How you get along with your parents as a function of their gender?

In My Humble Opinion
21

I sort of got along better with my mother up until I was about 16 but that was really only because it was ‘us against him’. Not that my Dad was violent or controlling but because he was an alcoholic and it was difficult to relate to him.

With alcohol out of the picture, I think I’d have been closer to Dad. We’re a lot more alike in temperament, personality and interests.

ETA: female. Both of my parents have been dead for almost 20 years.

22

My dad had the time to raise me. My mom worked overnight and slept during the day. Not a lot of mother/son time, so by default I was closer to my father.

23

Gender has nothing to do with how I get along with each parent, any more than whether one has blue eyes and one has brown eyes making a difference. It’s all about the amount of crazy.