Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
If we cannot forgive, how can we hope to be forgiven? If we wrong someone, and later see the error of our ways, we hope they will forgive us. If no one has wronged this guy, your uncle, you can still hope he will see the error of his ways and want to reconcile with whatever is left of his family. Not my business either way, and I can see why you would want to sever ties with him, but you being civil to him, may someday be the one thing that brings him back to where he needs to be. JMO, for what its worth...which admittedly aint much.
I've always known my uncle was on the wild side and it didn't matter to me. I've had my days (years) of being wild and doing things I shouldn't. I only had two uncles one on each side and loved them both, have great memories I'll cherish forever. My dad's brother is dead. He had some issues also but we didn't find out until a few months before he died. The uncle that's living was the fun uncle growing up. We went to Kings Dominion and Disney World a lot in the 70s and he was the one you wanted to ride rides with, especially the tea cups. I know about evil Disney! We didn't know about it and I'll always cherish my memories with family. Sure if he cleaned up I would be around him. I wouldn't chance it now because I have a granddaughter under a year old. I always thought his childhood were brainwashed against him by their mom but now I get it. It's so much more that he's done I haven't mentioned. The worst was he was stealing money from my grandparents.