Over the last 20 years or so, people have become very interested in the lives of others and are always left with wanting for more, friends and neighbors overhear conversations and are automatically drawn to them, feeling as if they have the right to know what is going on. We live in a society, nowadays, where every little action is scrutinized, whether it is good or bad, and it is picked apart in every way imaginable throughout all conversations. ... When families suffer tragedies, such as when the little boy drowned in the lake, it is a time when the family would like to be alone and comfort...

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