Dr.Phil/adoption

Rhiannon · #1 10-14-2003, 03:13 PM

jmdjmh@aol.com (J.) wrote in message news:<20031013210513.15462.00003558@mb-m06.aol.com>...

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In article <dafc70.0310130712.7620d64b@posting.google.com>, sarallewellyn@gosympatico.ca (Rhiannon) writes:

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"kat" <katlat24@hotmail.com> wrote in messagenews:<bmbik9$kp2k9$4@ID-203097.news.uni-berlin.de>...

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Rhiannon <sarallewellyn@gosympatico.ca> wrote in message news:dafc70.0310111857.45e58e22@posting.google.com ... (snip) It can't be easy facing the thought of being a single parent raising two daughters and a grandchild. I've been a single parent with little support and it is damn difficult. I can't fault anyone (be it a pbparent or a pgrandparent) for not wanting to do it. Maybe she > > feels safer with the cameras. > > > > > > > > > >

> > > Interesting point. > Maybe she does. > > > > Yes that's a good point and maybe one of the reasons she was okay with

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the show? I imagine the parents consulted the girls first before going through with this. At least I hope so! She is in a tough spot for sure, she can't do it on her own at this point and yet is it fair to expect her mother to? She says she doesn't which is good but the reality is that her mother will *have* to if she keeps. As I said before, I can empathize with both the daughter and mother. > >Me too. And I realise that divorce would change the equationdrastically.And that is her (mother's) decision. Could be she really has justabout had enough. I wouldn't fault her either.However, these look to be people of some means (by my standads,anyway). Could be that the dad has put all his energies into makingmoney, and proving himself that way. He may be a lying jerk, butdidn't strike me as fundamentally unfeeling or unloving.Families aren't meant to be pretty, IMO - why, this is hell, nor areany of us out of it. But if the will is there, people can make somekind of a heaven in hell's despite.OTOH, maybe they should *all* be adopted by Dr. Phil and his lady wife(she of the calm yet vigilant aspect, who sits in the audience andradiates wifely radiance) and fed on a diet of pablum, platitudes anda thin gruel of dilute commonsense, until they are born-again as theperfect American family.Rh.

Were you by any chance a Buffy fan?

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I've only ever watched a couple of episodes or so, and I thought they
were fun. But I can't claim to be a fan.

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That last paragraph is pure Willow.
Is that good or bad?

Rh.

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J.

J. · #2 10-14-2003, 06:19 PM

In article <dafc70.0310141413.50e4b3f6@posting.google.com>,
sarallewellyn@gosympatico.ca (Rhiannon) writes:

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OTOH, maybe they should *all* be adopted by Dr. Phil and his lady wife(she of the calm yet vigilant aspect, who sits in the audience andradiates wifely radiance) and fed on a diet of pablum, platitudes anda thin gruel of dilute commonsense, until they are born-again as theperfect American family.Rh. Were you by any chance a Buffy fan?

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I've only ever watched a couple of episodes or so, and I thought theywere fun. But I can't claim to be a fan.That last paragraph is pure Willow.Is that good or bad?

That depends upon how you feel about the character, a brilliant young lesbian
witch with a healthy dose of naivete. Personally, I'd take it as a compliment.

J.

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