JT,
I am right there with you. I am learning NOW that it was from my mother that I learned to be attracted to the "bad boys". My mom is in her mid 70's and still only knows a tiny bit of her family truth. She really doesnt want to know the rest...
Her sister was talking one day about when their father went to prison. (in the 1930's) She said "Don't you remember when father was gone? He was in PRISION for 18 months for alienation of affection." He had an affair with a married woman whose husband pressed charges. Back then it was SERIOUS stuff.
Amazing. And after that, my grandmother took him back and lived like a queen with him at her every beck and call.... and my mother was such a daddy's girl... . I have no idea if he continued to be a philanderer, but I wouldn't be surprised.
And so the story goes. I am hoping to rewrite MY ending.
Barb