Family Relations

Families have interesting internal structures. In my family my mother controls the family, even though my father does more work for the family. For me I am more drawn to my mother because of this controlling factor, I'm not really sure why but if there is something bad that happened I am more inclined to talk to my mother about it... Maybe Freud was right that sons are closer to their mothers. What adds to my confusion as to why I am more inclined to talk to my mother is that my father and I have similar traits and enjoy similar things. We are both sailors, accomplished in the midwest. We like similar music and we are both interested in fixing things before we throw them away and buy another or go without something. But even through our similarities we are not especially close, I dont go to him for problems, but then again I dont go to my mother for problems either. That is just who I have grown up to be, I'd rather be independent and solve my own issues that tell my parents. So for me this idea of  parent and child relationships is quite difficult. I wouldn't consider myself to have a normal relationship with either.