Father's Day, and Madeleine

[stainsteelrat]

Happy Father's Day, at least to those in the UK!

We're taking Dad out for lunch.

In other news...

As I suspected might happen, I couldn't put the story about Madeleine down for long. I ended up reading the remaining half last night, until gone midnight

Comments

[circa]

I really do hope they get closure, somehow.

However, saying that: I don't understand the need to go out for a meal while leaving your children in an unfamiliar room all by themselves, regardless of how often you're popping back to see them. Had it been a room in a hotel, and they were down in the bar/restaurant... I'd still be uneasy. I always remember one comment about the story whenit first came out -- had it been a mum of four on benefits who'd gone out and left her kids at home, she'd be facing prosecution. They are both intelligent, successful people -- and sometimes I think they're the worst for having any kind of common sense until it's too late.

[stainsteelrat]

It's a really hard one to call. Kate McCann goes into enormous detail in the book, as you can imagine, including several maps. They were 50m from the apartment, checking every 30 minutes etc. etc. (some of which has been reported in the press). I suppose they just felt safe. Would I do that with Amélie? No. Have other parents done similar? I'm sure they have

[circa]

It's doubtful I'll ever read the book, to be honest, but I can imagine that it is very informative about the details. I don't know, though -- I feel that distance is irrespective, they were such young children and left alone for such a selfish reason. They didn't deserve this to happen to them, however, and yes, hindsight is awful. When you're on holiday, you tend to feel like you're in the best 'place' in the world (psychologically, if not physically

[stainsteelrat]

Yep, it would be something to be able to turn back time to that night, and confront who did it. The continual not knowing must be soul destroying.