Re: Might
Posted by KoRnFlakes on
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due to a divorce settlement weve been forced to sell our house. I only have one phone line & need to keep it open for most of the day now, Il be online for a little while but just to let you know, Eventually il just dissapear for a while, If all goes well il be moved before christmas.
Re: Might
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Good luck with the move :smile:
Re: Might
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parents, should be made to stay married till any children created are grown, as part of their pennence for getting married in the first place.
keep in touch, as best you can.
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Good luck with it all Korn, don't be a stranger! :smile:
Re: Might
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Wed Oct 22nd 2003 at 1:49pm
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since you both fail to see that cause=effect, i cannot continue this further..
will kids suffer more? you bet they will, thats a sad fact.
but people get divorced at an alarming rate now days, for, in most cases, no reason at all..
kids suffer MORE for the lack of a two parent environment.
still, you have a small point, very small, but its still a valid one.
till a way is found to ensure that the children come first, no outcome will be the best one.. be it divorced, or continuation of the marriage.
personally, i feel BOTH leps and docs view is way to damned narrow.. you might study this a bit more, before you disagree..
i can only hope, that any future children you may produce, or might already have, do not have to suffer because you made a poor choice.. because, from what i just read, neither of you need children.
Re: Might
Posted by KoRnFlakes on
Wed Oct 22nd 2003 at 2:31pm
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actually orph m8, I found it allot better living with just my mum, my dad visited me when he could & both parents stayed away from each other. I got sick of arguements, fights and god knows what when they were together. Parents are better parents when they dont see so much of each other.
Re: Might
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Wed Oct 22nd 2003 at 2:35pm
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i won't. nor do i feel compelled to apologize, the fact that you feel it is so, only reinforces my belief that i am correct in saying what i did.. you are by far, NOT a leading authority on maturity..
secondly, i am a childhood survivor of a divorce situation, and blame my parents daily for their inability to fix, what they so obviously screwed up.
doc, you really need to watch yourself, people do NOT have to apologize for their beliefs, and i firmly and wholeheartedly believe my words, so do NOT presume to judge me as if you lived my life with me.
as i said, you are not the definition of a mature individual, so keep it to yourself.
now the real difference between ADULT and CHILD is, i at least acknowledge you have a point, even tho i feel it is a narrow one, i can at least imagine certain condition to where divorce IS THE SOLUTION.. you on the other hand, seem compelled to dismiss my concept, because it doesn't fit your unique circumstances.. you are therefore childish in that outlook.
nevertheless, divorce is not always a VIABLE solution, and short of child physical abuse, or incest, or its ilk, patents should ALWAYS consider the children first, and if that means staying married, tuffs**t, you made your beds, now sleep in them..
if anyone should apologize, it should be you, for being so damned rude..
Re: Might
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Wed Oct 22nd 2003 at 2:39pm
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you are so f**king wrong it's pathetic.
k, I done here.
Re: Might
Posted by Gollum on
Wed Oct 22nd 2003 at 2:40pm
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How'd you like the way your thread's gone, KoRn? I'm sure it's a great comfort to be told whether your parents were right getting divorced or not :rolleyes:
Re: Might
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Wed Oct 22nd 2003 at 2:44pm
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If two parents stay together 'just for the kids', how can that be a healthy environment for a child to grow up in Orph?
Surely it would be better that the parents are apart for whatever reason. My cousins have grown up in a one parent environment and have both turned out to be well-rounded individuals.
I agree that everyone has their right to an opinion, but some opinions are a little extreme and should be kept away from places where people will get upset. i.e. here.
Best of luck tho KoRn :smile: See you soon hopefully :smile:
Re: Might
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you see, very few, if anyone can imagine that there are circumstances that warrant exactly what i said, but yet, you guys are so damned small minded..
let me enlighten you a bit kids..
lets look at korns circumstance, he mentions that his parents get along in separateness, better than together, that suggest that they COULD get along together, if they chose to.
doc, it just an asshole so i will ignore his comment out of hand since he so blatantly ignored mine :sad:
adam, there are definitely cases to where the parents being together could harm the children, but in the end it is still the parents doing the harm, and they should be held accountable, life stinks to be sure, but one of the reasons are, no one is really held accountable for their actions any longer..
anyways, since no one is as open minded as i am about this it is fruitless to continue.. either you guys MUST accept that there are alternatives to divorce, or you DON'T, but that doesn't alter the reality, most divorces are completely un-necessary, and the children suffer the long term effects of it.. i blame any parent for not working the issue to a better conclusion... barring harmful actions toward the child (physical and sexual abuse) EVERY SITUATION can be fixed..
if it cannot, guess who screwed up? and divorce only compounds the situation, it does not fix it..
BTW, korn, you have all the sympathy i have to give, i can only hope, that your parents failure as parents, does not alter your outlook in becoming a parent someday.. learn from this, your life will be all the better for it.. you don't want to repeat their mistakes..
my door, is open if you need it :smile:
Re: Might
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Wed Oct 22nd 2003 at 3:08pm
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I know you have good intentions at heart Orph, but today it's not coming across very well :sad:
Telling Korn that his parents are failures is not exactly sensitive - he may or may not share this view.
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Re: Might
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Oh dear oh dear. There are some very bold and controversial statements being made here.
Gollum is right, I hardly think this is the time, or the place (with the circumstances this thread was posted in) to start a debate on the rights/wrongs of divorce/divorcees.
Have a little common sense and empathy, please.
Re: Might
Posted by Gollum on
Wed Oct 22nd 2003 at 3:41pm
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Let me put it this way Orph:
How would I react if you told me, on the basis of only a meagre understanding of my circumstances, that my parents were failures?
I think I'd tell you to f**k off. And, whilst from a calm and detached point of view, your opinion might be reasonable, I still think I'd be justified in telling you to f**k off.
Now, I know that's not what you meant. But sometimes a little sensitivity and discretion can go a long way :/ Think about how people feel.
Re: Might
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Wed Oct 22nd 2003 at 3:47pm
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The voice of reason is here for a reason! I don't mind the taboo issues being discussed, but we all need to exercise common sense and a little thought before we press submit. Read it through again, and see your words how others would see them. Sometimes (like now) it is best just to stay quiet just for the sake of respect.
Anyhow, peace out. Let's leave the debate for another time.
Re: Might
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FOOLS! THE VOICE OF REASON IS NOT TO BE IGNORED!
YOU WILL FEAR MY "1984" STYLE STATE!
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Re: Might
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schmung, i think you are wrong, BUT thats no crime..
also, i THINK this conversation has exceeded its daily limit on rationalism..
todays society has become a "ME" society.. if the best thing for the child is for their parents to seperate, because they no longer love each other, then they didn't love each other to begin with, and thats prolly the root of all their issues...
bottomline, there are multiple outcomes and multiple solutions, END OF STORY..
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Re: Might
Posted by KoRnFlakes on
Wed Oct 22nd 2003 at 4:18pm
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this thread aint half gone pear shaped. Think its best ignored tbh, Anyway. Yes ive not buggered off yet, but nearer the time of moving I will do & that shouldnt be too long away.
Only put the house on the market yesterday & already weve had some tart want to see it today, To which ive been cleaning the house rapidly, Only to get a call a min ago saying she doesnt want to see it any more.
Anyway, It shouldnt be too long, We have to have this sorted before december or we'l lose out on the only house we can afford around here, Its a reposession so its cheaper.
Re: Might
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i hate to say this guys, but the only mature response to all this arrived in my PM.. shame too cause i respect almost everyone in this thread...
let me just summarize this by saying, i dont FEEL people want to try, and fail... thats about all i can say, its the basis for all my words in this topic...
korn is one of my main reasons for continuing staying here, my words were not indeed to make him FEEL badly.. shame people put so much emphasis on FEEL..
as i said korn, my door is open if you need me.
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Kornflakes move to Derby! You know it makes sense!
Re: Might
Posted by Gwil on
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east midlands is one of the cheapest regions in the country!! :biggrin:
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Sod Derby you don't want to go to that s**thole :razz: you want to go to Mansfield in Notts (actualy I think it's the only Mansfiled in the country although there may me another one somewhere).
Good luck with it all mate I hope they get a quick divorce and dont drag it out for 6 years like mine I know there just doing it to piss the other one off.
Re: Might
Posted by KoRnFlakes on
Wed Oct 22nd 2003 at 5:46pm
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heh, This isnt a recent divorce m8, My parents split up when I was 5 due to financial arguements amoung other things, We couldnt afford to live in london any more & so we moved to norfolk, Ive lived here for.. christ 14 years now I spus.
Re: Might
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lep, you are seriously close to crossing a line, that an apology won't fix..
there is no link, that i am aware of, between single family situations and homosexuality.. i am a hardcore anti-gay person and wouldn't deny that for all the friendships in the world, but you have approached a line of no return with that thought, even expressed in the hypothetical sense..
my ignorance, or intelligence is most definitely not up for debate, my viewpoint may vary from the snarkpit norm, BUT it by no means proves it incorrect..
i do not expect you to apologize, but i do fully expect you to remove that shaded comment about homo's its not only unfair, but way OTT..
i know many successful single parent families and many conventional ones too, but i do not know how you derived your thinking this time..
it only proves, that even you can go far astray, and i hesitate to say, but very stupid, for all your smarts.
that was wrong, and needs to be fixed.. very wrong.
Re: Might
Posted by Gollum on
Wed Oct 22nd 2003 at 6:12pm
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Whilst I too think this discussion has hardly been Orph's finest moment, I don't see how homosexuality is relevant.
I mean come on Lep, surely you know that Orph has lots of different stupid beliefs, rather than just the one?
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So much for your eternal vows...
Well, it does not matter anyway
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