[secret garden]

Take heart, Gabz, there are more dysfunctional families around than you can imagine. I have learned that life is too short to surround yourself with miserable people, whether you are related to them or not. Friends have proven more dependable than family, in my experience, maybe because I chose them.

[Gabz]

I guess in the long run that is exactly what I was trying to say.

I really don't know what got into me today to go into all that stuff - I can only say that I do it less and less as the time goes by.