In that generation is was common to not talk about how hard things were or what you had been through. Life was rough all over, as my grandmother said, there was no point in talking about it. My other grandparents and great grandparents used to say similar things. You just didnt talk about such things.my grandparents all lived to be at least 90 years old, and i never heard any of them complain about a thing they ever went through, even abuse and losing their homes and such. They were just grateful to be alive.