Why is that such a common thing? While there are certainly people in other generations who have bad marriages and go through bitter divorces, spouse hatred seems so much less common among other generations...
Why is that such a common thing? While there are certainly people in other generations who have bad marriages and go through bitter divorces, spouse hatred seems so much less common among other generations...
I think my mom enjoyed having someone to share the struggle with, but she wasn't interested in being a motherly figure. I remember my mom was bored to tears during school functions and she had no love for other children in general. My father was just a self absorbed prick. My mom is completely elated to be a grandmother though, similar to your parents it sounds like.
The conclusion I've come to is, I doubt similar people would get married now let alone have kids in today's environment. From my perspective I do harbor some hard feelings toward my mom and dad for being kind of shitty (in different ways, respectively) - but I also realize a lot of it was born out of true generational ignorance.