Seeing Through Rose-Colored Glasses
Sometimes, we need an escape. For the OP’s mom, she figured that the only way to leave her foster parents and her real parents for good was to get pregnant and married at 15 years old. The plan worked, but she chose the wrong person to spend the rest of her life with. Thankfully, she was only with him for a couple of months.
The dad seemed nice at first, but he was also good at hiding the truth. Apparently, he came from a dysfunctional family, and the ‘wealth” he amassed was all ill-gotten. While the mom succeeded at becoming emancipated, she was a single mom while still a teen. Somehow, she made it work. Good on you, mom!