You guys that have/had a dad are lucky. Good, bad, whatever.......at least he was there. My dad was a drunk that chased women and beat the hell out of us. He died when I was 18........I can't remember where he's buried. By choice.
Now my mom.......she's a hell of a woman. Worked her ass off to raise us boys. Never complained.......just did the next right thing. Year after year.......she just stepped up. She divorced the old man when I was 8, never remarried. Graduated college at 50, worked as an engineer till she retired in her early 70s. Say something bad about women........I'll fight you right then. Period. Women are to be cherished in my eyes, after all they are the givers of life.
Mom is 87 years old now. She lives in a nice house near the beach that one of my brothers owns. He bought it so she could have a place near two of my other brothers. We chipped in and bought her a new car a few years ago. Let's just say that we take good care of mom.....