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southernyankeebelle

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28. Thank you. Gosh that was so many years ago. I guess it really had an impact on me. LOL
Wed Jun 13, 2012, 02:24 PM
Jun 2012

You know people say and do the funniest things during funerals. I remember when My dad died and his father was still living. He was riding with was in the car. I have a big family. Here we were in the car laughing and joking. I remember my oldest brother asking the driver were we strange for laughing. The driver said he has seen it all. No it wasn't and he would rather have us laughing and remembering the funny times. The only sour note was when good ole grandpa said to my mother in the car "well now that my son is dead his name will go off the will for the house". We all looked at him and mother said to him not to worry we had no plans ever to have contact with him and his family after the funeral was over anyway. He looked at her and didn't say another thing. We all went back to laughing and talking about the good times we had with dad. None of us were ever close to my dad's side of the family anyway. I don't know what possessed him to say something like that. We never got anything from them in the first place but headaches. Mother was right after that we never heard from any of them again. We were happy because they treated mother badly.

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Somebody at the UN needs a reality check Warpy Jun 2012 #1
Hear, hear, Warpy! Couldn't have said it better myself! Moonwalk Jun 2012 #2
Succinct! n/t Sans__Culottes Jun 2012 #16
EXACTLY - lots of states have enacted "Safe Haven" laws, which allows mothers of bullwinkle428 Jun 2012 #22
No shit! I think most kids, if they were able to make the choice, would give up the "right" to be MADem Jun 2012 #23
Wouldn't surprise me if Politicalboi Jun 2012 #3
The UN is just so stupid sometimes (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #4
complaining about a pretty decent bandage, one that does save lives Kali Jun 2012 #5
Being that it is Europe, don't they already have that? FrodosPet Jun 2012 #11
the countries mentioned in the OP Kali Jun 2012 #13
It's illegal in almost all circumstances in Poland muriel_volestrangler Jun 2012 #14
My husband was in a German home for children. Parents who can't take care of them are put southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #6
that's a lot of funeral drama. Sharing DNA with someone doesn't mean you'll get along Liberal_in_LA Jun 2012 #9
Man if you had been there you would of looked for a hole to hide in. We were so embrassed. Right southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #10
You poor dear! Glad you survived that mess! nt MADem Jun 2012 #24
Thank you. Gosh that was so many years ago. I guess it really had an impact on me. LOL southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #28
Is the RW in Europe making birth control hard to come by?? WTF??? kestrel91316 Jun 2012 #7
About six months ago... Xithras Jun 2012 #8
"known and cared for by his or her parents" -- but 10% of the "fathers" aren't! FarCenter Jun 2012 #12
A partial solution Shankapotomus Jun 2012 #15
How do you make someone monitor an email address for 18 years or more muriel_volestrangler Jun 2012 #17
A third party would have name Shankapotomus Jun 2012 #18
Isn't this like a normal adoption process? muriel_volestrangler Jun 2012 #20
It is? Shankapotomus Jun 2012 #21
I agree--not feasible. The "receiving agencies" know where and when each child was received. MADem Jun 2012 #25
Great in theory. Will never work in practice. lapislzi Jun 2012 #26
Dear UN: WolverineDG Jun 2012 #19
Exactly. If you've ever taken care of an abandoned newborn, Butterbean Jun 2012 #27
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