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To: MSB who wrote (28945)	1/24/1999 3:28:00 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

<I wonder, thinking back to the way two of the daughters families worked in unison with their father who initially owned all of the property, if this type of family unity is common in that particular industry or if it could be applied to other types of business. This is a concept which is completely foreign to me. I am under the impression that one makes everything one has by his or her own iniative. Sharing the responsibilities of it through a family group effort are completely unfamiliar to me.> Gee, Mike, I think that throughout history most families have worked very closely together in their farms and businesses because that made a stronger unit than individuals. In fact, it would seem that the extended family structure in America has pretty much disintegrated, but that in other parts of the world it is still strong. That is not to say that a family that works well as a unit is necessarily a happy and healthy one! I have read too much about the incredible loneliness of young Asian women dominated by their mothers-in-law to have any idealized notion of a wonderful, Pollyanna-type life in the extended family structure. My birth family certainly never helped me survive--I struggled along on my own. It would certainly be nice if all families were loving and strong, however. I have "Great Expectations" on my list of movies to rent. What is "The Game" about?