Quote: Your dad sounds like my mother. Funny, but my late H and my bf were both smothered by their moms (my bf's mom is still at it!), and those two men attracted me... what to make of that...
Interesting...because I would think that someone who grew up being smothered by their mother might want/expect something similar from a wife.
In X's case, his father left when X was very young and spent little time, energy or money on X and his brothers (though his father lavished attention on his new family with his new wife). And X's mother (who died many years ago) was extremely cold, completely unable to express any kind of affection.
Poor X. In comparison, my parents seem almost warm and loving.
