I was born into a one parent family and BECAUSE of this I would find raising a child alone TERRIFYING. I only have half-siblings and I resent the complicated nature of my childhood, I certainly don't seek to recreate the situation for my own family. I find it hard to accept that other people blindly follow the…

I don't know how they rationalised this as the reason people don't want to get married. There are plenty of reasons not to want to, I don't feel like being unable to meet an imaginary standard is the main one. And surely "accidents" (even happy ones!) explains the majority of children in these situations, rather than…

I used to think this too, when my partner and I (before we were civilly united) made an offer on a house, but now I have a friend who is married but no longer with his wife, she moved to another country and they are still friendly but definitely not together anymore. They still "share " a mortgage despite her no…

At first glance I thought this was one of those spammy "my income went from $1375/month to $60000/month" ads!

I can't understand the "tax-break" reasons for getting married. That just isn't a thing in the country where I live, it's just not part of the equation at all!

But this isn't what the study is saying - it's not about people like you who don't want to get married, it's about people who do want to get married (one day) but don't think they're up to the task and kind of put marriage on this big pedestal - and don't think of child-rearing (which many would consider an even…

Oh where is the Motherlode cheat in my life???

Yeah I have a lot of friends that joke about being alcoholics. In my case it wouldn't be a joke, so I just don't go there!

This. My mother is an alcoholic and I know she'd love to blame others but she choose not to fix her life and get help, so yes, I think she chooses to be an alcoholic. There is a genetic propensity of course, so some people are just headed that way as soon as ANYTHING in their life goes sour. My life sucks at the…

They want one of the ladies in the Carl's JR ads.

THIS

So you don't understand it but you explained how she felt in terms of the time and money and effort spent on the food. So you kinda do get it.

Walking and trotting and galloping are quite rhythmic too. But it would be very interesting to look at this further, what are the other evolutionary benefits of being able to keep a rhythm?

Perhaps because when you hear your own voice in your head, the sound hasn't had to travel out of your nose first, whereas out loud it has?

The only complaint worse than "Wah, my allergies" is "Wah, my taxes'. Local taxes also support Zoos for example, there may be plenty of people allergic to tigers or who oppose Zoos on ethical grounds. Your taxes pay for some stuff you like/support/use and some other stuff as well. Get over it.

Exactly - I'm comfortable calling him a douche because he made a complaint - not because he suffers cat allergies - but because "several parents had complained to him". Why did they not put complaints forward themselves if it is so important to them? Who is he that they are complaining to him and not the library…

I feel the same way! My partner was always told he was allergic to cats, as was his sister. We now live with two cats and two dogs, and my partner is fine, but his sister is still allergic. I think for them (not everyone!) it was a case of no exposure to animals as kids which enabled lifelong allergies to persist,…

I'm with you - I'd be the last person to jump on the "GMOs are UNNATURAL and therefore INHERENTLY BAD" bandwagon, but I don't agree with patenting lifeforms and I don't believe in corporations and government being all buddy-buddy on the law making front either. I think that GMOs, if used considerately are just the…

Surprised there aren't more comments on this, but I'll give it ten minutes.

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