# Van lifer goes missing on cross country trip with fiancee

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 13, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-lifer-goes-missing-on-cross-country-trip-with-fiancee/950604 "2021-09-13T13:48:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-lifer-goes-missing-on-cross-country-trip-with-fiancee/950604/785 "2021-10-04T16:30:57Z")

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> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#):
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> Selected quotes:  
> -Snitches get stitches.  
> -I would not turn in my wife or son for any crime  
> -Family ties are more important to me than the social contract. I would never, ever turn in a loved one  
> -I will literary [sic (I assume)] let them get away with murder.  
> -But I don’t believe I would ever turn in immediate family or lifelong friends.

Since that thread is so old (and there’s at least one older one), I created a [new one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-to-protect-your-kid/951874) where people can speculate about what they would do in similar situations.

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