I came in the troof in my late 20s, I was so jealous of the way the young ones where brought up in the troof, how close and protective their parents were of them.
You folk got to go out with your parents three times a week.
I got taken to the pictures once when I was 6 and again when I was 11.
I got taken swimming once.
On my 10th birthday I got taken to a Chinese restuarant.
They took me on a camping holiday 3 years running, oh and another year went to Isle of White.
The rest of my time with them involved them sitting downstairs with the dog watching television, whilst I was stored alone in my bedroom out of the way.
As for Christmas!, yeah great fun it was, being kicked out of your house in the middle of freezing cold winter, sitting alone on a park bench waiting untill it was late enough to be allowed home.
Shunning must be bad because you really want to see your family, well I dont, I shun them, havnt seen my Mother for about 4 years and dont want to see her for another 4 years either.