Aww, #3 reminds me of my old man. He was never what you would call affectionate until I got pregnant. Then all of a sudden he’s a cuddle machine who tucks me into bed at night with purrs and kisses. I thought it would all end when I had the kidlet, but no! He gets up with me for night feedings and lets the baby bury…

I totally appreciate that, but we weren’t kids. We were 17-18 years old. Admittedly she was a very naïve teenager. Your grandma saved you a lot of grief because that type of behaviour gets really uncomfortable. You start feeling like less of a friend and more like an achievement to unlock. Kind of like when you shoot…

Haha, I was also helpfully told I was going to hell for not being “Christian” (despite my response that Catholics were the original Christians). For weeks, the girl sent me weepie, very emotional requests to convert over Messenger because she was terrified for my soul. It was jarring. I’d never encountered…

Same here.

I grew up in a Catholic family that was very active in the Church (my Nan worked for the church, my great aunt is a nun, we counted the collection plate as a family every Sunday, I was in the choir, did the reading, taught Sunday school, etc). For us it was more about community. Our priests were more concerned with…

After reading that I can’t help but notice that numbers and reality can’t seem to shake her “sincere belief” that Trump’s plan is better. Just because you wish it were so...

That whole mentality of “He’s just saying that to get elected” bewildered me during the election. They were basically saying “my preferred candidate is lying to get elected, but he’s not lying about the things I care about”. Really? You know this man’s mind because of what? The words he said? The political actions…

And I’m confused on what the “reversal” law would achieve? Is this some weird way to get abortion providers sued when they can’t reverse the abortion like they assured their patient they could? So confused...

I had to click, too. I knew, and I’m not even American.

To be honest, this was pretty much par for the course with this teacher. One book we read associated the only English speaking character to the devil (he smelled like a goat, etc). She was very interested in the oppression experienced by French-speaking Quebecois in the 1960-1970s. So I wasn’t so much snickering as…

An example would be using the term “Courrier électronique” instead of “email” or “fin de semaine” instead of “weekend”. It was a point of pride that they created their own terms instead of adopting existing names (like English might do). And just to stir the pot, I’ll point out that the term “pomme de terre frite”…

Having said that, some mellow with age. Some of the Separatists I went to high school with have definitely broadened their world view since then. Then again, I’m from Montreal so they’ve had more exposure to other cultures and religions.

It was that and that they didn’t incorporate words from other languages.

Oh it is definitely possible here in Canada! Just look at Kellie Leitch’s support for Trump.

He might have meant xenophobia = Quebec is better than everyone else vs. racist = everyone else should be exterminated. There is a pervasive rah-rah Quebecois built into the system: e.i. In high school I had to write a paper on why France’s French was a corrupt language and only Quebecois was pure. This is not a…

Something about the “xenophobic but not a racist” comment reminds so much of living in Quebec. If someone was vehemently pro-Quebecois, it didn’t raise too many eyebrows. “Oh, I’m not racist, I just want to protect my language” or “I’m just proud of my culture”. They never said that Quebecois meant white, French and…

I’m from Quebec. Although it breaks my heart, I’m not totally surprised either.

I think this ties in pretty nicely with what Redremainder was saying:

lol True, but I got so used to calling her that. I just rewatched the finale last night. So good.

Trump’s thin-skinned pettiness is terrifying. It’s getting to the point where I won’t be surprised if he decides to jail protestors his enemies. Most politicians expect a certain level of pushback/protest and rise above. Not this guy.