My dad and I are pretty close, but I guess I just wish we had as open of a relationship as my mother and I do. We talk, but we don't have many REAL conversations, you know? I mean, I know guys aren't really all into that feeling-related talk and stuff like that, I guess I just want to feel closer to him. Sometimes I feel like he doesn't know what to talk about with me. I guess he tends to bottle things up inside, whereas my mom kind of vents to me about more things?

We don't fight at all. We go to movies or just drive around and listen to music sometimes, and he'll talk to me about things he did when he was younger, pull out old yearbooks, etc.

Moments like that really mean a lot to me. I'm just not sure what kind of other stuff to do with him, or to ask him do to, etc.

So, for the rest of you, what kind of things have you done with either of your parents that genuinely made you feel really connected with them?