I didn't get along with my parents for a very long time, starting during the time I was in middle school (or before? I don't know). I could list a thousand reas

I didn't get along with my parents for a very long time, starting during the time I was in middle school (or before? I don't know). I could list a thousand reasons why, with all of them blaming my parents, but in the end I have realized that life is just hard. My parents stuck together and raised me and they never abandoned me. While I had my share of troubles like anyone else, and for a long time it really affected me, I realize now it's all part of being human. I started getting along with my parents after I turned my life around in my late twenties. We talk more often now. During university we never talked. They probably wondered if I was even alive. Keep talking to your parents though. Make the effort. They won't be here forever. > I seem to be surrounded by peers with successful jobs and picture-perfect families. I understand this feeling. I have a massive chip on my shoulder about people who seem to have perfect lives. I tell myself that everyone fights hard battles, but I don't believe it.