Mom: 8.5
Dad: 7.5
Mom: I'm not as close with her as I should be. I could trust her with anything. She always encouraged me to be creative, bought me art supplies as a kid, convinced me to play chess in HS, got me my first piano, let me read her book collection, etc. Nowadays, she's the only person I show my music before I release it
I docked 1.5 points because there was some sort of verbal abuse growing up, as a kid I had a stutter and a weird voice, ppl always made fun of me for that...I wasn't the smartest kid either and i'd fukk up a lot. You get used to being called a dumb ass, retard, etc but when your mom gets mad and calls you that
and mocks your voice, you really have to be a loser.
Plus, I'm introverted and she isn't, all I wanted was to be left alone most of the time instead of being dragged somewhere.
Dad: He was always there, but for most of my life that was it, he was just there.
Taught me a lot but not enough; I learned to shave, ride a bike, tie my shoes and a bunch of stuff by myself.
Outside of TV I never really had other examples of a Dad to compare and he was a huge fan of sports so I always assumed he was ashamed of me or something, we never had a lot in common besides DNA.
I was scared to open up with him, I still am to an extent but either way, we're very close now.
Only downside is him tryna give me advice he should've years ago...like man, you did your best, stop making up for lost time