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If that is the case the question should have been clearer. (or reprphrased)

Blood being thicker than water usually means family over principles to me? :confused:

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oh its clear enough if you open your mind then rather than boxing it into a set definition you own
Anyways now we all sort of understand the question and the language patterns
what do you think?

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I personally could not envisage myself falling out with family but, like yourself susie, I have seen families who have, shall we say, disintegrated for one reason or another.
It takes a lot of hard work to ensure the family dynamic stays strong from all those involved. Sometimes it will take just one loose word or action for things to begin to unravel and if the bonds are not close then blood will certainly not be thicker.

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So where are the perimeters of your box then? Blood and water doesn't mean country to me...and many others. As I said it's a broad question. Tell us exactly what you want?

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like I said caz hostile and unwelcoming

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I just looked it up in the Cambridge Dictionary Online:

dynamic Show phonetics
adjective
having a lot of ideas and enthusiasm; energetic and forceful:
She's young and dynamic and will be a great addition to the team.
We need a dynamic expansion of trade with other countries.

By the way you don't need an apostrophe in its. I'll leave you to look that up.

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I know, the apostrophe is by choice and being chipped away at
soon we will be able to lose all punctuation n talk in text
<baffled at these responses>

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It was a simple question susie. I too have responded using the family as the medium due to that being the usual thing. I have never heard the term 'blood thicker than water' used in the wider community sense - unless it's a very small yorkshire village!

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Why is asking questions hostile and unwelcoming? Why is asking for a precise definition of you want unwelcoming?

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But the first response you recieved talked of "blood" in terms of nation, and in terms of "blood relatives". I don't think that a dynamic (if you wish to use a term which seems to be trying, with no little success, to escape from precise meaning) applies in terms of immediate family ... "nature" or "instinct" would seem to act here. But one could respond to the implied question: Do you believe in "my country right or wrong". That might not be what you are asking, hon; but the implication is definitely there.

Unless someone tries to stick the lid back on the can of worms, this could be fun:mosher: eh.

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Oh sorry did I use your phrasology in a sarcastic way. :eek:

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because its pedantic and becoming typical of your responses to me caz
Thats all
You are obviously highly intelligent yet choose to ask the most superfluous questions

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Eric......think it is going to need a bigger tin :)

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well
we all heard the phrase
'blood's thicker than water' I'm sure

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Or a bigger BOX :D