For the first time, my mom opened up to me about how bad her time with my dad was for her. She never wanted to turn me against my dad so she's always shied away from talking about their relationship, and talking about him in general really. I've only ever heard his side, and while he's been honest about his past alcoholism, he definitely left out some things and made it seem like they were both at fault. I'm not blindly listening to my mother's words, a few of the things she said were questionable, but she was undoubtably hurt by him. I haven't been on good terms with my dad for months now, and she figured that now being honest with me wouldn't make me like him any less.