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'you had a lucky escape'...said the nurse


lucky escape?

she fell down some stairs! The idea that this was a dangerous scenario just deluded me throughout the whole ending.

Did anyone else agree?

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What got me about that line was how horribly insensitive it was! Lucky escape? The woman just lost her baby, for crying out loud! That nurse was a heartless b*tch!

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I see your point, but I didn't take it that way when I heard it. I was just thinking about her escape from death.

my god its full of stars

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The nurse referring to her "lucky escape" was escaping death.

Gwenyth understood the nurse, but her own comment referred to her escaping a bad relationship.

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Falling down stairs IS dangerous. Ever hear of a broken neck? She escaped one of those, so I'd say that was pretty lucky.

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I think that she was thinking that she had a 'lucky escape' in ditching that loser boyfriend. And not being tangled up with him and a pregnancy makes that even luckier.

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Tenser, said the Tensor.
Tension, apprehension, and dissension have begun.

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And u think 'falling down some stairs' can't be fatal? A broken back? A broken neck? Head injuries?

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