Today's Cryptoquote© King Features Syndicate 01/31/03:
Men trust their eyes rather than their ears; the road by precept is long and tedious, by example short and effectual.
Seneca
Suffice it to say your ignorance of the situation is total.
My brother-in-law had a drinking problem and was verbally abusive to my niece. My parents have always provided a stable environment for the kids and because of the closeness of their homes they often spent as much time at their grandparents' as at their own home.
A few years ago, because my niece was not getting along with her father, she moved into my parents' home. For Amanda, walking into my parent's house was always like walking into a big hug. She is dearly loved by everyone and they have provided a stable environment and have given her everything she needs or wants. They bought her clothes, a cell phone and a car. She sleeps in my old room.
Amanda is a very sensitive and gifted child. Always socially awkward, she has been the top student in every class since kindergarten. She has been recognized on several occasions as one of the top students in the state, with a strong inclination to math and science. Her ambition was to be a doctor. She began to be courted by several colleges before she graduated high school, and she won a full 4 year scholarship at a university about an hour from my parents' home. She wanted to be close to them.
Her outlook on life and her stability has improved immensely since moving in with her grandparents. She went from being a withdrawn, awkward and bookish teenager into a vivacious and charming young woman. When she met her boyfriend, she became even more confident and pleasant. We all agreed he was good for her and we liked him a lot. He became close to the family. He's also a pretty good guitar player for a 16 year-old kid. He plays a Telecaster, which endeared him to me (I'm a Strat man, myself).
My parents have often commented how similar Amanda and I are. Indeed, she looks a lot like me and her off-the-wall, moody personality and bizaare sense of humor are almost clone-like to my own. She's almost like my twin. That's a problem. I can be stubborn and defiant to the point of absurdity. I see that in my niece. I saw that in her eyes yesterday as the people her love her more than life itself pleaded with her to keep her baby.
Yes she has "been to a gyno appointment." Several. But she and her Romeo refused to wear protection. When her mother tried to get her on the pill, Amanda just said, (direct quote): "Eewww gross" and did not show for the appointment.
I don't think this girl wanted any baby until they started their counseling/propaganda
You should have just quit at "I don't think." She did want to keep the baby. That is one of the first things she told my mom. But, given the choice between keeping the baby or losing Romeo, she chose the latter. It was demonic choice foisted upon her by a cruel and sick set of Nazi-esque parents. Of course, on your twisted a deranged planet, these ghouls are "the only ones sensible in this whole ordeal." That's all I need to know about your values. Kill the baby and destroy some lives to save themselves embarrasment. That is sick.
Amanda is as loved and accepted in my parents' home as any child on the planet. She is the joy of her grandparent's life. She is the queen of their home.
So much for your perverted "house of horrors" statement.
Bwahaha... Been watching Back to the Future too much, have we... You allowed to watch television before yer homework is done? Jesus.
Many of the people in mental wards have serious religious obsessions that usually had to do with their family.
Well that's probably more true than most folks might think...
constantly making statements like murder and dead baby is mental abuse. It is unhealthy to tell women this, that is why many women become so confused with self loathing, they crack up later in life. Just like those girls think they're fat because some boy said they were so they starve themselves to death.
Soooo-- women are weakminded and they can't handle the truth? Heh... And some folks around here call ME a misogynist.
Skooz-- I have sat here and read just about this entire thread and I ain't the sensitive type but this story really hit me. God be with you and yours, bud.