Do your parents have friends/social lives?

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Inspired by the "Do you like your parents" thread. My parents know a lot of people but they don't have any friends. They don't have friends that call them to see what's up or visit them. It's kinda sad and I think, at least my mom, hasn't had a real best friend so she doesn't understand my relations with my friends. They never go out either for fun. They don't go out or do anything for fun.

Do your parents have social lives, have friends?
 
Yes, although my dad likes his alone time as he travels and works a lot. My mom (she's retired) likes going to the casinos with her girl friends and doing other mother-type stuff like craft fairs and shit.
 
My dad has a lot of friends, he goes out more often than I do
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Yeah he used to be in a soul/garage band, and she was a partier, they stopped all that when they had kids. But now that we're all out of the house...mostly, they back out doing stuff. Kind of cool. It keeps them happy and alive dude, and I'm glad I don't have to worry about that so much.

Try getting your folks out of the house. I mean, something like dance class or scenery biking, to meet people their own age for barbeques and swinger parties, etc.

yeah they put me to shame. I used to like to get out but I've been more of a dweller as of late.
 
I wouldn't get too judgemental. The paths to happiness are infinite. Some people don't need more than a few close relationships, primarily with family. Others like more and that is fine too.

Having on obscene amount of friends is a sign of emotional problems just as much as having no close personal relationships.
 
My parents have friends at work that they socialize at work with. Can never say I ever saw them go out with them or anything except my dad who went to the auto show with one of them one time. So yeah can't say I can, though its not surprising since most of my friends parents I can say the same about.
 
My parents recently moved to Florida. They are happy down there and starting to settle. The change has been good for them. In New Jersey they had friends. Mostly my friends parents and my sisters friends parents. They were all really good friends too. They became best friends with the parents of my one friend who I played baseball with for years. My parents just hated New Jersey I think because while they had a lot of friends they went out like once every six months. Now that they are in Florida they go into town twice a week for drinks and dinner. It's good for them and my sisters and I are happy for them.
 
Yep they have lots of friends. They go out pretty regularly. Theyre always busy the whole weekend doing stuff with people.
 
dionysus said:
I wouldn't get too judgemental. The paths to happiness are infinite. Some people don't need more than a few close relationships, primarily with family. Others like more and that is fine too.

Having on obscene amount of friends is a sign of emotional problems just as much as having no close personal relationships.
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Well there are friends, and then frenemies. I'd love to have an obscene amount of true friends. That would be amazing.

but then you get what you give.
 
My dad can talk to anyone (and seems to know everyone), but doesn't consider anyone really friends. Same for my mom. They're always on the phone with someone, but the only person who ever comes over is my neighbor to smoke with my dad.

I honestly assumed that that's what most parents/people turn into once they get into their 40's. They get maybe 2 good friends, but besides that save the socializing for Thankgiving or something
 
My father has more friends than I do lol. My mom sadly has no real friends, her social circle is the same as my fathers really. Nothing outside of that, except her siblings.
 
No, they really don't. My Mom talks to a few people in their neighborhood but it bothers me because I see how they use her all the time for things and never do anything back or help them out like she has. It is one the reasons I still stay kinda close to where they live, so I can visit them and give them things to do. It also doesn't hurt that I enjoy doing stuff with them so it's good for both of us.
 
My mom is a bit busier than my dad, but yeah, they do stuff with friends and close relatives.
 
My mom has more of a social life (and dating life) than me.

Then again, she isn't on dem forums. Forums > All

Edit: Same applies to my dad.
 
youngplaya21 said:
My dad can talk to anyone (and seems to know everyone), but doesn't consider anyone really friends. Same for my mom. They're always on the phone with someone, but the only person who ever comes over is my neighbor to smoke with my dad.

I honestly assumed that that's what most parents/people turn into once they get into their 40's. They get maybe 2 good friends, but besides that save the socializing for Thankgiving or something
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My dad is the same. He talks to anyone but doesn't really have any friends.
 
My dad has friends that he keeps in touch with and sees fairly often.

My mum on the other hand has none outside of family and spends her days doing god knows what. She doesn't really have any interests outside of shopping either. It's sad to see how lonely she is here in the states as all of her side of the family is still in Colombia. She's really close to her brother and sisters, but that's more of a mother/child relationship since she practically raised them (and still supports some financially even if they're in their forties!). She has a hard time dealing with people who are her "equals."
 
my parents have each other and us kids, and they are perfectly ok with it, (they prefer it).

I envy their relationship.
 
My mum likes Elvis so she goes out to celebrate a dead person's birthday etc with friends...

My dad...well, his best friend is my mum and that's kinda sad really lol. Me and my two brothers make jokes about him having no friends, he doesn't go to the pub or anything :(
 
My dad plays golf once a week with friends, has a weird culty powerful people private dinner meeting thing every so often, and hosts parties for co workers a lot. So yeah I'd say he's very social. My mother is like me and has low tolerance for stupid people so she is less social, but still easily engages others when put in social situations.
 
When they were together they were bitter and boring people.

After their divorce, they "moved on" and became very active and friendly.

The only one that remains heartbroken is me lol.
 
way more than me unfortunately.

From what I understand though my pops would rather not go to the majority of the social stuff though.
 
Jowy said:
When they were together they were bitter and boring people.

After their divorce, they "moved on" and became very active and friendly.

The only one that remains heartbroken is me lol.
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They are happier apart, so you should be happy for that. They are still your parents.
 
My parents are both in their 60s and still live on the farm they just have each other and my mom talks with my sister a lot. My father I think has one friend but they rarely talk or see each other, maybe once a year. He has me beat though lol.
 
xxracerxx said:
They are happier apart, so you should be happy for that. They are still your parents.
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Yeah, I know I should but deep down I know I'll always miss the times when they were together....Selfish, I know, but that's just how I feel :(
 
My mom has tons of friends. My dad has a few but he does not seem to care about not having much :P He works so much he has no time for em anyway.
 
Yes. My mom more than my dad. My dad would rather be doing work around the house than socialize. He also has a ton of hobbies that keep him busy.
 
My parents are both very well-connected around here, because they grew up in this area and have lived here their whole lives. So they have a ton of "friends," but still, they have a core group of friends that they hang out with the most. One family in particular has been friends with us for so long that they are like extended family to me. They are great people and all of their kids have turned out to be great too, so it's been really cool.
 
xxracerxx said:
I am just curious but how old were you when they split?
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16 and going through a lot of crap in school (getting bullied by a guy, skipping physical education classes because I sucked at all the sports and was way too skinny...and I' still skin and bones but whatever...being rejected by the girl I "loved" not a happy childhood lol).

Oh and BTW, I'm 20 right now.
 
Nope. Everybody hates my dad so nobody wants anything to do with him. My mom has "friends" but she sees them like once every 6 months, if that, on a girls night out. Other than that she mostly keeps to herself or does stuff with her sister (who lives near my parents).

If anything, I probably got my loner nature from them.
 
Not that I know of. Their neighbors dislike them and they've been cut off from their church "friends" for a while now.
 
My mother and father are super social. My mother is constantly hosting dinner parties, playing bridge or tennis with her friends.

I on the other hand do not have any real friends. My wife and I really keep to ourselves and rarely go out (I'm cheap too).
 
Two of the neighboring houses around their house often get together with mine and have parties and the like, so yeah. They're all pretty close friends.
 
Jowy said:
16 and going through a lot of crap in school (getting bullied by a guy, skipping physical education classes because I sucked at all the sports and was way too skinny...and I' still skin and bones but whatever...being rejected by the girl I "loved" not a happy childhood lol).

Oh and BTW, I'm 20 right now.
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cry me a river
 
My mom only really socializes with her co-workers and siblings on the phone. Dad has always preferred not to socialize and only really has one friend that he occasionally talks to.

Both of them are great at the act of socializing, but they rarely actively pursue it on their own and don't really have many friends. Especially my dad.

TheDanger said:
cry me a river
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Trivializing other people's problems isn't nice yo
 
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