Your Relationship with your Parents

I probably never posted in this thread because it's kind of awkward to admit that my relationship with my parents is actually really good. My mom is a super nice person, and my dad is really smart and they both help me out loads, and didn't even complain when I went for music college instead of doing IT (or whatever I was planning to do before I went insane).

The only minor complaint I can have about my dad (and it's very minor, I count my blessings when it comes to my parents) is that he's somewhat manipulative. He'll never outright say "you can't do this", but he'll maneuver in such a way that the only way you could do something he doesn't want to happen is to be blatantly oblivious and rude. The saying "give him an inch and he'll take a mile" also applies to him a lot. He's also a little judgmental, especially when it comes to my friends (and more importantly, girlfriends).

These are just the worst parts of his personality and make him out to be some kind of mean person--and he's really not. He has a great ability to adapt to new situations and make friends, a great musical taste (anybody have a dad who likes Autechre?), and is just a really interesting person to talk to. He's about as cool as a father can possibly be. He even plays video games. But not as much as my mom, who is really into Zelda right now, after having played Okami, Pikmin 2 and Katamari Damacy. Yeah...

So yeah, I guess it's not rock 'n' roll and it's not cool, but my parents are great. =D

Jam it back in, in the dark.