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Is this really scary? I’d love to see it, but after 1408 or whatever bloody number it was, I don’t think Vic’s hand could withstand another scary film with me!

My numbers are apparantly an illegal number – it’s illegal for me to have this number in my possession. Sounds stupid? Yes, but it’s true! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number I resent the fact that I’m not allowed to have a number!

It’s the HD-DVD processing key you can use to decrypt and play most HD-DVD movies in Linux, including BluRay.

Fact: I think my advice was ok, and bugger all like fecking Jeremy Kyle’s shit advice. If anyone else has any problems ask away, I’m bloody good at this lark 😛

And, something else that occurred to me, if you’re criticising her family you might make her feel she has to be defensive and stand up for them, and by agreeing with you she might feel disloyal towards them. So I reckon it’s best just to support her in whatever she has to say, but don’t add fuel to the fire.

http://xdcuk.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2627

We did warn you, you should have listened to Vic, he’s always right 😛

I think a lot of men have a different idea of family to that of women. While we’re supposed to live in an emancipated society, little girls are still treated totally differently to liitle boys, and a lot more emphasis is put onto us females about families and responsibilities than you men will ever hear! It’s indoctrinated from a very early age, and in my experience, girls have a much harder time at shutting doors on family connections than blokes will ever have.

Also if Nathalie is depressed, she’ll probably be feeling more guilt than usual, and even if she can see that the rest of them are being a shower of bastards, she’ll still feel culpable somehow. Depression is shit, it screws with everything and makes rational thinkking and reasoning impossible. My advice, FWIW, is to keep doing what you are doing now. You’re supportive of her to the extent that you’ll still accompany her to family occassions such as funerals, and I know you’ll give her all the emotional support she needs – and that’s what’s important, for her to have someone upon whom she can rely and depend, someone she knows won’t let her down. It’ll be difficult for you, but I think you need to agree with what she says about her family but not instigate any criticisms as, odd though it seems, criticisms of her family may also feel like they are rebounding and you are criticising her a little too.

Funerals are always shit, depressions is always shit, intereference and grief from families is always shit, but the good thing is the love that you and Nathalie have for each other. It’s hard to cherish someone who is depressed as they are not always the most easy to love when feeling like that, but stick it out mate, be her strength, let her know you’ll be there whatever and then let her make all the decisions regarding her family so you can’t be blamed when the shit hits the fan!

Oh this sounds like my type of book, I wonder if Vic has it on his bookshelf…….if not, who’s the author so I can look out for it?