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#744981
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The Place to Go for Emotional Support
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darth_ender said:


Before becoming a nurse, I was in behavioral health.  My last job in that field dealt very heavily with foster children, and my previous two jobs did as well, only to a lesser extent.  I understand on a limited scope the challenges that presents, though I have never been in your shoes and could never truly understand.  But I am glad you have a father who was there for you and made efforts to make things work, even with the challenges he faced.  But your mother's lack of involvement is indeed sad.  I don't blame you for not wanting to be involved with her anymore.  Perhaps one day she will seek contact with you.  It may be healing for you, though I admit the risk of further disappointment as well.  But I can say that regardles of your mother's poor choices, there is also healing in forgiving.  Perhaps you already have, and perhaps you don't want to.  This is of course your choice.  But I at least wanted to mention it.  I'm glad you have a good father and step-mother. :)


Truth is, my stepmother and me never liked each other until I moved out. Now we get along quite good.
And I think if my mother seeks contact again, I'll tell her that it is way too late for that. I really don't remember big parts of my childhood, but my father told me that while I was living with him, she often promised to get me for the weekend, but never showed up. She abandoned me three times and I won't give her a chance to disappoint me again. I have not forgiven her, but I don't really hate her. I just don't care anymore.

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#744921
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Harry Potter
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/744921/action/topic#744921
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Prisoner of Askaban. Favorite book and movie.
I read books 1 to 4 shortly before movie 1 came out. At first I was disappointed with the first movie, but I liked it more with every time I watched it.
And when the new books were released I read all the older books before. So I read book 1 at least 4 times. Still fun. Maybe someday I will read them in english.

I added an additional page to the last book. There were several chats with J.K. Rowling where she answered fan questions of what became of some of the characters. I collected and listed them, just like some 80s movie where you see pictures of the characters just before the credits with texts of what happens to them after the movie...

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#744563
Topic
The Place to Go for Emotional Support
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/744563/action/topic#744563
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Possessed said:


I don't even know where my mom lives and whether or not she cares about me is highly debatable,


Same here. My mom wanted a baby, my dad didn't. She stopped taking the pill without telling him. Then I came, my dad was happy, she was not. Six years later they got a divorce and my dad and me moved away. I can't remember seeing her for the next few years. Later I came to foster parents, because my father had to work horrible shifts and wasn't able to care for me. In those two years I saw her every second weekend. Her boyfriend back then showed me Star Wars for the first time on VHS. This is, besides giving birth, the only thing I appreciate of her.
My dad married again and I moved in with his new family. About 8 years later, when I was doing my military service, I recieved a letter from my mother. It took me one week to open it. She wrote that she wanted to have contact with me again. It took another week until I wrote back. First we wrote letters, later we called each other, I even visited her twice. The second time I visited her, she invited her mother who hadn't seen me in 15 years. A few months later my mom's mother died. All I could say was: "I'm sorry." I mean, I barely knew that woman and this was the first "familiy"-loss, I had to deal with.
I can't remember if it was before or after my grandmother's death when my mom called me to tell me she had married again. I was stunned. I was okay with the fact that she married again, I was not okay that she didn't tell me before.
And then she called to tell me she would go an a vacation and would call, when she's back. That was 12 years ago. I don't know where she lives, I don't even know her current name. And I don't care. The only thing I'm afraid of is that she dies and I have to pay for the funeral.

So, wholeheartedly...
FUCK YOU, MOM, wherever you are.

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#742022
Topic
Random Thoughts
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/742022/action/topic#742022
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It seems that Fans of the show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" are getting the same problems as we have with Star Wars. Fox remasters the show for an HD release, but in 16:9 instead of the intended 4:3, which results in cropped/zoomed in pictures or in opened shots which show crewmembers, equipment or even actors that should have 'vanished'. None of the original filmmakers were involved in the process, which results also in wrong colors, since fox didn't care to use any filters. Scenes that play at night, look as if they play at day, etc.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/15/7397395/buffy-widescreen-Fox-hd-ruined-slayer-terrible