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Well, I'm French, living in Scotland for nearly 4 years now, and I have recently decided to go on a new adventure and move to Finland! It's a completely new language to learn, and a different culture to get used to, but I'm sure I will love it!

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Sports & Recreation > Sports Celebrities Is it fair to send Olympic track star Marion Jones to jail for steroid use?: 1 of 22
Is it fair to send Olympic track star Marion Jones to jail for steroid use? It may not be an easy decision, because yes, it was not a life threatening crime and no one got hurt for it. However, it was fraud, and it was misleading. A victory won by cheating is not a deserved victory, and it's a steal to someone who really dese... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Living with the past: 45 of 204
Living with the oast is adapting your present, using what happened to you to build yourself, day after day.Living with the past can be a strength, depending on the experiences you had, and how you decide to use them.I was sexually abused as a child, and it's something I have to live WITH. I manage, after a lot of efforts to b... More..
Other If you could have a one-hour interview with any human being past or present, who would it be?: 53 of 229
If I had one hour with a human being, it would have to be the person I admired since I was a child, Marylin Monroe. What I'd really like is to finally have an answer regarding her death, did she comit suicide, was she killed... be able to put a final answer to the mystery, as arguably some insist that she most probably was ki... More..
Relationships & Family > Divorce Psychology Why so many marriages end in divorce: 28 of 80
Why do more and more marriages end in divorce ? This has nothing to do with selfishness or things you didn't know about your other half before you got married. More and marriages are ending in divorce nowadays because society has changed. Now, is it really a shame that marriages end in divorce? My parents divorced when I wa... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Hatred and what it does to you: 7 of 20
To me, HATE is a very weird word. I believe that hatred is closely linked to love, and that it is actually a hurt love that turns into hate.To me hate is linked to love and or jealousy, it's about something you cannot have, and your pride turns it into hate, because it makes it easier to deal with it this way.The day you're o... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Healing through writing: 21 of 56
Writing has always been a source of pleasure for me. It makes me feel so calm, while enabling me to get out what hurt me so bad ! I love writing. I always had lots of journals and diaries as a kid and teenager. I love writing down my thoughts, what happened in my life, that very special thing that happened that very special ... More..
Relationships & Family > Domestic Violence & Abuse Abuse and its effects on self esteem: 60 of 148
Abuse and self esteem are really linked together as far as I'm concerned.I was sexually abused when I was a kid. Now, I would say it was not the most violent abuse, compared to what I have been reading, but it was abuse. The first man was when I was 6. My parents divorced when I was 3, and by the time I was 6, my mum was havi... More..
Relationships & Family > Crisis Support (Other) Can you prevent yourself from being a rape victim?: 27 of 41
There are 2 different ways to understand "rape victim". You can either decide that it means avoid being raped, or how to deal with the fact that you were raped. As far as I'm concerned, the damage is done. I don't know who I would be now, or the way I would feel about this question if I had not been sexually abused when I was... More..
Other What is the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you?: 318 of 352
Embarrassing moments eh? I could make a collection of these... as my life is full of them, like when I'm trying to open my drawers using my badge instead of the key, at work, or when I ask to talk to Mr Something on the phone, when it's a Mrs Something, or when I flash my bra to a colleague, by accident...But I think the most... More..