A Tale of Two Families
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Yah. I agree. Sometimes, one mistake can destroy the thousands of years of heritage and history... Nothing is permanent, just like ancient Rome or ancient Egypt. If the old lady continues to be arrogant, she may be on the verge of destroying herself and her "great" family line...Originally posted by Cystaire:Yes they extrapolate their family history to a time long before they even exist!
Anyway in my story, people from the middle-age lady's family sometimes say that they have 5000+ years history, though that is quite a stretch.
Of course that is not meaningful. The entire cultural history of humankind is 10,000+ years old, but so what?
Why is that a bragging right? Especially if I have not learnt anything from that vast history and haven't expressed a single cogent insight.
If I am 30 years old - I am 30 years old. A few thousand years of family history doesn't automatically make me any wiser or better. -
no wonder her husband wanna leave her, wif such an attitude, who would bear with her?Originally posted by autumncs:Yah. I agree. Sometimes, one mistake can destroy the thousands of years of heritage and history... Nothing is permanent, just like ancient Rome or ancient Egypt. If the old lady continues to be arrogant, she may be on the verge of destroying herself and her "great" family line...
she's just making use of the past glory to flaunt about, its like she didn't do anything to uphold the glory huh? -
Why is this not in Speakers' Corner?
Why?