I am pretty open with it, but don't mention much in detail here. Not because I couldn't or it upsets me, but because it isn't really relevant at that level.
We did have different childhoods, especially as my parents split up after he had moved, so family life changed. He is older than me and got out pretty young also. I am pretty sure he would never have stayed in that town either. There were some good people there, but not many.
I am sure that the people I grew up with have changed in many ways. But I remember them as they were only.
Very interesting. Thanks for being so candid. You both seem to have adjusted really well despite the adversity. I'm not saying my life was perfect, but I had the pretty idyllic American childhood minus marrying my childhood sweetheart and buying a house with a white picket fence, so a lot of times I don't feel like I have much insight on what some other people have gone through growing up.