if you were to choose between your mother and father who would you choose?

Philippines
August 31, 2009 4:15pm CST
my mother and father usually have misunderstanding... they fight or shout at each other at times... as a daughter i'm in between.. i don't know where to be with... i don't like to take sides.. pls... help me.. if you were me.. what will you do? where will you take your side?
6 responses
@besthope44 (12123)
• India
14 Aug 10
I would choose both mom and dad!
@krnavtr (285)
• India
28 Jul 10
its too difficult to choose.If i were in your position i will choose father because when i am staying with my father,naturally mother will come to met me and i will let my mother and a Father to talk and live together.
@smart44 (510)
• Philippines
31 Aug 09
I will just talked to them about the issues, since it is not nice to be a broken family, all things will be solve if they love each other, they will change, its may be somewhat misundertanding of something, but i will talked to them heart to heart. and us parents they should be a very good example to us children. You can talk to your paretns too, tell them the advantage and disadvantages of fighting in front of their children. Since they are parents, i know they will listen to you, explain it in a nice way. Good luck. I hope it will be done well.
@Loverbear (4918)
• United States
7 Sep 09
The hardest thing on a child, no matter what the age, is to have their parent's fighting. You love both of your parents and they have put you in the middle of a horrible situation. I used to go through that when I was a child. I was terrified through my growing up years as I lived with "We are going to get a divorce" nearly weekly. It went on until I finally left home!! I still remember the fights and when I was really young I would hide in the closet or under the bed to get away from the shouting and fighting. (I realized recently that this is the reason I am claustrophobic) You need to talk to your parents and let them know how much the fighting hurts you. You're very smart in not taking sides, as if they do part company there is no telling which parent would receive custody. You might not have the opportunity to chose the parent you would like to live with. If the opportunity of choice comes up, sit and think which parent you would be happier with. Consider if it would be a financial strain on the parent and also think about how well you get along with each parent. Then too there is the fact of which parent would have the time to be there to be with you and help you out if you have a problem. Also, remember that the other parent won't be totally cut out of your life. The non custodial parent will be given visitation rights and you will get to spend time with that parent too. Just make sure if the custodial parent starts to tell you how awful the other parent is, make the comments stop by saying "Remember that I love you both and I don't care how awful my other parent was, I still love them." You need to talk to someone else about the fights your parents have. It helps a lot to talk to someone who will listen and talk to you directly. If you don't want your parents to know about you talking to someone outside the house, chose someone that will keep your conversations secret. You need to have love, security, serenity and tons of hugs in your life...when parents are fighting they sometimes forget that you need this. I'll send you tons of hugs now, and I will hope your parents will settle down and quit fighting so much.
• China
16 Sep 09
i love my mother as much as my father,so it is difficult for me to choose between them.if i were you,i will choose father,because he need care,and i will visit mother as much as possible.
• United States
5 Sep 09
that is easy for me to pick, mother my father is not here i mom been here so yep mother i love her always for that.