friends vs family

[Deleted]

If you had to choose, which would you prefer to spend more time with?

Me = family
DH = friends

Granted we both have very normal drama-free families so that helps.

[lime]

Hands down, friends. I CHOOSE to have these people in my life.

My family is a trainwreck and just simply an accident of genetics.

[niq]

me: friends
W: family

she has a very large, sprawling family and her siblings all pretty fun as adults.
I have a high-drama sister, a clinically depressed mother, and a dad who's kind of an asshole.

[goaskalice]

Me: family
DW: friends, or my family

Her family is full of drama. My family is pretty fun, and very generous :-)

[wrathofkuus]

I'm truly surprised that anyone is saying family. My family is fine and all, but I vastly prefer the company of the people I chose.

[h]

Family. I adore my friends, but my kids, my DH, and my mom are my favorite people to spend time with, and the rest of my family (and DH's family as well) pretty much rocks, too.

[ijack]

For certain things, family. Like I hate skiing with anyone else but my parents and bro

[Marmee]

Family for both of us

[chessie]

Friends for both of us. Family seems more of a obligation these days, which has not very pleasant unfortunately. Our friends though are there for us no matter what

[Pom]

Me: Family
H: Friends (I am sure some of you have heard about my FIL, lol)

[Deleted]

Feb 5, 2013 18:21:27 GMT -5 h said:

Family. I adore my friends, but my kids, my DH, and my mom are my favorite people to spend time with, and the rest of my family (and DH's family as well) pretty much rocks, too.

This goes for us as well. DH's brother is his best friend and we're close to his other brother and wife as well. My mom is one of my closest friends. Of course it's kind of a false question because who has to choose like that? I prefer to have balance in my life.

[sporky]

Friends, for both of us. Of course, our families are both batshitcrazy, so there's that.

[Deleted]

Family, no question. Friends come and go. Family is for life. It helps my family is low drama and really awesome, though. I'd rather chat on the phone with my mom or sister than nearly any of my friends.

[ECB]

Friends for both of us. 

We enjoy time w/ my family.  His family (parents, at least) are just hard to spend time with.

[margarita]

Friends, without a doubt.

[cjeanette]

Friends

[Deleted]

My family. I always invite my sisters to events with my friends though.

[imojoebunny]

I am about even on this. I am close to many of my cousins, so I count them as family. Many of them live in the same town, not the same one I live in, so I go there for 2 or 3 weeks a year. Many of them come here once or twice a year, and I have 13 of them, so it adds up. We also see friends often.

[miniroller]

We both dearly love our families (& see them/ hangout 2-3 times a month), but w/out a doubt, friends. For relaxation/ vacations, there's no question. Again, LOVE our families, but yeah- friends for sure!!

[deo]

Family for both of us. I consider my sister my best friend.

[explorer2001]

Feb 5, 2013 18:03:06 GMT -5 lime said:

Hands down, friends. I CHOOSE to have these people in my life.

My family is a trainwreck and just simply an accident of genetics.

This except some of my extended family is pretty cool too. However I will fly halfway around the world for my friends and they do the same.

[mbcdefg]

Family. I like mine.

Idk what MH would pick. His dad is very nice, but he has nothing to talk about since he does nothing.

[protozoa]

Friends for both of us. Our families are ok, but not for spending lots of time with.

[aspentosh]

Me: family. I freaking love my family.
H: friends. Though he considers many of his friends to be family since his family is so small. (He just changed his mind to family. He has no idea.)

[algal]

Me: friends
Dh: friends

[soozy87]

Family for both of us.

[ellipses84]

Me: My family, with friends a close second.
DH: Friends
His family would be last on the list for both of us.

[KaraOrNot]

Family for both of us.

[regina22]

Me: my family
DH: my family

Luckily, we have the same taste!

[wanderlustmom]

Family for both of us, I feel we have a lot of very close friends too, so it's tough.