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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband says he had a wonderful childhood, and I can vouch for how supportive and kind his parents.  It’s one of the key attractions I had to marry him.  Unfortunately I did not have same background.[/quote]

I hear you on the rough childhood, but I'm glad you found someone from a kind, supportive family who had a nice one. My DH and I come from similar families and while it helps us empathize with and understand each other, it means we don't have a single parent or sibling between us who we'd call "kind" or "supportive." His is mildly better than mine in that there is less overall dysfunction, but they still aren't that nice or supportive. And honestly, part of the deal with his family is that they turn to him for support and he provides it, which at least feels okay, whereas my family just fights and lies.

DH and I have openly talked about how in some ways it would have been better for each of us if we'd married other people from good, kind families. We love each other, but it's so hard. We now focus on providing a really supportive, functional base for our own kids, and also will encourage them to think about the families of anyone they intend to marry, in the hopes that they will each have a full network of good families to turn to instead of being all on their own the way we are.[/quote]

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