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Blood Is Thicker Than Water (1986)
Personal Stories, reflections Nick Mabey Personal Stories, reflections Nick Mabey

Blood Is Thicker Than Water (1986)

“Obviously your mum can’t love you as much as mine loves me”. A simultaneous slap in the face and punch in the guts. One of my best friends had casually destroyed me. Too angry to think, I blurt out “Why do you say that?” “Because there’s no blood connection he simply replies as though it was the most obvious thing in the world”. Lost in fear and rage I ranted that he was talking bollocks. But the damage had been done.

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