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Jul 10, 2014 - 7:56 PM
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mastadge
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I hate family drama that rings false to me. For instance, the thing where a character finds out that his or her biological parent was not who they thought, usually someone unpleasant or evil, and they go through the whole "You're not my real parents!" "My whole life was a lie!" routine, often with a side of "My parent was evil so I must be evil!" Maybe I'm just weird, but I'm pretty sure I'm secure enough in my identity that even if I found out my parent was not who I thought, I'd know I was still the same person I was before I learned the truth. And my real parents are the people who raised me, regardless of who my biological parents are. The amount of angst these topics stir up in the movies is very annoying. On a similar note, when a parent finds out that the child was switched at birth, and starts questioning his or her own relationship with the child raised instead. I don't get it. If I'd raised and loved someone from infancy through childhood, that love wouldn't disappear because I found out that child didn't share my genes. There are legitimate dramas involving anger at the hospital, concern for the wellbeing of the other child, etc, but questioning the relationship with the child in your life because you got a bit of news? Goodness.
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On a similar note, when a parent finds out that the child was switched at birth, and starts questioning his or her own relationship with the child raised instead. I don't get it. If I'd raised and loved someone from infancy through childhood, that love wouldn't disappear because I found out that child didn't share my genes. There are legitimate dramas involving anger at the hospital, concern for the wellbeing of the other child, etc, but questioning the relationship with the child in your life because you got a bit of news? Goodness. Have you seen Kore-edo's Like Father Like Son? It goes into great detail about this very subject.
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whenever someone buys something, they always have exact change, or, never bother to accept the change owed them. brm
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