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Well you're born, you live with the people for 18+ years, and part of your personality is growing independant from them. They're bound to urk you every now and again. It's natural to have a very different pereption of your parents (and siblings) than other people in society, because you basically know their full personality.
My parents and I usually get along. After my dad had his midlife crisis, he calmed down a great deal. He went from slightly passive-agresive and suppressed to confident and open minded. He still has his quirks, but at the end of the day I trust him and wouldn't expect him to start a fight. My mom was always the head of the house. Her father was quite a powerful man and she was the youngest, so she had to be equally powerful to stand up to him. She still has the ability to go from 0 to 100 in less than a second. She also has gone back to school (getting her PhD in Psych), and reconnected with the twentysomething lifestyle. The good side to that is that she has no problem relating to me. The not so good side is that she acts like a 21 year old. Leave us say I'm happy for her successes, and think she's a good person, but I'm glad I don't live with her. I don't have the energy to go 12 rounds every night just because the house isn't tidy or something.
I like both my parents very much. I think they're both good people, and I'd probably be friends with them even if we weren't related.
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