Based on what Rumple told Zelena in 3x16, I think the spinsters treated him well but he just wasn't able to be truly happy because his father's betrayal had left him too broken.
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Rumplestiltskin: Well, like you, I was abandoned as a child. Some spinsters took us in. We didn’t have much. But we got by. Whenever we finished a job they used to bake meat pie. The entire hovel would fill with the most wonderful smell. And after they were cold they always let me take the first bite. And as the food warmed my body that was the only time I forgot who I really was. A boy who wasn’t wanted by his papa.
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