Quote Originally Posted by Drageuth View Post
My mom was a stay-at-home mom until I was 13, and my dad is a workaholic. He's gotten better now that he's not doing shift work anymore, but growing up I rarely saw him until we moved out to BC when he took a management job. I get along with them fine, but I don't really know anything about them. Other than the occasional camping trip (where I spent the majority of my time off alone fishing), didn't really spend a lot of time with them. Up until recently, anyways -- whenever they come over to visit, it's the whole "sit down conversation, have a few drinks and shoot-the-shit while mom plays with Dallas" kind of stuff. Even then, we're still fairly strange with each other -- I would say they know 25% of me, and most of that was because of close proximity living for 18 years.

Still, nothing bad to say about my parents. They didn't make life hard for me growing up by being batshit crazy, drunks, druggies, or otherwise. They're just private people and spent most of their free time watching TV, or gardening, or making wine. My dad also makes intarsia as a hobby (he's pretty good, too).
Very similar to my parents, then. Although my mother did complicate things for me a lot.. I would elaborate, but it's probably not worth going down that rabbit-hole here. Needless to say though, I would have grown up to be very different if I'd have had the same opportunities most kids have. Instead, I got what I got, which mostly sucked. And now? I've no qualms about the person I am, in principle.. But there's a lot about myself I would change if I could.