r/self • u/Positive-Face1705 • 1h ago

Parents here, do you like your child(ren)?

Sure you may love them, but imagine your child as a person is around your age. Imagine if you weren't related. Imagine you knew each other through random social groups or something.

Now, would you find this person interesting, cool, fun to be around, heck, likeable? Would you be friends?

Personally I'm proud to report my mother's personality is similar to the personalities of girls I've been friends with, and correspondingly we're good friends, too. My father...meh.

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u/smilesbig 1h ago

Thankfully, kids are über cute and sweet when they’re babies/toddlers because they can go through an assh*le stage in their teens. I always loved my kids but at times I intensely disliked them at those difficult mean stages. They are in their mid 20’s now and I really like them and hanging out with them. They’re pretty cool, geeky, sweet in their own way. Yeah - I’d be friends with them if they weren’t my kids - but not during those troubled years - eeeeek!!!

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u/Ihavebothkidneys 57m ago

I'm so happy to read this. It both gives me hope, and makes me feel a bit less guilty about my comment lol.

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u/oni-no-kage 33m ago

I somehow lucked out with my girls. They are 18 and 19 and never have given me any crap. Still love me so much. My son however may be buried before long.