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So she was a teen when her divorced father met someone else, got married, had another child with the new wife, and was ill and died?

Excuse me, but that is COMPLETELY TRAUMATIZING for a teenager to go through. Normal teens with happy home lives can be impossible, but this???

I would forgive her and start afresh. Truly. You have no idea what she suffered during those years. You have no idea how that teen period affected her college years and young adulthood. She's probably scarred for life.

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+1 although this perspective is probably too generous for the internet crowd[/quote]

She wasn't a genocide survivor. Please don't throw around the term 'trauma' so easily. Life is complicated- her dad and mom split. She still had her needs taken care of so I don't know what her problem is. This "Woe is me" attitude is not working for many young people who like to think of themselves as troubled in this day and age. [/quote]

Completely out of line. [/quote]

Divorce is so common in this country ...do you honestly think it's traumatizing? Unless it involves abuse, the effects of divorce on children is overblown. [/quote]

Yes.  It is traumatizing to have your family ripped apart when you have no say. It's traumatizing to have to split yourself in two. Maybe not ontnthr same level as genocide but it is traumatic nonetheless, sorry if that bothers your conscience.

And for the record, 1/4 women in this country are sexually assaulted. Just because it's common doesn't mean it isn't traumatic, your analogy doesn't work.[/quote]

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