For me my mom was my mother, but she was very sick. Found men who had money and capitalized on it while using me as her shield and sword.

For me a woman as my mother who took many meds and ruined many lives still gave me a foundation to build off of.

Others would be a slum as her and her men, yet I prayed when I was young and seen the abyss they were in and did not like it.

My wife, the only one I would have ever married and came from the same neighborhood as me is one I did not want to not be dependent on me, nor I of her. I helped design our marriage in a way where she is her own person and she is capable of being independent without me. She has an mba and decades of work experience along with many certifications.

This is liberal to me. From where we both came from to where we are is a very rare thing.

My mother shown me the evil of men (people) and I forgave her for her chaos. They claim we always choose what are parents were and I disagree with that.