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by road.not.taken » Fri, 08 Feb 2008 1:57 pm
pollyminaz wrote:Splatted wrote:sprite wrote:The camera may have been installed for a completely different reason such as money gone missing, food tasting "not quite right", or even to ensure the maid isn't bringing home her boyfriend for a romp while noone is home, instead of doing the housecleaning.
the article in the newspaper said that the mother wanted to observe her maid.
even so, you can only blame the mother for trusting her child to a foreigner. you can't blame her for preferring not to look after her child. Its a personal choice after all.
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by Forks » Sun, 10 Feb 2008 9:42 pm
pollyminaz wrote:Splatted wrote:sprite wrote:The camera may have been installed for a completely different reason such as money gone missing, food tasting "not quite right", or even to ensure the maid isn't bringing home her boyfriend for a romp while noone is home, instead of doing the housecleaning.
the article in the newspaper said that the mother wanted to observe her maid.
even so, you can only blame the mother for trusting her child to a foreigner. you can't blame her for preferring not to look after her child. Its a personal choice after all.
Cant trust those "foreigners"? And whats the point of having kids if your personal choice, not one of necessity, is not to look after them? Did I miss something?
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by familyof5 » Mon, 11 Feb 2008 7:58 am
yes, you did miss something. the other posts.
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by Forks » Mon, 11 Feb 2008 3:12 pm
familyof5 wrote:yes, you did miss something. the other posts.
No I read the other posts, I was refering to the comment about "
foreigners" and childcare as a personal choice made by Splatted.
But your attempted humor is appreciated

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by Splatted » Mon, 11 Feb 2008 3:25 pm
Forks wrote:
"foreigners" and childcare as a personal choice made by Splatted.
You mean pollyminaz, right?
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by Forks » Mon, 11 Feb 2008 6:04 pm
Splatted wrote:Forks wrote:
"foreigners" and childcare as a personal choice made by Splatted.
You mean pollyminaz, right?
Opps sorry,

your right, Yes I mean Pollyminaz.
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