Father deserted the family.
Myself married young, in a way to escape away from the 'broken'
family so called.
In a way, because of the family's break, I chosed my hubby based on
his career and personality.
In a relationship, where 2 persons need to work at it. I took for
granted and it resulted eventually in my divorce.
I dont fault him because it was partly my taking for granted the
stability and trust that had allowed for other innocent parties to
break us up.
Recently, where I connect back with the father, then I can see
roughly what went wrong with their marriages and what went wrong
with mine.
And what is so right about the stepfamily I now have.
Its just a simple "focus less on oneself, but focus on providing
for those around us".