LaTigresse -> RE: Apparently, my mother raised me to be a dominant woman (4/11/2010 7:13:08 AM)
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I did want to add, the one thing that both of my parents taught me........love. For all of my parents faults (my father is a sadly weak man and an alchoholic), the one thing I can say for both of them. Our home was a haven. There was very little melodrama, almost no fighting (except the normal kid stuff), and zero abusive behaviour. As a child, it was a safe, happy place and full of love. Hugs, kisses and cuddles were in abundance. We were very VERY poor materially, but rich in love. They were one of the most poorly matched couples I have ever seen. They did a fabulous job of making one another miserable in so many ways. I think my father's career (construction) that kept him away so much and his style of drinking, made it possible for them to stay together for so long. He chose to ignore my mother's issues and cheating while she hid it from her children quite well. Only in retrospect is it glaringly obvious. I even found out, not that many years ago, that one of my sisters is a result of my mother's male 'friends'. My father always knew, and now it is obvious in physical appearance, yet the way in which he loved and parented my sister, as though biologically his, is an amazing lesson in unconditional love of parent to child. Whatever their faults, I am very thankful for the lessons of love they've both taught me.
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