I'm sure they discussed problems, but I was never involved. It was in their final years that I came to know how far they had come, and was shocked to learn that two uneducated people had done so much with so little and never complained or discussed their problems. Their main goal was to Make Our Lives Better. Going to college was never an option in my family. It was something that Lucille and Roy lived for and expected me to do because they wanted my life to be better.
Life never stands still.
In order to make it better, you have to constantly work on it. They were truly The Greatest Generation. Spend more time working than you do complaining. Save something from every paycheck. Work to make the lives of your children better than your own.