that they did not?
2007-04-24 10:59:42 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
No my parents didn't have a "good-healthy marriage". They argued a lot. My mother suffered from depression but never did anything about it. My dad was always out, he stayed out of her way if he could. My mother put my father down a lot, which she then moved on to my brother and me.
Now I wonder why i'm never happy in a relationship. Parents are great-not!
2007-04-24 22:36:16 · answer #1 · answered by Vixx 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My parents have been married for 36 yrs and although they've had their fair share of ups and downs. I feel they've got a good, healthy marriage. My Mom spends a lot of her time away from my father (her career) so I think that's how they've made their marriage work. They're not always together LOL
2007-04-24 22:24:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My parents had and have a very good marriage.. I only remember a hand full of arguements between them when I was growing up.. We kids only knew they were argueing because they started using each others full names when they talked...
For instance "John James Doe I can't for the life of me figure why you would thing that was a good idea." said in a very level voice no yelling...
"Jane Elizabeth Doe, it was a good idea then and it's a good idea now." also said in a level voice no yelling...
The rest of the time they called each other hunny or dear or sweety...
The only major fight I can even remember happened on the day my older sister married... My mother received a phone call from her ex my sisters biological father at about 8 am saying he wouldn't be coming to the wedding although he lived less than 5 miles away... My mother got furious with him and my father had the bad fortune of entering the room just as she hung up... My mother was primed for a fight and when dad asked innocently "Where is my tux and bow tie?" Mom went crazy and railed at him about his insensitivity and irresponsibility at loosing his tux.... yadda yadda yadda... He couldn't get a word in edgewise for at least 25 minutes... Dad yelled back a little about how she had obviously lost her mind... then walked outside to calm down... I ran out and told him mom just got off the phone with Jim he's not coming....
That was the end of the fight dad ran back in and apologized to mom for yelling and help her while she cryed about Jim... Mom apologized to dad for yelling at him when she really wanted to yell at Jim...
So as you see a very good marriage with a few minor speed bumps but nothing they couldn't work out quickly...
2007-04-24 11:20:37 · answer #3 · answered by Diane (PFLAG) 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
when I was very young I thought my parents were the most amazing people ever ... they walked on water
when I was a teen I hated my Dad, and took advantage of my Mom
when I was in college I made my amends by following through on my goals and dreams, and becomming a man
as an adult I look back, and I realize they never walked on water, and I only hated my father because (when I was a teen) he was right, and I didnt want to hear it ... they made lots of mistakes, but did the best they could at the time
... and all they ever really wanted was for me to be happy
so no, my family was dysfunctional as hell, just like everyone elses ... and I'm greatful :)
2007-04-24 11:11:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was always obvious that my parents should never have married in the first place. Everything I learned from my parents are the things I avoided in life. To this day, I can't understand why they are still together.
2007-04-24 11:05:06 · answer #5 · answered by QT 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Growing up I felt my parents had a good marriage. They're still married, 34 years this summer.
2007-04-24 11:04:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They were always together but always arguing and I thought everyones parents did that so when my ex wife and I were together we argued a lot and I just thought that was normal. Been divorced now for 5 years and married a Filipina last year and we have never argued in over two years so I suppose I realise now that my parents werent particularly happy!
2007-04-24 12:32:25 · answer #7 · answered by Closed Down 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My parents have always had a good relationship. Like every couple they have had there ups and downs. But overall they have and have had a good health marriage
2007-04-25 01:55:22 · answer #8 · answered by emmaleighsmom2004 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My parents were married 50 years, I can't to this day say they loved each other but I do know they were content with each other. Maybe that's the secret of a happy marriage.
2007-04-24 11:09:55 · answer #9 · answered by tucksie 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I came from a totally dysfunctional family. There was no hiding the fact that my parents didn't like each other. It became clear the day that my father walked out when I was 6.
2007-04-24 11:04:34 · answer #10 · answered by Royalhinney 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋