You're not alone in having parents like that. My father is unbelievably clueless, and has no idea what is important to anyone around him. My mother is very controlling, but once I broke free of her conrol there was nothing. My parents never made any attempt to keep contact with me, or showed any sign of knowing that there was anything wrong with that. I thought that nobody else had parents like mine, but have since heard of others. It is very sad, but now that we are adults I guess we just have to live our lives knowing what we can and can't expect of our parents. They just are who they are.

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