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To not want to hear about my Husbands trip to Auschwitz

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Aquababe · 28/03/2007 12:43

My dh took his school on a trip to Auschwitz and he got back yesterday. the stories he told me were so terribly sad. I already know a bit about Auschwitz and that saddens me. He kept telling me these stories and showing me photos of little children just a bit older than my dd. I just want to cry. He even managed to tell me some other stories and things that I hadn't known that seem to just make my heart hurt.

I know he needs to 'off load' some of this and I know that ignorance of suich events isn't good, but since having my daughter things like this affect me so much more.

Am I being unreasonable to not want him to tell & show me more when he come home from work. Also how do I say it with out coming over as callous.

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Aquababe · 28/03/2007 12:59

It's just so harrowing I'm crying just thinking about it and couldn't sleep with it all going round my head.
He promised to bring home a book with images & photos from the death camps in it. I'm dreading seeing all their pretty little terrified faces.

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Blu · 28/03/2007 12:47

If used properley knowledge is power. We can learn nothing by keeping our heads in the sand. I know that's not hwat you are saying, and I don't thinkk there is much point in dwelling in details fr the sake of it, either.

But your DH has been on an educational visit, and not only will he be wanting to share it with you - he has had a powerful experience and does not wnat to experience it isolated from you, presumably - and he seems to have found different levels o0f facts and hisoty that have widened his experience or understanding.

Feel sad....listen, you will recover form the sadness....but you will maybe gain something more long-standing.

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