I don't know how many people are satisfied with their parents but I do think that mine could've been better. When I was younger I had the best parents in the world, my b'ful and sweet twin but as we get older each year things are changing and certainly not for good. First change was my baby brother being born. I was delighted with the addition to my family. But then he got into school and things changed. My mum got busy teaching him all the school work which he was technically supposed to learn at school. It involved so much of effort and self-control (because anybody would want to pull their hair out while teaching him). Its easier to teach a dog to speak english then make paras learn anything. This constant yelling changed our atmosphere at home. Mum started getting irritated all the time. Dad started yelling and shouting at all four of us to stop mum from shouting. So the main picture was that there was constant noice pollution at my house which I hated. All of this was to such an extent that I wondered ( a lot !) if my parents want a divorce and the only reason that that is not happening is because of their children. But now that I think about it, I realise that it may only be because of my younger brother that the actual splitting is not happening. However this doesn't mean that they both don't love each other because they do. They want everything to work smoothly though that doesn't happen because of all the yelling. My sister and I are scared to show that we are having fun doing anything that regular teengers do- take for example: facebook. Practically everybody uses it but my parents can not know about it because it gives me happiness which is not an emotion that they'd want me to have. I should be constantly working or doing some household chores (which i don't because i don't want to). "I should have some responsibilty towards my family". They have forgotten how to smile and laugh. Every night there is an "interactive" session which generally includes me and dad (and sometimes mum yells in the background).
Now I'll start how that interactive session starts-
1)I am sitting in my room surfing on the net or chatting.
2)I get a missed call from my dad.
3)Scared and wondering what did/didn't I do today for all the yelling that is about to take place I go in their room.
4)Mum starts complaining to Dad about me but suddenly turns to me and starts shouting without giving me a chance to explain anything to her. Over the time, I have learnt not to say anything when either of parent is shouting because it helps in a speedy 'interaction' and I really do want it to end quickly.
5)Dad starts shouting at mum for shouting.
6)Mum starts crying.
7)Dad makes a face and asks me to sit beside him.
8)All the interrogation begins in which I choose to stay silent for most of the time except where he repetedly asks me for a solution of a "huge problem" (which evidently is always the same).
9)My answering gives him some fuel for continuing the discussion and it goes on.
Finally, I make it back to my room and wish that I was in my hostel away from my parents and house. I think that my life is liveable if I give up the child that I am and become all mature and old. But the truth is that I don't want to so I won't. I am fine with all the yelling as long as I know that I just have to be here till the time I start earning and move somehwere far away. This doesn't mean that I'll forget what all they have done for me. I'll be a good daughter but I'll not live with them.
I just want to thank both my parents for providing financial support and mum alone for helping me in my academics.