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#1851521 - 09/12/13 04:41 PM a different kind of obituary
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Obituary

Wow.

Makes you wonder why she ever had one child, let alone eight!
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#1851525 - 09/12/13 04:45 PM Re: a different kind of obituary califgirl
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Wow, she must have been awful. frown
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#1851540 - 09/12/13 05:04 PM Re: a different kind of obituary califgirl
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That's some good closure for the surviving children.
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#1851545 - 09/12/13 05:08 PM Re: a different kind of obituary califgirl
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I kind of feel like why did they bother publishing an obituary at all if they hated her so much, but I'm sure I don't have enough information to make that kind of judgment.
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#1851547 - 09/12/13 05:09 PM Re: a different kind of obituary califgirl
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or it can be a fake as they got the date wrong.
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#1851555 - 09/12/13 05:22 PM Re: a different kind of obituary edAudit
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Geeze, and I thought the obits in the Sunday NYT were interesting!

A friend's ll year old son warned her, "Remember, I'm going to be the one who picks your nursing home!" Maybe he should have added that he would be writing the obituary as well.
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#1851560 - 09/12/13 05:32 PM Re: a different kind of obituary califgirl
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Unfortunately, I've had the displeasure of crossing paths with too many divorced parents whose children would be able to write the same kind of obit.

Would there was mandatory training and a test before people could have kids.

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#1851592 - 09/12/13 06:34 PM Re: a different kind of obituary Truffle Royale
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Originally Posted By: Truffle Royale
Unfortunately, I've had the displeasure of crossing paths with too many divorced parents whose children would be able to write the same kind of obit.

Would there was mandatory training and a test before people could have kids.


I had a friend in HS who was locked in a trunk as punishment when she was bad.

Not only were her parents MARRIED he was a fireman, she was a nurse and both considered upstanding citizens.

She moved out of their home when she was 17 and left the state.
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#1851598 - 09/12/13 06:40 PM Re: a different kind of obituary Truffle Royale
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Originally Posted By: Truffle Royale
Unfortunately, I've had the displeasure of crossing paths with too many divorced parents whose children would be able to write the same kind of obit.

Would there was mandatory training and a test before people could have kids.


being married, divorced, single, adoptive, etc. does not make you a good or bad parent, only your actions do.
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#1851599 - 09/12/13 06:41 PM Re: a different kind of obituary HappyGilmore
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Originally Posted By: HappyGilmore
Originally Posted By: Truffle Royale
Unfortunately, I've had the displeasure of crossing paths with too many divorced parents whose children would be able to write the same kind of obit.

Would there was mandatory training and a test before people could have kids.


being married, divorced, single, adoptive, etc. does not make you a good or bad parent, only your actions do.

^^^ THIS
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#1851605 - 09/12/13 06:45 PM Re: a different kind of obituary califgirl
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Wow! eek
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#1851607 - 09/12/13 06:46 PM Re: a different kind of obituary califgirl
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Thanks Happy, I have a pretty wonderful son, even though I am :gasp: divorced. smile
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#1851638 - 09/12/13 07:06 PM Re: a different kind of obituary califgirl
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I'm sad for the kids if this is true, but all that bitterness and resentment isn't helping them I would say.

Although, it is a kinda awesome last F-U for someone who made them miserable so long.

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#1851700 - 09/12/13 08:31 PM Re: a different kind of obituary Retired DQ
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Thanks Happy, I have a pretty wonderful son, even though I am :gasp: divorced. smile


well, you certainly were(n't) what I was talking about when I said divorced could be good parents...besides, you're not divorced, you're "perpetually engaged"!

My real mom is a great lady, funny, smart, well read, world traveler, friend to everyone, everyone loves her...but as a mom she sucks...havent seen her in over 15 years, haven't talked to her since 2005

just being a nice person means nothing
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#1851846 - 09/13/13 02:27 PM Re: a different kind of obituary HappyGilmore
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Originally Posted By: Truffle Royale

Would that there was mandatory training and a test before people could have kids.


This was the punch line of my post.
Abusive parents come in all shapes, sizes, colors and marital stats.
The other part of my post referred to the category of abusive parent I'm currently most exposed to.
I have zero tolerance for people who don't get that the trade off for the bundle of joy they begat is putting that little person's best interests above the parents' wants.
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#1852111 - 09/13/13 07:48 PM Re: a different kind of obituary califgirl
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The follow up story that I read today was that the mother beat them with a metal tipped belt and ran a house of prostitution. They were in foster care during the week, but she had them on weekends. They were so terrified of her that, in her last week of life, they insisted the doctor sedate her before they would visit her in the hospital. Even so, they disguised themselves. The only purpose of the visit was to identify her. Although they are in their 50s, they remain terrified.
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#1852117 - 09/13/13 07:53 PM Re: a different kind of obituary califgirl
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Amen, TR.
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#1853944 - 09/19/13 07:21 PM Re: a different kind of obituary califgirl
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This one is a bit nicer.
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#1853962 - 09/19/13 07:37 PM Re: a different kind of obituary Bacon Boy
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Originally Posted By: Bacon RiFF RaFF
This one is a bit nicer.


haha this was read on the radio yesterday on my way home.. Loved it.

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#1853974 - 09/19/13 08:02 PM Re: a different kind of obituary califgirl
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Wow! laugh
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