His father was killed by a drunk driver when he was 5.
His mother wasn't there for him after, she became involved in herself by going out with men and marrying again within a couple of years. That M was short lived (only a few months) and then the mother got remarried again to some jerk who was into drugs and alcohol. He killed himself by driving drunk and high about 10 years into the marriage.
My H used to say he raised himself because no one was there for him and no one cared for him. He told me his mother never said the words "I love you" to him, in fact he remembers the one time when she told him she didn't love him. He did something bad when he was little and she punished him and he said "but mom, I am sorry, I love you." She turned around and said "well I don't love you." Those words stuck with him forever.
He has told me that they (his mother and grandparents)used to forget about him and would forget to pick him up from after school activities. He said the grandparents cared about his younger sister more. I think the mother emotionally abandoned all of her kids.
So yes, I think this had a lot to do with his MLC of today.
