Interesting Relationship

It's always forever so interesting to study human to human relationship. Well, after leaving my parents for 4 months to serve the nation and getting to see them only every weekends.

This block leave week had allowed me to see them in a different light. I forced myself out of bed every morning to go for breakfast with them at the coffeeshop downstairs. After that, accompany both to go NTUC to shop for grocery and ingredient for meal that day.

Mom and Dad's relationship were never considered a perfect one, it was never ever near "perfection". Yet they survived many years together. It really keeps me wondering how they could stick together for many years.

Mom always take dad's nonsense without more than 3 - 5 lines of grumbling. My dad I would say is a MCP. He likes to do things his way and his fiery temper never failed to scare people off. SO it's really admirable to see how mom could put up with his temper for many many years.

I'm totally surprised that in the 20 years, I've never heard of the word "divorce" from them. Is it because they loved each other or what?