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[quote=GUEST15846,308527]OK Dodger

Well I hope we have cleared some misunderstanding up so far. I am glad you are not a vigilante! However I did read the whole thread and am still appalled at the small mindedness of people.

The destabilisation of families! Certainly I was astonished by Mother going to the press and and the various things she has said and done. I would never dream of doing that at any stage. I saw her Mother on TV when this hit in February and have to say something does not add up, nor does it in the papers. A very focused straight A* / A grade student who was Deputy  Head of a large Comp school and then portrayed as a silly little girl...my daughter spotted that anomaly immediately. Our society does appear to be falling apart but I doubt it is the fault of these 2 and I do not think they really represent a disintegration either. I think judgement and opinion have created a pretty unpleasant society. I have a brother in USA who I asked about this story. His view and others out there is it is so not newsworthy and indeed only in the mid west would it be so which is the fanatical stomping bible belt ground. Thus why I used that quote. I am sorry if it offended.

You may not give a toss about the legalities. But that is exactly the point .. you cannot avoid them just to suit yourself. You cannot drink and drive. A legality. You cannot steal. A legality. In this case there story as presented by his wife and her Mother just do not add up and the latest Mail article continues the vilification by the same journalist. Where is an article by her and I found one...Western Morning News. A very different picture emerges.

Limited life experiences. What does a life experience constitute? You and me may experience something and have a totally different reaction to it. We may express that to a common friend who then has to decide on what to do faced with a similar situation. I don't know about you I have found experience can severely colour things and lead me to be prejudiced and so I try to discount so called life experience because it does not always presuppose maturation.

You ask whether I would be over the moon at her choice of man? Interesting point. One of my best friends daughters aged 16 has just got pregnant by a chap who has immediately dropped her and refuses to stand by her. He is 22. Her parents are besides themselves but wisely in my view are standing by their daughters decision to have the child. In the same way it is not for me to dislike or force my opinion on my daughters choice of man. I have stated and would stand by it that I would want to meet him and see how they were. Certainly it is not the ordinary and one would have concerns but I would be talking it through with them and would stand by her and support them. My concern would be far more her happiness and his understanding of that. And it should be noted here they are 7 months later after what must have been an ordeal and a half and they are still happy. That says something.

TBC

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