The lack of communication or really?

Something that struck me the other day when thinking about my childhood. I grew up with very little communication about how my life was going or just general chats between kid and parent.

Interestingly though, both my parents had no problem conversing with me about each other, little digs etc. So they communicate with me but only about the dysfunctional marriage, the drinking etc

Did anyone else have this. No good communication, only poor?