• pipes@sh.itjust.works
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    “Somebody said to them [their children] one day, ‘how did you cope with Ronnie when your friends came to the house’ and they said ‘well, we don’t think about it really, it’s just Ronnie’.”

    Rob added: “Our kids had never ever known life without Ronnie. He was there before they came and he was there when they were gone, with children of their own.”

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      17 days ago

      I read the article and nothing there answers my question

      people can be blind to their own children, literally in stories older than the written word

      you see cases of resentment with families that have to focus on children with major special needs

      he was high functioning but a couple lines show some friction occurred so this sounds kinda whitewashed, but people don’t need to know all your personal business

      but anyway I doubt this is completely honest

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        17 days ago

        If it was a blood relative, you wouldn’t question it. Yes there was friction. All relationships have friction.

        Why be cynical about this?

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          17 days ago

          sure i would, the example i was thinking about was three kids one being special needs all related by blood

          as to being cynical?, because i hate bullshit articles just be honest about the struggles

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        17 days ago

        Most people desperately need these comforting lies. They use more comforting lies to deny the larger comforting lies. It is comforting lies all the way down.