Well....they were "old school', Dad was born in 1914 and mom in 1926. Dad was the only boy in the family. His family elevated him to "godlike" status. Mom was raised by an unfeeling woman who put the boys above her. She was raised with the idea that you have to be a slave to a man. I remember my husband pissing me off once when I was on the phone with her and I told him where to go with it and she literally gasped and said "That's your HUSBAND!!!" I told her that yes, he is my husband, not GOD, which is a distinction YOU have yet to make. It shut her up.