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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
In my hometown there was this strange family- the kids were older than me so I cannot vouch for this story- I just heard it:
The couple has several kids- let's say 3 named Bill, Will and Jill. Terrible fire kills all 3. The couple has 3 more kids and named them Bill, Will and Jill. As a kid we thought it pretty creepy, and I don't feel any better about it now.
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I have a friend who was conceived after her older sister died as a toddler. She was convinced that she existed only as a replacement for the beloved lost girl and wasn't valued in her own right. I'm sure this wasn't true, but she wasn't sure, and the extent to which this contributed to her hopeless neurosis and persistent depression can't be measured.
