My parents were not good parents. But I've made my peace with it and moved on, I felt. Except I just found out that from when I was a newborn my parents didn't want to stop going to the pub, so apparently they used to leave me in a carry cot on the back seat of the car, while they sat in the pub drinking (this was at night, not in the day). Worse still, they would both get hammered and my dad used to get my mum to drive home as she had no driving licence and he said she'd be in less trouble if they got caught! (Basically he didn't want to lose his licence) Apparently she would drive along, often throwing up out the window!
I'm just horrified to have found this out and it's really playing on my mind. It was a long time ago and they were crap parents so I suppose in a way it is not a huge shock but I feel sad for the baby I was. I suppose I feel they've hit a new low in my eyes. But at the same time it's a very old low! I want to be able to let it go but something about the whole scenario has just really got to me.
As an older kid they would often do the same thing, but then it was more common back then and at least I could go in and get them if there was a problem but a newborn baby? It just makes me feel sad. I guess I'm just posting to get it out of my head!