Critical, guilt-inducing German Catholic mom. Nice lady. Love her to bits. But as I grew older I saw her "issues'. She got them from her mom. Controlling but also played victim a lot.
Dad was quieter. Smart, industrious and athletic. Stayed active till his 60's and then stopped playing organized sports. like me, kind of gave up on his stuff.
They BOTH would do ANYTHING for us kids. All 6. Their lives WERE our lives. But we picked up varying degrees of the same habits.
They didn't argue much because dad likely learned it wasn't worth it. He wouldn't win either way.
The FORCED Catholic upbringing didn't sit well with my analyzing and logical brain. I fought going to church. They threatened to withdraw my sports.
They just passed 50 years. Hell of an accomplishment. But other than the success of the kids lives, I wouldn't want their marriage.
