Fun Home 3

The mother and father in Fun Home have an interesting relationship.  In my opinion I think that they are together just for the sake of their children.  I do not believe that they love each other. At least not in a romantic sense.  The father is gay, so obviously he have no attraction to the mother, and she just kind of goes through the motions of life.  Also, another thing I've noticed about their relationship is that they don't seem to respect each other.  The way they talk to each other in their arguments shows a lack of respect The father says, "get back in here!" and he also calls her a 'crazy bitch.' It's just not the way you would expect a husband and wife to communicate with one another.  Another thing that shows the father's lack of respect towards the mother are his affairs.  Not only is it wrong to have sexual relationships with others while you are married, he also deceives her and doesn't tell her that he is really attracted to men.  I think that's a double fault.  He has lied to her throughout the course of their marriage and that is a huge wrong.  The lack of affection shown by the mother and father towards each other affects the children greatly.  They don't really have a sense for what a relationship is supposed to be like.  They know that moms and dads are supposed to love each other and show affection but they do not get to witness it.  They also have weird relationships with their parents, more so with their dad than with their mom.  One of the kids mentions trying to give their dad a kiss goodnight and failing awkwardly and it's because growing up they didn't experience these things and I think that is going to hurt their future relationships.  I think that kids will be unable to show affection in their own relationships when they grow.