even know where she lives anymore and I haven't really properly connected with her since I was about 15 when she kicked me out of the house for good. My father passed way when I was four so I'm not very close to him, lol.

[reece(:]

Never met my Dad but see my Mum every day.

[AnnieK]

Very close......not so much when I was younger but when I left home I realised just how much they did that I didn't even notice and how lucky I was...

[Z]

Pretty close, speak to them almost every day in some way or another, they know my friends, have them on all my social networking sites etc and don't feel the need to self censor or anything!

[Kizzy]

Ben that's very sad, I don't want to intrude on your feelings but is there nothing that could reconcile you and your mother?
I had a very volatile relationship with mine a few years back too, but for all her flaws (and mine) she is my mum so I let a lot go.
My dad passed away in 1996, I miss him a lot.

[joeysteele]

I consider myself really fortunate, I adore my Parents and I know they do me too. We are extremely close.

[Natalie.]

I am very close to them, have a good relationship with both of them

[Samm]

Yes,i think it's good to be close to your parents

[Lee.]

My dad was never a part if my life really, but I'm glad I had some contact with him before he died 8 years ago.. I'm very close to my mum though I love her loads!

[smudgie]

I was neve close to my mother, no real love lost there.
I showed her much more respect than she deserved, something I was very pleased about because later in life I discovered she had been raped when she was seven. May well have made her the person she was.
My dad on the other hand, I just totally adored him. As did all his kids and grand kids. I was a proper daddy's girl. He passed away nealy 5 years ago and I still miss him so much.

[Jake.]

Closer to my mum because I live with her, but also pretty close to my dad, text him most days and see him perhaps every other weekend if I can, though things like work can get in the way... that's sad about your relationship with your mother though Ben

[LemonJam]

Super close. Especially over the last few years family has become the most important thing to me.

[Niamh.]

I'm very close to my mom, not at all with my dad

[MTVN]

Close enough, we don't have one of those talk about anything relationships but we get on well, though going to university while also making me appreciate them more also means I end up getting pretty fed up of them if I spend too long in their company and start getting nagged at

[Livia]

We are a very close family. I would choose to spend time with my family over friends... in fact, my brother is probably my best friend. Geographically I'm close to my parents too, they are my nearest neighbour.

[mizzy25]

my dad died nearly 21 years ago and my mam died last year, Id say I was pretty close to my mam. I have a very good memory of the last time I seen her alive though. I had called in on a Fri afternoon as Id left work and was bored she was out shopping but I waited, she came back asked if Id like to stay for tea which I did, we watched home & away which she loved and I do too, then we had a ridic conversation about where I had worked and where @ the time my sister was still working and we were laughing our heads off proper belly laughing taking the pee out of something, Im so glad I called on that fri as that was the last time I seen her alive she died on the Mon.

[Jords]

Very close with mum, closer with my dad than I used to be.

[Kazanne]

I don't know my biological mom she abandoned me and my brother when I was about 2 he was 3,although my dad was about he was pretty useless,we were both adopted together to a lovely family who I adore,they have been wonderful to us,my biological father and I never got on we didn't speak for a while,Infact he died without us ever having made up,but tbh,I'de be more upset over losing my 'parents' I have now as. I love them so much.i appreciate all they have done.

[LikeABoatOnWater]

Well considering there is 10,000 miles between us and I haven't spoke to them in months, id say we arent all that close.

[Josy]

My mum passed away when I was 21 and I was devastated because we were extremely close, we have a really large family including a few brothers that my parents adopted and we were all and still are really close.

My dad took my mums death really really hard and had a stroke the same morning she passed away (he ended up in the ward next to her in the hospital) he was ok for a while after that but recently had another stroke that affected his brain so atm he's in a brain recovery residence about 2 hours away and I phone him every day and visit every week, he has trouble remembering me though sometimes and that can be quite hard to deal with.

But I'm still as close to him as I possibly can be.

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by Josy

My mum passed away when I was 21 and I was devastated because we were extremely close, we have a really large family including a few brothers that my parents adopted and we were all and still are really close.

My dad took my mums death really really hard and had a stroke the same morning she passed away (he ended up in the ward next to her in the hospital) he was ok for a while after that but recently had another stroke that affected his brain so atm he's in a brain recovery residence about 2 hours away and I phone him every day and visit every week, he has trouble remembering me though sometimes and that can be quite hard to deal with.

But I'm still as close to him as I possibly can be.

you speak to people on here every day and don't realise what some are having to cope with in real life.

That's really sad josy.

[Black Dagger]

I probably got closer to my parents since they split up.

I'm definitely close with mum and the new family that I never had that I now do, I have a step niece, a step brother who is younger and a step sister, it's crazy.

But yeah, I love my Dad, I live with him and when he's around we are always talking and ****.

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Josy

My mum passed away when I was 21 and I was devastated because we were extremely close, we have a really large family including a few brothers that my parents adopted and we were all and still are really close.

My dad took my mums death really really hard and had a stroke the same morning she passed away (he ended up in the ward next to her in the hospital) he was ok for a while after that but recently had another stroke that affected his brain so atm he's in a brain recovery residence about 2 hours away and I phone him every day and visit every week, he has trouble remembering me though sometimes and that can be quite hard to deal with.

But I'm still as close to him as I possibly can be.

Pretty much what Lee said...
Nothing more I can add...except

[Marc]

Not very, I mean I still live at home but I don't tend to spent much time with them what with work. But we're a lose family in general when we're all together we always talk

[Marc]

Originally Posted by Josy

My mum passed away when I was 21 and I was devastated because we were extremely close, we have a really large family including a few brothers that my parents adopted and we were all and still are really close.

My dad took my mums death really really hard and had a stroke the same morning she passed away (he ended up in the ward next to her in the hospital) he was ok for a while after that but recently had another stroke that affected his brain so atm he's in a brain recovery residence about 2 hours away and I phone him every day and visit every week, he has trouble remembering me though sometimes and that can be quite hard to deal with.

But I'm still as close to him as I possibly can be.

Thanks for sharing that, I never knew this about you