Do you have parents who have never kissed, hugged or said they love each other whilst in your presence?

The only sign of affection that I see is birthday %26amp; anniversary cards. I can%26#039;t remember ever seeing a bunch of flowers in the house. I can%26#039;t believe I%26#039;ve never asked anyone else this, or even talked about it with my brother. I guess I have just accepted it because I was brought up in that environment and took it for granted. They are still married %26amp; living together, apparently content with one another, after more than 30 years.


(they married in their 20%26#039;s).


How unusual is this? What is your interpretation of their relationship with one another %26amp; with my brother %26amp; I?

Do you have parents who have never kissed, hugged or said they love each other whilst in your presence?
It%26#039;s that generation I guess - my parents are exactly the same - they are both in their 60%26#039;s. I expect that your parents were more demonstrative when they were younger - but maybe because you were younger you don%26#039;t remember that or maybe, once they had you guys, they didn%26#039;t have time to kiss and cuddle so much!. Clearly, they have had a long and successful marriage - something to be proud of. I think that their generation was not shown that much affection by their own parents - life was much harder then and so, they are not as affectionate as a result. It might just be a case of %26quot;not in front of the children%26quot; - classic for their generation!
Reply:Just old fashioned I guess
Reply:my mum and dad was the same never show any afection with each other or us lads, i think men are alot soppyer now and women now days wouldn%26#039;t put up with a relationship like that any more, i%26#039;ve been married twice now and this one is nearly over, it will efect you and your bro if you let it if you get a understanding mrs thats not full on in your face then you%26#039;ll be fine , i can%26#039;t be doing with all that soppy stuff , hence twice marreid
Reply:i have never seen my parents show affection to each other in my presence,maybe because we%26#039;re indians!!!
Reply:my parents kiss and cuddle in front of us (me, and my brother and sister) all the time. I think it%26#039;s healthy. Showing emotions and affection is agood thing and lets your children grow up knowing that its good to express your feelings.
Reply:no my parents are different. always hugging and kissing. some times it%26#039;s too much. we us kids have to yell %26quot;get a room. and no more brothers and sisters please. lol%26quot;
Reply:my dad thinks kissing passes germs lol.
Reply:yeah I have parents that don%26#039;t do that stuff and I think it is good but I don%26#039;t want them to do that kind of stuff. I mean its so gross especially if your parents do it.
Reply:Yes I do have parents that don%26#039;t do those things. It is very strange for me not to see that because I see other couples that do that all the time. I think it is because they just grow out of it and they have kids now.
Reply:ya i do ifind it nery weird and jus thought twas their romance gone after 25yers of marriage
Reply:Not everyone is comfortable with showing their emotions in public, or in front of others. It doesn%26#039;t mean that their feelings are none existent. I don%26#039;t remember my parents being overly affectionate with each other but we knew they loved us. My husband and I show our kids that they are loved and we all tell one another that we love each other everyday, just different generations I suppose.
Reply:My parents never show any affection for each other. But if there happy then thats all that matters really.
Reply:yes i have had the same as you,just see things on birthdays,anniversaries etc,never heard them say they love each other,mind you im 46 n not once have they said they loved me,but me im in a loving relationship where we tell each other daily how much we love one another,ppl who say you follow in your parants footsteps tlk a load off bull
Reply:Yes - my sister and I talk about it quite a bit and we both think that%26#039;s why we both have a problem showing our affection.



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