Funny, yet sad scene


when she is on her date and he talks about all the children and different sets of parents and who does what when; this when on FOREVER. It was funny, but so sad about all the divorces and stepparents.

I know so many people with tons of different dad/wives/children from all over the place. Makes me crazy!

"Men like you don't die on toilets." Mel Gibson-Riggs, Lethal Weapon

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I can see the humor in the scene but I thought it's just sad. Everyone's running around, the kids have no idea which way to go or who they're with, and one of them gets left behind. I thank God I didn't have to deal with that growing up or now.


Woman, man! That's the way it should be Tarzan. [Tarzan and his mate]

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I couldn't agree more.

As you said, it's sad because we know people like this in real life.

I've known some kids who literally have about 6 sets of grandparents (not all biological of course, but step-grandparents, or cases where grandmother & grandfather divorced themselves and then remarried, sometimes multiple times).
I know kids who are in their teens, but cannot explain how they are related to their various siblings, step-siblings, half-siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. Many of them do not know their biological "blood" relatives from step relatives that have resulted from multiple divorces and subsequent marriages. (Hope they never make a mistake with bone-marrow transplants or something like that.)
I actually know kids who don't know their biological uncles from one of their various former step-fathers.

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I found it funny. I also found it interesting that everyone was so congenial! One big family!
I did find it a bit sad as far as the kid's lives went. It would have to be confusing for them. On the other hand, it was probably perfectly normal for them since they didn't know any other way of life.

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