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Oddly I think the same of mine.
They had a good life together though weren't rich by any stretch of the imagination, decided kids would be a good idea (I feel my mum was much more interested in this than my dad) and proceeded to get divorced when myself and twin brother turned thirteen.
Mum (who we feel was the only one wanting children) then moves 400 miles from the east of Scotland to the west of Wales and we barely saw her after that... She wasn't a great mum prior to this but now i have my own life and opinions I see how entitled she feels to affection purely from the fact that - "I'M YOUR MOTHER!!!" - something that has been screamed at me many a time. Crazy bitch. Respect is earned, not demanded
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One day you walk in to see them and realize that they're no longer just older than you.
They're old, and time is flying. >

He started out as a dad, and became more and more human in the last forty-three years. >

I can’t remember anything from my childhood, other than myself getting older. >

My parents never grew.  They devolved.
We were once a successful, happy family with a business and plenty of money to be comfortable.  Then my mom started being a cunt about the way my dad was running the business, cheated on him, and left.  Dad drank the business away and mom became an insufferable narcissist that I don't talk to anymore.