We none of us know what really happened with anyone's else's early years. Sometimes we suppress really painful stuff and it causes problems later on. One child may cope well with a controlling parent - another less so.
Not saying that a happy childhood is impossible!
Good points. When I spoke to my mom on the phone last week she actually brought up something that happened between my dad and me when I was 24 that I DO NOT remember. I remember what happened before he came in the room, but I have absolutely no memory of him coming into the room and the interaction that my mother remembers. It wasn't overly traumatic (no abuse), but it was a moment that relates to my dad's inability to verbally express approval -- and what happened in that moment was me sharing some really good news with him and he was incapable of simply saying "Great job! I'm so proud of you!"
The point of that story is: I was 24 years old, it was an important moment, and I have actually NO memory of it. My mother remembers it vividly because she says she followed him into the next room after I left and confronted him about what he'd just done.
So yeah -- I understand that we can block things out -- and if we can do it as adults then we can surely do it as children as well.
Me 48, Her 50 (Same-Sex Couple) 3 Children Together: 9.5 years before BD BD: Week of 10/27/14 ExW started EA w OW 9/2014 ExW married OW 12/2015
