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Father and Son

Blob
Blob Posts: 1,011 Forumite
Today we had an event to mark the end of the Falklands War!

The son of the marage between my ex and myself was there as a Cadet. My ex has done everything in her power to prevent our children haveing contact with each other. The local paper took pictures of both of us at the event paying respect to the fallen! These will be in the paper on Monday, yet this is wrong to her way of thinking as father and son have a common bond, the Forces.

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  • DUTR
    DUTR Posts: 12,958 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Bit confused, but the common bond is the DNA, glad you all had an enjoyable day though and got some stardom from it too .
  • Zara33
    Zara33 Posts: 5,441 Forumite
    1,000 Posts
    The Forces are great, they look after their own. Maybe you and he will have a few more encounters.
    Hit the snitch button!
    member #1 of the official warning clique.
    :D:j:D
    Feel the love baby!
  • CMAC_2
    CMAC_2 Posts: 187 Forumite
    Zara33 wrote: »
    The Forces are great, they look after their own. Maybe you and he will have a few more encounters.

    So tell me if they look after there own why is there a hugh number of ex servicemen in prison or homeless.
  • Zara33
    Zara33 Posts: 5,441 Forumite
    1,000 Posts
    CMAC wrote: »
    So tell me if they look after there own why is there a hugh number of ex servicemen in prison or homeless.
    Because they can't handle civvy street :confused:, let's not ruin this thread huh, blob is sharing his good news.
    Hit the snitch button!
    member #1 of the official warning clique.
    :D:j:D
    Feel the love baby!
  • Blonde_Bint
    Blonde_Bint Posts: 1,262 Forumite
    Yes well done Blob :j got there in the end in spite of everything, (whatever everything was in your case;)) :beer: aw we could do with more of this.
  • Blob
    Blob Posts: 1,011 Forumite
    CMAC wrote: »
    So tell me if they look after there own why is there a hugh number of ex servicemen in prison or homeless.

    That is a very emotive point, and I could enter it with you, but not on this site. I have worked for the RBL the RNA and SAMA82 and other ex-forces groups have asked me to join them. Soppose I might be good at it.

    Yes aprox 40% of homeless people on the streets are ex-forces, and there are many reasons for this.
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