# For those raised by a mother and father, which were/are you closer to?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-raised-by-a-mother-and-father-which-were-are-you-closer-to/713871>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 28, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-raised-by-a-mother-and-father-which-were-are-you-closer-to/713871 "2015-02-28T18:42:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-raised-by-a-mother-and-father-which-were-are-you-closer-to/713871/21 "2015-03-01T13:28:18Z")

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Warm, supportive mother, and distant, almost roommate-like father. He loved us and willingly gave us everything he could, except time.

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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-raised-by-a-mother-and-father-which-were-are-you-closer-to/713871/22 "2015-03-01T14:35:23Z")

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Dad. But that’s only because my Dad was just an over grown child.

Hell, we used to spend hours at the arcade playing Donkey Kong together.

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