Life changes
By Glen
@glenniah (1197)
Mandurah, Australia
November 24, 2015 6:07am CST
Every day Diesel Dog and I walk in almost the same direction. He has regular little places that he likes to sniff at. Along the way we have met quite a few people in our neighbourhood and have come to know them well especially the other dog owners. There is one strange woman who followed me almost home at 9pm at night and accused me of taking photos of her house. Now I mean no disrespect, but honesty there was nothing about her house that was appealing
One of the people we have met is a family with two dogs and several children. They are always playing and laughing in the front of the house and sometimes the dogs have come out to say hi to diesel dog. There has always been a lot of people visiting.
Lately it has been very quiet at this house, there are no children laughing, no dogs barking and the adults don't ever seem to be seen. Outside the house there are two prams and children's toys, the house and surroundings are still and seem empty as if they are waiting.
Tonight I met the 'man of the house' and he explained that his wife had left him, taking their children and the two dogs. He had left the prams outside for her to come and pick up. He seemed so sad. His wife had said she wanted a different life and had packed up and gone.
I wondered what could have happened to this family, whose lives would be changed forever' what events had occurred to bring about this event.
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20 responses
@Missmwngi (12926)
• Nairobi, Kenya
24 Nov 15
I doubt if it will be better for her as well
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@GardenGerty (157907)
• United States
24 Nov 15
What a sudden thing, and yes, it does seem sad. I see families going on and seemingly happy then the next thing you know they have split up. I have seen more than once a family, growing, lots of kids then 'boom' a parent decides that they need a change.
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@glenniah (1197)
• Mandurah, Australia
25 Nov 15
@GardenGerty
We have no idea how the other half lives, do we?
@celticeagle (160015)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Nov 15
Liife certainly does change. I wonder if she didn't want a quieter life .All the people visiting all of the time can get old.
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@celticeagle (160015)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Nov 15
@Hatley ...Yeah, I am not big on crowds at all.
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@vandana7 (99119)
• India
24 Nov 15
@Hatley ..all rules are not valid all the time. Usually, people from homes that are crowded want quiet lives and those who do not have many people in their lives want quite a few. But over a period, the nostalgic environment takes its own course, and they long for their old environment, forgetting what they disliked about it, or thinking that such things are not material.
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@Missmwngi (12926)
• Nairobi, Kenya
24 Nov 15
He must be a sad man,to bad the wife would not stick with him but i wonder if she will get better where she has gone
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@glenniah (1197)
• Mandurah, Australia
24 Nov 15
@Missmwngi
I don't know. He seemed a really decent kinda guy. Maybe she will just keep moving on and looking for some transient thing
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@glenniah (1197)
• Mandurah, Australia
25 Nov 15
@Missmwngi
Here's hoping. I went past again today and there was a car parked outside and one of the prams had gone. Still no sound of the family though
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@Missmwngi (12926)
• Nairobi, Kenya
24 Nov 15
@glenniah Don't be surprised if you see her back again
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
25 Nov 15
'tis always sad to hear'f a family breakin' 'part. one jest wonders 't the schtuff that transpires 'hind closed doors in cases such's that.
's fer that gal accusin' ya'f takin' a pic'f her place? i've been hollered at by some in these parts's well. i ne'er take pic's 'f folks property without their permission'n 'em knowin' my intent with such. i was out in the midst 'f the road gettin' the best shot 'f these new mexico skies i could - not snappin' 'way 't her place. i reckon some folks're jest paranoid?
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@glenniah (1197)
• Mandurah, Australia
25 Nov 15
@crazyhorseladycx
Yep, paranoid is right. You go and get your snaps and ignore those weird people
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
27 Nov 15
@glenniah thankfully, they moved back into town :)
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@glenniah (1197)
• Mandurah, Australia
25 Nov 15
@dorianna
Hi. The woman who followed me was a different woman. She stopped me late at night and said she had seen the light from my smartphone and therefore decided I was taking photos of her house. I wonder if she had anything to hide. This story could go on forever. No she hasn't bothered me again and I still walk the same route.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
25 Nov 15
That is a sad story any time it happens to a family. Marriage isn't sacred anymore. Divorce is so easy to obtain. It's especially sad when children are involved.
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@glenniah (1197)
• Mandurah, Australia
25 Nov 15
@IreneVincent
Yes it so sad. I wish parents could see the effect on children; Some have stayed for the sake of the children and others just leave because it is easier that way
@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
25 Nov 15
Here is a photo of my granddaughter and her husband on their wedding day,
@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
25 Nov 15
That is sad, I hate to see people leaving each other with children. Its so important for kid to grow up in a strong household. I'm sure there were reasons but that in itself is a sad story.
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@glenniah (1197)
• Mandurah, Australia
25 Nov 15
@PainsOnSlate
Yes it is sad especially where children are involved. I counselled a little girl once and she said that her Mum had had 3 partners since her real Dad left the family home. The girl thought of these 3 partners as her fathers, yet when they broke up with Mum they didn't give the little girl a second thought. Poor kid she experienced so many lossess
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@chelseaearnsmore (208)
• United States
24 Nov 15
Wow, what a sad state of affairs.. it does go to show how things can look one way on the outside, but be very different behind closed doors. It also is reminiscent of a murder mystery too, as a few others have said, which kinda creeps me out. But I hope the best for the guy, he should at least get to see the kids if he wasn't a bad guy to her/them.
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@anh101 (1379)
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24 Nov 15
every time I look back, I feel life has changed. But when I am in the time like this time, I've not seen it make any progess. That's the reason I am trying to make a change day by day. Cuz I love to see it changing becuz if we are not changing we are backwarding
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