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NNN0LHI

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12. Don't want to go into a lot of details on a public forum but my cousin ended up doing OK

Reply to southernyankeebelle (Reply #8)

Mon Jun 18, 2012, 02:46 PM

Jun 2012

About as good as could be expected.

With a lot of government assistance that her parents wouldn't want anyone who was actually needy ever getting. The parents were very racist.

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Want to hear one of my first memories of wealthy Republican relatives of mine? (Warning: Sad story) [View all] NNN0LHI Jun 2012 OP

People who were born around money live in different worlds uponit7771 Jun 2012 #1

Wow, my dear NNOLHI... CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2012 #2

Holy crap!!!!! How can people be so fucking heartless??? Initech Jun 2012 #3

Entitlement is an ugly thing. theaocp Jun 2012 #5

I know!! greytdemocrat Jun 2012 #18

I guess I don't understand how wealth has anything to do with their behaviour. woofless Jun 2012 #4

My point was that she wasn't going to be a financial burden on them in any way whatsoever NNN0LHI Jun 2012 #16

Yikes! That IS creepy. n/t EFerrari Jun 2012 #17

I don't think wealth has anything at all to do with it. liberalhistorian Jun 2012 #6

Watch the opening of the first Batman movie again Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2012 #7

I am assuming you are an adult now. What happened to the child? Did they put the child southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #8

Don't want to go into a lot of details on a public forum but my cousin ended up doing OK NNN0LHI Jun 2012 #12

I have supported a handicapped family member since her father stopped. grasswire Jun 2012 #9

I had a client in a group home........... mrmpa Jun 2012 #10

I don't know the circumstances in this particular case, but I'll not condemn a family for 1monster Jun 2012 #13

I empathize with you........... mrmpa Jun 2012 #14

So did the young man in my case. He had a diploma; he had a full time job. 1monster Jun 2012 #15

Rich Republican relatives must be the same all over. EFerrari Jun 2012 #11

It is not just the money either. Many back then were ashamed of their disabled children. Be proud jwirr Jun 2012 #19