I agree I prefer friends over my lousy parents! At least with friends if something goes bad in the friendship, you can always get another friend and you can't replace a relative which would be nice. My parents say having friends is bad they are never there for you like family is, get tired of hearing that family ****! My parents were never there for us, my mom felt my friends should've raised me that isn't their job!

Someone in here mentioned people being so traditional or something. Tradition means brainwash, let's not change because if we do that is gonna interrupt our "way of thinking." Our "tradition" in this country is to never change nor hear the truth! Which is why dysfunction in any type of relationship still continues because of society's dogma. Tried to explain that to my ex therapist, omg, went way over her head yet calls herself a mom and an adult who has "experience."