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Originally posted by Melusine:
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Originally posted by Sigmar:
Lucky? Yeah the divorce rate here is probably low then as everyone I know has a happy nuclear family, save one person in the year above me. Obviously there are probably some broken homes which I have no knowledge of but on the whole there are few broken homes in Gibraltar. Lucky for the rest I suppose but not for the minority unable to relate their problems to other people.
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Aww, that's a good point. I didn't mean to sound callous when I said you're lucky. I can imagine that if all your friends have happy two parent families, it's hard to find someone who can empathise with you.
But I guess you're right then, Gibraltar must have better statistics than e.g. Holland when it comes to divorces. Both my boyfriend's and my own parents are divorced, and I've always known several people with divorced parents as well.
But I do know how it feels when people aren't understanding of your situation. When my parents finally decided to permanently split up (something which logically affected my sister and me very badly) I told my "best friend", whose sole reply was "Ah, that explains why you've been such a morose and boring bitch lately" [img]graemlins/idontagreeatall.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]Exactly, when I'm talking with my friends after I've had a disagreement with my dad or something and I'm feeling pissed off, I tend to act in a grumpy manner towards my friends (and all those around me). They ask whats wrong and after I explain it to them their reply is, "Oh right", follwed by awkward stare at the floor and the conversation continues then normally. I can't blame them really, their biggest concern at lunch time (when we're stuck eating school lunches
) is what they're gonna have for dinner, a contrast to my own worries. Who's actually going to be there. They're great friends though its just that I can't relate to them about certain things.
[ 05-12-2003, 08:21 AM: Message edited by: Sigmar ]