Were my parents normal?

I was thinking about certain situations from my childhood and had a few topics regarding how I was raised but instead of making multiple posts, I will compress them all into one topic.

I don't think my parents were too bad. They weren't perfect, but they did what they could. I wasn't exactly an easy child to raise myself either.

I remember my parents getting me pets as gifts only to give them away. I remember one Christmas, Santa brought me a puppy who we named St.Nick. We had him for a few months until my parents decided they didn't want a puppy, so they called the pound to have him taken. I remember feeling sad as the dog catcher came to the house to take him and I knew he would be put down.

Another memory is when my dad was using moms cooking pots to drain oil from the cars and I was concerned we would get sick so I told mom and she yelled at my dad, who physically disciplined me as a lesson for tattling. My mom failed to defend me and I could never tell what was ok and what I would get in trouble for.

My parents always seemed to hate each other. I remember my dad used to encourage me to anger my mom because he said it was funny. I was happy when they got divorced.

I didn't have many friends growing up but when I got to be an adult and made friends, they would point out that my parents are as messed up as I am, but it's been normal to me.

As of today I only see my Dad once every few years and I live with my Mom, although I really want to move out but have not done so well every time I leave. Hopefully I have another place by summer.

I don't mean to sound like I am complaining if I do. My parents were great in many other ways too. My social and educational life growing up were much worse so it never seemed like a big deal but I have grown to become a very dysfunctional adult and am not sure how to make things better. It seems the opposite happens, though I try to do what I know.

I don't mean to be negative, but talking sometimes relieves burdens.