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As my mom was becoming an adult, women in my country still couldn't have their own bank accounts nor could they vote. So how much choice did she have? She could stay under her abusive father's control, or roll the dice on marrying a guy who had minimal red flags. They're fine, they had kids and are still married decades later. But I can't really say she was able to freely choose.
I am mixed on how they did as parents. I have no doubt they mostly did what they thought was the right thing. I just strongly disagree with them on some things they believed to be right. Like I wasn't given certain vaccines as a kid, not because my parents thought they would cause autism, but because my parents thought Hep C would only be caught by drug users and sexually promiscuous people. And their kids would never.