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Hermes, this topic has come up for discussion on this board more than a few times and I have never weighed in with my opinion before. As part of my new commitment to this board, I guess this would be a good topic to start with.
I agree 100% with your thinking on all 3 examples. I sincerely believe that irreparable harm would severely traumatise this child. Even in the early to mid teen years, a child is susceptible to this traumatic scenario as I am living proof that terrible things that happen to "young kids" and can scar them for life. I put 'young kids' in quotation marks because that is the term the doctor used when telling my mother that I would be perfectly fine after being beaten by my father from ages 4-7 and that a childs mind is programmed to forget "these things".
To honestly answer your question as to how I would feel if my mate had been wrenched away from me. I would probably feel exactly as I did after those horrible beatings so many years ago. I would be gutted. My life, should I chose to continue, would be empty and desolate.
I hope you can find an opinion somewhere in those previous two paragraphs that helps you. I have never spoken on this topic here or anywhere else, ever before.
I apologise to other members with whom I agree but never spoke out in support of their beliefs. It is hard for me to put thoughts into 'written word'. I have spent about 35 minutes on this post alone, trying to organise my thoughts and consult a dictionary for spelling on words of 3 sylables or more.
Marco
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving
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