“So true! They said we’d never make it.”
I had many a “talking to” by well-meaning people trying to talk me out of it - some of them are divorced now.
Issac Asimov was once asked about going into a career in writing, he replied that going into a career in writing was like getting married, anyone who could be talked out of it SHOULD BE!
Part of the reason I don’t get along well with my mom is the row we had over my getting married—course I was just 17 at the time.
As I said in an earlier post, she frequently left. Left me with the house, the cooking, 3-4 younger siblings and school. I decided if I was going to have to take care of all that, it would damn well be mine and not someone else’s.
It hasn’t always been easy, but I wouldn’t trade it. We have 3 wonderful kids, 1 grand.
Mom and Dad are still married. He still loves her. Go figure.