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Well Pyr, I guess we all have subjective experiences and that we grow up with different stories to tell. I don't really like disclosing large amounts of information about myself on random forums but I grew up with distant and emotionally detached parents that I could have slit my wrists in front of them and it certainly felt like they probably wouldn't have noticed.

I, like this girl, couldn't really do any wrong in their eyes either. When I was fifteen I could take drugs, sleep around, disappear for days on end, frankly, do whatever whim took me from one day to the next. I know how empty that feels and although I never did most of those things to any excesses, I do remember it crossing my mind several times to run away, like yourself, when I was a teenager, in the hope that one day some adult figure might actually notice I existed and teach me how to look after myself. I also know as a teenager I would have been able to manipulate most people that were around at the time for those means, and a thirty-something horny teacher with his brain in his trousers would have been a very very easy target.

So, no I don't feel particularly sorry for the parents, and I have my reasons like anyone else does, which likewise are drawn from my own experiences just like anyone else.

At the end of the day though, we all make choices I suppose