In what kind of family are you from?

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Indychen

An Indian, I belong to a clan of 'landed gentry', who luckily changed with the changing times, and quietly turned into educationists or businesspersons.
My father had antagonised our entire clan, when he chose my mother for his wife - simply because she practiced another religion. Things turned worse, when he also encouraged my aunt (his kid sister) to marry the man who loved her - in spite of his belonging to another race !
So, most of the time, our two families kept very much to ourselves - without mingling with such narrow-minded relations ! And we were none the worse for it - for dad's personal friends proved to be a lot more affectionate than any relations would.
...As an only child, dad proved my 'best friend', right from my early childhood. He taught me not to place any importance on material wealth - and that attitude has lasted throughout my life.
Ma was very affectionate and a fabulous cook, but she always remained overshadowed by dad's dynamism.
Both of them are now no more. But my aunt and uncle (though living far far off !) are always there whenever I need them.
...Members of my generation have all scattered and settled in various parts of the world - and in spite of our busy lives and careers, we still manage to remain in regular touch.
:-)

annabelle p

I come from a middle-class family, the only girl in a brood of 5 and am second to the eldest. We live comfortably with only my father, who was a lawyer, earning for the family. We are a close-knit family, weekends was spent for family bonding. Both my parents are dead but it does not stop me and my brothers from bonding with one another even if all of us live far from each other. We often have time to see each other, specially if there are things to discuss regarding my parents' properties.

My father belonged to the old-school, a strict disciplinarian who followed through with our school work. He was a hands-on parent, very much into our school activities. My mother, who came from an upper-class family in Southern Leyte, was a traditional homemaker. She taught me the rudiments of how to run a household just as my father, who loved to cook, taught me the basics in home cooking.

We all miss our parents. It might be an oft-repeated cliche but I have to say it again...they were the best parents one could ever asked for. I am not sure I have surpassed their qualities or even come up to par with them.

Doctor J

I am an only child. Middle class couple. Parents are so loving and supportive, couldn't ask for more.

brrrrrrrmmmmm

I came from a poor family and uneducated parents i still remember my childhood when time comes and we don't have anything to eat and my mom was busy playing kuwaho and mahjong. Thank god somebody invented those red salty eggs otherwise I'm probably dead by now... those are so good when you mixed it with tomato and i ate a lot of ligo with onion and calamansi and maling too. I remember when i have to fight to my younger brother just for food. Thank god those time are just a memory now. But i know a lot of kids in our country had to experience that too maybe worse than what happened to me. Now at present I'm in U.S. and living in a 5 bedroom house which is more than what i need and owned 3 cars and i put more food in the trash can than what i eat. I guess that is normal in this country. What i can say just don't loose hope and fight for your dream.

kahlan nynaeveÂ®

a complicated but nurturing one (i have half-siblings, by the way as we are the second family 'coz my dad's first wife died).

like any other family, we get into misunderstandings, there are sibling rivalries sometimes and there are slight rebellions from the children majority of these were done by me, the resident "hellion" with a streak of defined stubbornness in the family. hehe!

but we all love each other, faults, weaknesses and all and when everything has been said and done, we always go back to each other knowing full well that we can count on each other's support, acceptance and guidance.

the ties that bind... families... priceless. they are forever.

Juan C

we are a God-centered family... close, happy, and contented...

mitch

we are a close family. when we were super rich, relatives lived in the extension of our house. both sides. but we lost lots of money, and now some of our extended family don't even bother to contact us.

but, my family (mom dad siblings) is really close and currently happy though not anymore living together. my parents decided to live in the province.

when business got crappy, my 2 siblings were about to graduate from the most expensive phil university. it took a lot from us to survive actually. good bye cars, houses, etc. now we rent and commute. but it's good that even if we used to be spoiled kids, we were really responsible and "madiskarte". now, 2 of them work in jobs they are meant for, and we're on our way back to the top.

we really are an optimistic and tight family. we never blame each other. my parents always tell us that they're so proud of us, very happy with the way we turned out. we really do love each other and i think that's great.

Sirena

we are very close in our hearts and in spirit but oceans separate us by circumstances

yuanyuan

Middle class family. My father is a local politician, mom into business. As far as I can remember, my parents have not been strict. They trusted us completely. Well, we were good kids (grin!) so that means they did the right thing in the way they brought us up. I have 3 half brothers and one sister. We are close as what you'd expect from a typical family in the north. All of us have our own families so my parents' house is what you'd call "empty nest". My sister and I of course always visit our parents as we don't live too far away from them.

windblown

Between the lowest and middle class.

We are very close to each other. I will categorize my parents and siblings as reasonable in all things.

ONE! :))

I think we're in the middle class and close...but NOT really really close.

My parents are strict and my siblings have their own worlds. But we always have bonding, but not that CLOSE.

I think I am already contented with it, because I don't want family that is SO... close.

Because if someone dies, it's harder for us to adjust or something...

pero_102

friendly but not close
my dad came from a very rich family,didn;t finished college but speaks several languages.unfortunately, it discouraged him to strive better bc rivalries arose between the just 2 siblings for the management of properties and businesses. We even suspected there was a foul play in the sudden death of our grandfather . And then it occurred again to our dad. Same kind of cause of death.
my mom was just an ordinary housewife who learned to run some business successfully.
But time is not on our side now. Business is poor. But the family still remains intact.And we are not fighting for the properties anymore. Bc there is now so little left.
It is said, however closely knitted a family is, when extended family joins in property matters. Some siblings fight among each other, some even kill just for that.
What a world.

SHEMH

"Our" own family is small and poor but we belong to a huge clan. My father didn't finish high school and my mother didn't finish college. Back in the province, my parents didn't have a stable source of income. Aside from that, 4 deaths happened to our small family. Three of my siblings died when they were still babies and after I graduated elementary my mom passed away.

So, we moved to Manila - father, younger sis and I. Stayed with my aunt's family and strived really hard for many years. Now, three of us are still striving but we're a little bit okay even though my father just had stroke recently.

In Manila we learned a lot with the help and patience of my aunt.

I have a now a nephew, an bro-in-law, and a wonderful husband.

PS...We were not really close to our father coz he was always here in Manila for work. But we're close to cousins, grandparents, uncles and aunts.

Sigh! What a life! I can say I'm happy about my family coz we're together till now but our life is never easy yet we are always blessed.

maej

I'd say between middle class and poor or close to it, but certainly, far from being rich, whatever! btw, how do you categorize poor, middle class and rich?

I ony have a sister and she's married with a year old daughter whom we adore so much, she's getting spoiled, but I don't like my brother-in-law.

We are not close to my father's family, because we only see them during family reunions and that's every two years.

As for my mom's side, we are very, very close to them. My mom has 5 siblings and including her, that makes them 6. She only has 1 brother who has an only child (an adopted one) and 4 sisters (5 including her). Out of them 6, only 3 were married, 2 girls and their only brother. The other 3 are what you may call as spinsters..lol... but I love them all...

I only have 2 male cousins and a female (the adopted one, she's 5 years old). One is married having a 6year old son and a month old daughter. The other one is still searching for the love of his life (pihikan kase)...Btw, all of us has J in our names including my nephew and nieces, except the adopted one, I don't know why...

Our lola is 83 years old but she still go to church with us...oh, yes, we all share the same faith and we all go to church together every Sunday and have lunch afterwards at my lolas house. We also take time to eat out together at least once a month, again, my lolas wish...

Ours is what you may call as a typical Filino family... there is no such thing as a perfect family, we all have our misundertandings sometimes but we thank God that none of it had ever broke us apart.

Btw, my dad's dead, for almost three years now and we still miss him so. When he was alive, he used to cook for us every Sunday, he's a great cook.

MAGpie

my parents are open-minded, understanding, supportive and wacky. my mom is my best friend, so is my pop. we talk openly about anything and everything under the sun, from sex to politics to whatever comes to mind.

jan-na~â™¥~ and im luvin it

middle class, contented, happy

parents are not strict, they trust us and we are good girls :)

i miss my sister, though

Felicity???

Middle class, we are close and yea, my parents are strict when I was still studying. <*-*>

the italian idol

ever heard of joseph and his brothers? or the prodigal son getting the fat cow? it didnt come to any of that. i just went independent.

Deidara

my dad is strict and i hate it!...my mom and dad don't communicate we'll cause they are not the same when it comes to decisions.(ndi magkaintindihan)and so do our relatives. i don't know where "kakampi" in both sides.

i don't know then what kind of family do i belong...a semi-broken family i think??

but we're middle class......but we're getting poor because of thins rice crisis. and all of food products that increases its price.

we're close but always misunderstood each other, specially my dad..for me, he is just the problem. nagtitimpi lng ako..baka mag rebelde na nga ako ehh...pinipigilan nya pa ang pangarap ko

J@ps

I was born & raised in what was then considered a middle class family. But through time the rich got richer, the poor got poorer & the middle class was all but lost-we managed to survive, so we were probably more of an upper middle class/lower upper class who eat dinner together, took annual summer vacations & who all went to private schools.

Today, all my family are in the US & we are again classified as middle class over here. We are more or less a normal family if you can call say the Huckstables (Bill Cosby Show) or the Walker family (Brothers & Sisters) normal.

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