How Your Parents’ Parenting Style Affects Your Relationships
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How it affects your relationships
You might have a healthy but adverse reaction to your parents’ parenting style (or lack of one) in that you could work hard to create intimate, loving and connected relationships. Unlike what you had with your parents, you want to know what’s happening in your partner’s life. You want the two of you to be deeply involved in every aspect of one another’s life, rather than just meeting for the “fun times” like travel or the weekends. You want to be in the trenches with him, as your parents were not with you. You may, however, take after your parents and only want to see your partner for light, fun times. You may refuse to let him see you after a long day of work when you’ll be stressed out and exhausted. You may only let him see the fun, carefree side of you.
