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That doesn't surprise me
I've become convinced that you get three times back what you dish out. (I know it's happened with my former partner, even though he doesn't believe that such a concept exists.)
posted by
kidnykid
on January 28, 2004 at 1:05 PM
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Well, personally, I know of a situation where a woman was falsely accused
and it completely destroyed her relationship with her sister. What happened after that was in God's hands apparently, because the accuser's sister died of natural causes soon afterward.
posted by
TARZANA
on January 28, 2004 at 7:57 AM
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Thankfully, a much cooler head prevailed...
at least in the incident with the mother who was dragging her child by the arm. I was, as I have stated, utterly unable to do anything myself without becoming part of the problem, but the cooler head which prevailed managed to handle the incident very well. The child settled down, and Mom stopped dragging the child by the arm. What the third party did was to distract the child long enough for Mom to stop doing what she was doing.
posted by
kidnykid
on January 27, 2004 at 12:10 PM
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I don't have children
However, I just read all of your posts, since I have seen this kind of verbal or physical abuse in public. I have never said anything, but there must be something one can do in situations like these. If a mother, for example shakes her child in public, what does she do in the privacy of her home?
Very interesting topic. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
posted by
Bez_Serca
on January 27, 2004 at 7:22 AM
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