What was your family like growing up?

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Im taking this idea from another forum : p

But anywho, this is just a thread to talk about your family, and what it was like growing up with them. It can be as long or as short as you want it to be (mine will be long : p)

But yeah, anywho...

When I was young, I was very close to both of my brothers. I have a sister whos the oldest, an older brother and a younger brother. Our sister is quite a bit older than us, but my brothers and I are all close to the same age. We went to school together and everything. So we did everything together. We played video games together, watched tv together, played together and all that.

My older brother was way protective of me. He literally beat up my bullies and everything : p He wasnt always nice to me though : p He used to have a really mean nick name for me, and he picked on me when he was mad. But still, he loved me and looked out for me.
Hes always dealt with trouble his whole life. He is a very small person, actually. Hes not very tall or big, so as a child he would be picked on all the time. And the way he dealt with it was to learn how to fight, he eventually attacked those who were hitting and bullying him, and it worked. But sadly this lead him down a bad path, he got mixed up with the wrong crowd and broke laws and got into trouble. And now he spends his life in and out of jail.

My little brother was my best friend growing up : p We did everything together : p We walked to school and back home together, we would watch what he watched on tv, and we played games together. I really liked hanging out with him, I have a huge spot in my heart for my little brother. Its funny though, cuz hes the complete opposite of me : p Im more gentle and sensitive and shy, I like mellow and flowing music, I like video games with a good story and interesting characters. My favorite characters are always more on the deep side who I usually feel like I relate to in some way. Hes rough around the edges, nothing bothers him, hes loud and says whatevers on his mind, he likes loud abrasive music, and all of his favorite video games involve guns and mechs and all that junk, and he doesnt really care about how deep characters are in his favorite forms of entertainment : p
Nowadays hes dealing with alot of life problems. Divorce and some other things. Were still in good relations or whatever and all but I dont see him very much anymore.

My sister has never liked me, I think some part of her hates me. we never really grew close, we dont really talk, shes often rude to me, she opposes anything I say or feel. We have never clicked at all, and I dont think we ever will.

My mother raised us on her own. Our dad left us when I was just a child. He had a drug and alcohol problem and had to leave anyway, but when he left he cut contact with us entirely and we never heard from him until our 20s. She was strong, she got her college degree while working full time raising four kids on her own. I really look up to her.
Shes always tried to look out for me and help me, though, in ways I dont believe were entirely beneficial. Shes always pushed for help with me because I am diagnosed with a form of autism. In some ways I think it was a good thing. I did learn how to talk with people and junk through therapy. But there are some things in my life I think were hindered by all of this, so I dont feel like it was all for the best. She tried to do what was right, though. So I dont hold anything against her : p

A large part of who I am today is directly affected by my brothers : p I had a strong relationship with them, and they really watched out for me and taught me junk. I love them both a ton, and I hope that things go better for them in time. If I were rich I would spend alot of my money helping them out, but alas : p
 
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Pretty awesome in fact. I'm really blessed to have the parents, siblings and home that I do. I see some of the upbringings of my students and it makes me appreciate mine so much more, but I'm happy I'm in a position to bring those positive values that I grew up on, back into their lives.
 
Well I grew up with my dad barely being around as he was station in Iraq or Afghanistan or Kuwait. When he was around he never really gave me a lot of attention. I would get very sick and I pretty much only had my mom most of my life. from Doctor to Doctor as well. All in all without going into deeper detail a lot of lonelyness and psychological/emotional and sexual abuse were most of my life with him.. Bullying and fights.. yeah.. Till Christ came into my life to his fullest now I had a very rough and painful time for sure.
 
my parents were married till dad died in '08, so intact family. i have three sisters. we thought it was a storybook childhood, and in many ways it was.

but looking back it was kind of a hot mess! lol
we didn't know, though, so i don't know if that worked for or against us... a little of both, i guess.

we lived in a neighborhood with a lot of kids, so there was always someone to play with, though i'm an introvert so that got old fast. ;)

one of my sisters and i were close... we're the middle children, and she's still my best friend, and she's your sister, too, in Christ. and just like Yezera, i can say mom and dad didn't do a perfect job (who does!) but they did their level best.

my mom worked full time and still had a hot meal on the table every. single. night. before microwaves, y'all. dinnertime was great. we sat together, ate, told each other about our day, played silly word games and laughed.

and dad..... he said if he had known he was gonna have four daughters he would have bought stock in tampax and toilet paper. :p

so other than the usual 'we're not that mentally healthy' biz, it was mostly good. :)