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Keeping it in the family

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Bloodthickerthanwater · 19/01/2023 23:52

Harry forgot that blood is thicker than water.
He thought he could diss the dirt about his family and everyone would clap him for this. He actually forgot that as a family we can say what we want about our family to our closest friends and they would all just say ok but not judge them. He sadly put it out to the world and now we think he is a traitor. You do not compromise your family for money. That is what Harry has done even though he thinks it’s about telling his truth. Pity he wasn’t called Richard. Cause then we could call him Dick. Actually let’s just call him a dick. I have 3 brothers and 3 sisters. Thank goodness they could all laugh at our rows and fights. Never ever did I have to worry about 2 sausages over 3. I was thankful for half a sausage. I remember my brother scrambling under the table and trying to take my toast cause he obviously was starving. I bet Harry never was starving. 2 sausages. I would think it was Christmas

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OrcastralManoeuvresInTheDark · 20/01/2023 00:04

Good lawd.

All this talk about sausage. You’re not the Robbing Butcher poster from a few years ago are you? 😱

WildImaginings · 20/01/2023 00:14

You again.

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Bloodthickerthanwater · 20/01/2023 00:15

Haha. No idea what you mean. But I didn’t think my post was all about sausages. But if that’s what you took from it fair play to ye. Let’s not distract from the real issue. Harry sold his soul for money and used normal family issues to highlight how he was wronged. He basically just commented on life in a family but thought this meant he was treated unfairly. Privileged twat

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babsanderson · 20/01/2023 00:18

Blood is not thicker than water and the original saying was the blood of the covenant is thicker than water of the womb i.e. family does not always come first.

Many people are born into abusive or toxic families. Pushing the idea that family comes first only works if you have a nice family you get on with. For many people family is not blood, but those they become friends with and their partner.

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Bloodthickerthanwater · 20/01/2023 00:24

and that is true if your family is toxic. But do you think that Harry’s family didn’t care for him? I think you are forgetting that Harry was a loved child/adult. He has forgotten this

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babsanderson · 20/01/2023 00:28

You do not know these people. How do you know whether the family is toxic or not?
And most parents, even abusive parents love their children. Love is not enough.

onlylarkin · 20/01/2023 00:30

babsanderson · 20/01/2023 00:18

Blood is not thicker than water and the original saying was the blood of the covenant is thicker than water of the womb i.e. family does not always come first.

Many people are born into abusive or toxic families. Pushing the idea that family comes first only works if you have a nice family you get on with. For many people family is not blood, but those they become friends with and their partner.

This 100%.

MarshaMelrose · 20/01/2023 00:32

Blood is not thicker than water

Well, yes, actually, it is.

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Bloodthickerthanwater · 20/01/2023 00:33

This is exactly why we no longer have the family connection. Cause we no longer see family as important. When you are old enough to recognise that your family are the most important people in your life then you will change your mind. For now friends are important to you. I get that. But friends move on family is constant. Do not underestimate a lived life

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Liorae · 20/01/2023 00:33

He sadly put it out to the world and now we think he is a traitor.
Who is this WE of which you speak?

babsanderson · 20/01/2023 00:34

@Bloodthickerthanwater I am older, please do not patronise me.
If you have lovely family you feel close to then I am happy for you. But just accept that not everyone feels like this.

MarshaMelrose · 20/01/2023 00:36

babsanderson · 20/01/2023 00:28

You do not know these people. How do you know whether the family is toxic or not?
And most parents, even abusive parents love their children. Love is not enough.

Harry says he loves his family and wants to be reconciled so he clearly doesn't think they're toxic.

babsanderson · 20/01/2023 00:38

That is very simplistic.

MarshaMelrose · 20/01/2023 00:39

babsanderson · 20/01/2023 00:38

That is very simplistic.

But true.

babsanderson · 20/01/2023 00:43

It really is not. We have no idea if Harry sees his family as toxic or not.
He might not and want to reconcile. But plenty of adult children of abusive families want to reconcile. Breaking away from all or most of your family permanently is very hard, so very few people do it, even when families are toxic or abusive.
That is why I said your statement was simplistic as in reality it tells us nothing.

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Bloodthickerthanwater · 20/01/2023 00:47

I am not saying I have a lovely family. Far from it. I would not air my woes to the world. That is all I meant. He sold his story for money. My life is much sadder. But I would never ever sell my life. To be fair. Nobody would be interested in it. Yet my life was worse than Harry’s. No one would want to hear my story cause I am a nobody. But my life was harder. Still wouldn’t seek my family out. I stick to the lottery for my fortune which ain’t gonn a happen. At least I will go to my death bed and feel good about my life. Will Harry? Doubt it. He made a fortune out of his woes. What woes really. He had to make up stories to sound like a victim

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babsanderson · 20/01/2023 00:50

@Bloodthickerthanwater I am sorry you have a family that treated you poorly.
Maybe you have some unresolved issues here though influencing your views? I only say this because you are being contradictory. On one hand saying blood is thicker than water and family are really important, on the other saying family treated you really badly.
No one has to be in touch with their family, it is a choice. It is simply an accident of birth who your family is.

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Bloodthickerthanwater · 20/01/2023 00:52

Liorae · 20/01/2023 00:33

He sadly put it out to the world and now we think he is a traitor.
Who is this WE of which you speak?

We. The majority of sane, sensible people.
not the royal we.

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MarshaMelrose · 20/01/2023 00:54

babsanderson · 20/01/2023 00:43

It really is not. We have no idea if Harry sees his family as toxic or not.
He might not and want to reconcile. But plenty of adult children of abusive families want to reconcile. Breaking away from all or most of your family permanently is very hard, so very few people do it, even when families are toxic or abusive.
That is why I said your statement was simplistic as in reality it tells us nothing.

Well, yeah we do because he's used the word toxic quite a bit but he has never used it to describe his family. It's always with regard to the press. Harry's not been backward with expressing himself so if he's happy to use the word toxic and he doesn't associate the word ever with his family, then you have to believe that that's not how he views his family.

babsanderson · 20/01/2023 00:55

Okay whatever. Personally I have no interest in guessing whether a stranger thinks his family are toxic or not.

MarshaMelrose · 20/01/2023 00:58

babsanderson · 20/01/2023 00:55

Okay whatever. Personally I have no interest in guessing whether a stranger thinks his family are toxic or not.

For someone who has no interest in royal strangers, you start a fair amount of threads and write about them a lot.

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Bloodthickerthanwater · 20/01/2023 01:07

babsanderson · 20/01/2023 00:50

@Bloodthickerthanwater I am sorry you have a family that treated you poorly.
Maybe you have some unresolved issues here though influencing your views? I only say this because you are being contradictory. On one hand saying blood is thicker than water and family are really important, on the other saying family treated you really badly.
No one has to be in touch with their family, it is a choice. It is simply an accident of birth who your family is.

See I love the fact that you say it’s an accident of birth. I grew up in a world that told me this. As a fully fledged adult I now recognise that the saying is rubbish. Nothing do with an accident of birth. Nothing contradictory in my post. That is why blood is thicker than water. Family life is full of trials and tribulations. That is a family. That is what it means to be a family. You battle it out. In Private

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babsanderson · 20/01/2023 01:09

@Bloodthickerthanwater I think you have very different ideas about life to me. I also think that how someone treats you should never have to be private. If people treat you in the right way, there is nothing to keep private. I will not lie or cover up abuse.

Whenharrymetsmelly · 20/01/2023 01:16

Sorry all the sausage talk confused me Confused

Changechangychange · 20/01/2023 01:20

That is what it means to be a family. You battle it out. In Private

I’ve never battled anything out with my family, in private or in public. Honestly, if you think “that is what family life is all about”, you’ve got a very skewed idea of what a normal family is like, and I wouldn’t trust your own judgement on whether the RF are wonderful or toxic if I were you.