[lit-ideas] Re: What then is so rare as a day in June?
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- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:07:49 +0200
On 18 Jun 2015, at 00:23, carol kirschenbaum <carolkir@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
O Lawdie, lawdie. Family estrangement, is all. Standard family misery, like
King Lear.
I offer my commiseration, Carol.
Indeed it does seem that 'estrangement' (among many other miseries) is indeed
'standard' in familial relationships. Indeed for a vast number of us, it seems
that the ideal of the 'normal' happy family is some sort of myth.
My immediate reaction to suggestions made in non-familial relationships
(landlord/tenant, employer/employee, divers groups and committees, etc.) that
formal/legal 'complexities' be eschewed in favour of running things 'more like
a family' has always been (either a loudly exclaimed or sotto-voce-articulated)
"Certainly not like mine!"
Chris Bruce,
living thousands of kilometres away from his
nearest blood relatives for good reasons, in
Kiel, Germany
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