When I was in High School, there is a classmate whom most girls dislike. She was good looking and one of the top scorers. Sad to say, she was also loud, over-confident and tactless.
Later, I chanced to meet her neighbour, who happened to be my mum's good friend. Apparently, my classmate's dad was this neighbour's boss. If there had been a World's Best Boss Competition, he would have been voted the winner by all his subordinates.
Not knowing anything else, one day I complimented her on her dad's popularity at work. What came out was explosive anger, frustration and recriminations. She revealed that her mum and dad were divorced for years. The unusual part is both live in the same house. Neither remarried.The double storey link house was divided into his and her territory. Husband gets one reasonable sized bed room with an attached bath room. He gets the upstairs sitting room should he bring back friends. He has his own stove and storage area in the kitchen.
She grew up, finished university, had a failed marriage. Wherever she is now, the shadow of her parents' unhappiness is probably still trailing her unless she deals with it. That was about forty years of accumulated pain, since she left home! It is very sad!
*animal-planet.jpg from smashingapps.com
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