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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 362619" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Sis-in-law spent some time in the US when she was 18 years old. Towards the end of her trip she got involved with a guy and it seemed to be getting serious. She had to return home on a certain date, it was all pre-booked a year earlier. But in the last few days, this guy told her that he loved her and wanted her to stay; that he was dying of a hereditary genetic disorder which had killed his father, he said he had only just been diagnosed with this disease (at age 20), the doctor had said he only had six months left to live and that he wanted to spend the last bit of time he had, with her. It really upset her, she got off the plane back in Australia and told us she wanted to go straight back as soon as we could arrange it.</p><p></p><p>We talked, we gave her time to settle back in and I asked her what he had been diagnosed with. She told us, "Cystic fibrosis."</p><p>I dug out information for her on cystic fibrosis - I pointed out that it is NOT something you live with undiagnosed for very long at all, they would have known there was a problem in infancy and without treatment he would not have survived to reach his teens. As for his father having it and passing it on to him - most unlikely, especially when he had said that his dad also went undiagnosed until adulthood (ie fathered a son without realising that he had a terminal genetic disorder). Sorry - CF isn't like that.</p><p></p><p>As she took this information on board, sis-in-law began to get very angry. What had this guy been trying to prove? With the benefit of a few decades of life experience, I think I know. I think this guy was miffed that this girl was leaving when he wanted her to stay. I think he was also miffed that her departure was taking a lot of attention away from him and he wanted some attention back, he wanted her to focus on him and not on her imminent departure. Because this really messed with her head, it was a really cruel thing to do to her.</p><p></p><p>She did go back to the US to visit the people who she had lived with for that year. And yes, this guy was there at a party thrown in her honour. Three years later, and two and a half years after he should have been dead, according to the lies he told her. He greeted her, brazenly acted as if they could pick up right where they left off. But she turned to him, said, "You're supposed to be dead," and stalked off.</p><p></p><p>Hmm... how old is your ex? Did he ever live in the midwest...?</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 362619, member: 1991"] Sis-in-law spent some time in the US when she was 18 years old. Towards the end of her trip she got involved with a guy and it seemed to be getting serious. She had to return home on a certain date, it was all pre-booked a year earlier. But in the last few days, this guy told her that he loved her and wanted her to stay; that he was dying of a hereditary genetic disorder which had killed his father, he said he had only just been diagnosed with this disease (at age 20), the doctor had said he only had six months left to live and that he wanted to spend the last bit of time he had, with her. It really upset her, she got off the plane back in Australia and told us she wanted to go straight back as soon as we could arrange it. We talked, we gave her time to settle back in and I asked her what he had been diagnosed with. She told us, "Cystic fibrosis." I dug out information for her on cystic fibrosis - I pointed out that it is NOT something you live with undiagnosed for very long at all, they would have known there was a problem in infancy and without treatment he would not have survived to reach his teens. As for his father having it and passing it on to him - most unlikely, especially when he had said that his dad also went undiagnosed until adulthood (ie fathered a son without realising that he had a terminal genetic disorder). Sorry - CF isn't like that. As she took this information on board, sis-in-law began to get very angry. What had this guy been trying to prove? With the benefit of a few decades of life experience, I think I know. I think this guy was miffed that this girl was leaving when he wanted her to stay. I think he was also miffed that her departure was taking a lot of attention away from him and he wanted some attention back, he wanted her to focus on him and not on her imminent departure. Because this really messed with her head, it was a really cruel thing to do to her. She did go back to the US to visit the people who she had lived with for that year. And yes, this guy was there at a party thrown in her honour. Three years later, and two and a half years after he should have been dead, according to the lies he told her. He greeted her, brazenly acted as if they could pick up right where they left off. But she turned to him, said, "You're supposed to be dead," and stalked off. Hmm... how old is your ex? Did he ever live in the midwest...? Marg [/QUOTE]
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