Nope. If my marriage breaks up, whoever gets to keep the dog has to keep the cat, too. As punishment.

One of my friends' mom objected to her getting a dog, asking what she would do with it once she had kids. Her answer, "I don't know that I want kids, I kind of doubt it" suddenly made her mom ALL about her getting a dog, in hopes it would awaken her maternal instincts.

Cat pee is why I don't understand why so many landlords are willing to accept cats but not dogs. Dogs can be destructive with chewing but that's usually only puppies. Cats will rip carpets to shreds and stank up the whole place much more than dogs will destroy anything in my experience.

Yeah I actually couldn't fathom keeping my dog from my husband if we split. I am disabled so I am home all day with him, like 22 hrs a day. He started as my dog both legally and in bonding, he was attached at my hip by the time we got him home from the shelter, but we already lived together when I got him. Now he is…

That strikes me like a lot of libertarianism does: great in the abstract, terrible in reality. In most couples, one partner will sacrifice more for family than the other given our family-hostile work culture. And often the years spent doing that put them in an unrecoverable career hole should they split. Usually…

I don't know that Hetero couples typically prioritize the man's family. It's really variable by family and personality type, but I have generally seen more of the opposite with those around me, and I'd always heard the stereotype that you tend to lose your son to your daughter-in-law's family because women tend to be…

I found a lot of subtle sexism in the books. The mothers in the order of the Phoenix never seemed to be big fighters, even though they were super talented witches. It always bothered me, like mothering overrode any other ability. In general, abilities and roles were pretty strongly gendered in the main characters. In…

Especially with the docs saying they are seeing non-fetal tissue growth, I worry that the growth might be causing hormone changes. I also had a blood cyst burst and it was damn painful, and my body's reaction made my stomach poof WAY out. We called it my pain baby. All sorts of problems can cause pregnancy symptoms. I…

Sorry my last post published early. Anyway, people who have a fixed idea of what is wrong with them will go to doctor to doctor and never get care if they don't agree with the doctor. Ectopic pregnancies need to be ended so it's not a condition she could continue on with for an extended period. But if that hint makes…

Well she likely has some kind of tissue growth and will dismiss any doctor who says no flat out. If the doc entertains the idea that a type of non-viable pregnancy is possible, maybe he can get her to come back for a transvaginal ultrasound or other care. Non-fetal growths in her uterus could be serious, it needs care

Come on. It's an ultrasound tech. They do not make any decisions about what happens to a patient. The tech was apparently concerned by her agitation and called for help/consult. The way the hospital and doctors handled her case seems poor at best, but it's not the tech's fault.

Head tilted at a new angle with every line.

She was offered a credit. That's an asshole move. She was harassed while using their service and they want to make sure she has to use that money with them. Just give her a damn refund.

Explaining stuff in a nice way, yes. I agree as told the waiter was rude. I never said anyone deserved rudeness, just that as a traveler, when something catches you off guard, you should graciously eat the cost and chalk it up to a learning experience. Especially when the misunderstanding is over no more than a couple…

I think the waiter overreacted but I'm not sure I believe the tone of questioning was quite as polite as the storyteller makes out, especially as he describes their suspicions mounting beforehand. I do disagree, and what is making me respond like WTF to these responses here, is the idea that an entire country should…

I know I'm late to the thread, but your post reminded me of when I was travelling with a friend in Spain, and she asked our waitress for more areola instead of aioli. The waitress was completely taken aback and disturbed until I corrected my friend. She had no idea what my friend meant, she thought she was being asked…

Its generally not sitting out, they bring it as a matter of course when you sit down. If you say you don't want it, they take it away and don't charge you.

Can people PLEASE stop assuming that countries near each other are all the same so they can make sweeping generalizations about whole regions?! Portugal is not Spain or Italy, OMG who would have guessed?!?!?! In Portugal, you always pay for the bread and olives that get set out on your table, its not a tourist trap…

In portugal if you don't eat it, you don't pay for it. You pay for bread and olives at every restaurant.

I replied above to C.A. Pinkham but in Portugal you always pay a nominal amount for the bread, etc. and its always listed on the menu. Its not a tourist trap thing like in some other countries, it is actually the cultural norm there. I think the tableware thing might be a poor translation of cover/couvert/coberto…