Eastenders #18 Take me down to Ian Beales chippy, where the sausage is long and the chips are greasy

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AdsB said:
Can’t believe I was allowed to watch it so young 😂
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Lizzie Mintdrop said:
I don't think parents bothered so much back then, although my mum did draw the line when my brother (8) tried to rent Lemon Popsicle from the video man 🤣🤣
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Was a different world wasn't it.

Me playing GTA Vice City at the age of about 9 or something daft like that. Totally appropriate.
 
StephenTJackson said:
Was a different world wasn't it.

Me playing GTA Vice City at the age of about 9 or something daft like that. Totally appropriate.
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See I was allowed to watch that storyline at 8 years old but wasn’t allowed to play GTA at 15 (I had to play it at my friends) 😂. Doesn’t really make sense.
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Miss.Chanandler.Bong said:
Talking of Brookside, on Pointless the other day, Konnie Huq mentioned the body under the patio but no one knew what she was talking about.
I never ever watched Brookside growing up but even I knew that
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The body under the patio was iconic! I referenced it just the other day when my mum was getting her patio done 😂.
 
AdsB said:
See I was allowed to watch that storyline at 8 years old but wasn’t allowed to play GTA at 15 (I had to play it at my friends) 😂. Doesn’t really make sense.
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Honestly, my folks just didn't give a tit. Alcohol drank under supervision in small amounts from about the age 10/11.

Really, I probably lived an Albert Square lifestyle really. I'd fit right in.
 
StephenTJackson said:
Honestly, my folks just didn't give a tit. Alcohol drank under supervision in small amounts from about the age 10/11.

Really, I probably lived an Albert Square lifestyle really. I'd fit right in.
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Our street could be like the Sq, a man set fire to himself one Christmas Day, one New Year one of our neighbours went home to find his wife carrying on with another man, who hit him over the head with an iron and she wouldn't let the paramedics in to treat him, then there was an armed robbery at the post office at the end of the street and finally, one of our neighbours was gay but married to a woman, until he came out. The 80s and 90s were dramatic 🤣
 
Lizzie Mintdrop said:
Our street could be like the Sq, a man set fire to himself one Christmas Day, one New Year one of our neighbours went home to find his wife carrying on with another man, who hit him over the head with an iron and she wouldn't let the paramedics in to treat him, then there was an armed robbery at the post office at the end of the street and finally, one of our neighbours was gay but married to a woman, until he came out. The 80s and 90s were dramatic 🤣
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Bloody hell 🤣. The EE-worthy moments in my family would include:
- My maternal grandmother having an affair with my mum’s abusive husband, resulting in a pregnancy that was eventually terminated. My grandfather was never told about the affair nor the pregnancy!

- My brother telling his friends that he would die in front of our house, which actually happened a year or so later. It was a car crash and the guilty party was a drunk driver.

- Finding out when I was 11 that my parents never got married at all, and that dad has been married to another woman since the 80’s. So I have 6 paternal half-siblings - one who is 2 months younger than me! 🥴 Mum knew the entire time as well lmao

- My sister in law stealing at least 10k from my mum, and it was revealed in spectacular fashion by my dad not long after my youngest niece was born 🤣. It turns out my dad knew what my sister in law wanted to do and didn’t stop her

- As a child, I was told my sister had passed away in an RTC with her husband. Then when I started high school, I was told they were alive and well, living in Australia. A few years after that, I was told the truth that they lived in the same city as us this entire time! 🤣 The lies were because my sister married a guy who was part of a different religion, she converted, and mum didn’t approve 🫠.

I hope none of you are gonna charge me for this therapy session 🤣. And I expect full credit from EE if they use any of this as inspiration 🤣
 
True life can be stranger than soap. For instance:
1. My friend’s dad died, and on the day of the funeral, her 45 year old husband collapsed and died in front of everyone.
2. I had a long term boyfriend who was estranged from his two adult children. Unknowingly, I started working with his daughter and we became friends. It was a very strange conversation when we discovered the link! (Yes they did resume contact).
3. My children have a much married father. He has nine children in total, and three of them have died. Different ages and circumstances for each one.
 
Tanley said:
True life can be stranger than soap. For instance:
1. My friend’s dad died, and on the day of the funeral, her 45 year old husband collapsed and died in front of everyone.
2. I had a long term boyfriend who was estranged from his two adult children. Unknowingly, I started working with his daughter and we became friends. It was a very strange conversation when we discovered the link! (Yes they did resume contact).
3. My children have a much married father. He has nine children in total, and three of them have died. Different ages and circumstances for each one.
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The first one is devastating 💔
 
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