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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 609099" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I wonder if he is an illegitimate nephew. Remember the air traffic controller strike years back? That summer my parents sent bro and I to different friends/relatives while they did business stuff for a week. Dad went home alone, bro was to fly to meet mom and I and then we would all drive home to meet dad.</p><p></p><p>Bro wanted to go sightsee in Difficult Child on his layover. That was one hour. So he changed his flight, even wrangled until the airline gave it to him for free, and spent 24 hours alone in Difficult Child. At age 14. No hotel, not much money, had a total blast. Of course none of us knew it until he didn't get off the plane and the airline showed he was changed from an unaccompanied minor to a minor flying iwth a parent to Difficult Child. My folks were SOOOOOOO FREAKED and ANGRY. but what could they do? Dad was in OH and Mom was in VA with me. Boy that was NOT a fun ride home, lol. </p><p></p><p>So I totally feel for the parents. And I firmly believe that whatever God I believe in watches out for these kids out of pure pity for the parents who would have to cope with their deaths due to these adventures they sneak out on. And the siblings who would have to survive the aftermath of that grief. </p><p></p><p>The stuff bro has done while travelling as an adult makes that seem like a mild, timid little adventure you let your two year old watch. Like spending a week on a bench outside a public toilet in a major city in India because you took antibiotics for an infection and drank alcohol anyway. In a part of that country where drinking alcohol in ANY form is illegal and punishable by death. He was too sick to even try to get to a hotel a few blocks away. He knew two families in that country, and both were many hours away by train. I won't mention sneaking into Nepal with-o the proper visas etc.... Same trip. It was not the only area he went itno that was both at war and not legal for him to enter. He is an idiot, and only pity for my mother has allowed his Higher Power to allow him to live. </p><p></p><p>This is why I am so sure there is a God. Otherwise? Natural selection clearly would have ended him years ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 609099, member: 1233"] I wonder if he is an illegitimate nephew. Remember the air traffic controller strike years back? That summer my parents sent bro and I to different friends/relatives while they did business stuff for a week. Dad went home alone, bro was to fly to meet mom and I and then we would all drive home to meet dad. Bro wanted to go sightsee in Difficult Child on his layover. That was one hour. So he changed his flight, even wrangled until the airline gave it to him for free, and spent 24 hours alone in Difficult Child. At age 14. No hotel, not much money, had a total blast. Of course none of us knew it until he didn't get off the plane and the airline showed he was changed from an unaccompanied minor to a minor flying iwth a parent to Difficult Child. My folks were SOOOOOOO FREAKED and ANGRY. but what could they do? Dad was in OH and Mom was in VA with me. Boy that was NOT a fun ride home, lol. So I totally feel for the parents. And I firmly believe that whatever God I believe in watches out for these kids out of pure pity for the parents who would have to cope with their deaths due to these adventures they sneak out on. And the siblings who would have to survive the aftermath of that grief. The stuff bro has done while travelling as an adult makes that seem like a mild, timid little adventure you let your two year old watch. Like spending a week on a bench outside a public toilet in a major city in India because you took antibiotics for an infection and drank alcohol anyway. In a part of that country where drinking alcohol in ANY form is illegal and punishable by death. He was too sick to even try to get to a hotel a few blocks away. He knew two families in that country, and both were many hours away by train. I won't mention sneaking into Nepal with-o the proper visas etc.... Same trip. It was not the only area he went itno that was both at war and not legal for him to enter. He is an idiot, and only pity for my mother has allowed his Higher Power to allow him to live. This is why I am so sure there is a God. Otherwise? Natural selection clearly would have ended him years ago. [/QUOTE]
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