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View Poll Results: Do you think family is a great thing? | |
Yes
|    | 309 | 81.10% | |
No
|    | 15 | 3.94% | |
*torn between*
|    | 57 | 14.96% |  | | 
9th May 2004, 08:32 AM
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Reps: 1,971,904 (power: 1,992) | | | Do you think family is a great thing? Do you think family is a great thing? I just saw something written by somebody. Apparently her family, though not rich, has enough money to buy her computers, nice clothings, and a good education.
with only one flaw. They are too protective.
i guess my other little secondary questions would be.. why are people these days so negligent when it comes to having good relationships and knowing your parents and siblings better? it seems to be a phenomenon in many households. Why can't they just try to understand each other more.. and put yourself in their shoes, then there should be nothing to complain about. What's so wrong with having overprotective parents? ok, i admit that is not a good trait, but at least that means you have parents who care for you. Some don't even have that!
my questions are conditional though, the people i refer to should all be born into a loving family. (only that people show love in different ways)
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10th May 2004, 01:33 PM
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10th May 2004, 03:26 PM
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11th May 2004, 09:50 PM
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11th May 2004, 10:43 PM
|  | The Liberal Catholic 20  | | Join Date: 28th April 2004 Location: Iowa
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Reps: 142 (power: 0) | | | Of course its a great thing! I can't imagine life without my family. I actually get along with my siblings most of the time. I have 2 sisters and 2 brothers, who are both adopted. I do have fights with my parents just like everyone else, but I also realize that they give me a lot and do a lot for me and I appreciate it. | 
12th May 2004, 09:24 AM
| | Mara 22  | | Join Date: 6th May 2004 Location: Logan City, QLD, Australia
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15th May 2004, 09:01 PM
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16th May 2004, 10:45 PM
| | | yes!
__________________ "Dance like nobody's watching; love like you've never been hurt. Sing like nobody's listening; live like it's heaven on earth." ~ Mark Twain "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination." ~ Albert Einstein
"Well-behaved women rarely make history." ~ Laurel Thatcher Ulrich "I truly yearn to see a kind of girl re-emerge in our modern world that possesses both the dignified beauty and grace of an Audrey Hepburn along with the strength and the radical, poured-out passion for Christ of an Amy Carmichael. I strongly believe that this striking combination of elegance and spiritual energy, beauty, and spiritual abandonment is what God intends to plant within the heart of a Christian woman." ~ Eric Ludy | 
17th May 2004, 09:46 AM
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17th May 2004, 10:24 AM
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