As a white person, I apologize. :(

And then Percival Everett wrote a book about it.

Dammit! Beat me to it.

Man, everyone I've told about not wanting kids has been really okay with it, which kind of makes me think everyone assumes I would be a bad mother, which GOOD.

I am laughing so hard right now. Thank you.

This honest to god made me cry.

I do appreciate her simple not giving a fucking shit. Like, I kind of like this.

Well. Maybe.

You can negotiate with the school (if you're one of the top choices and have other offers) to get a larger stipend. My friend did this and added 10,000 to her stipend by virtue of them really wanting her and her being really sly about the whole thing.

Damn. That Kangaroo is all "only on my terms, dog".

I had intense mood swings, but little else.

I know! I did not want to be surprised. My reaction would have been "give me some time while I contemplate this major life decision.. popcorn! La la la"

Yeah, I wonder if that is what kind of nuances it. Which is silly. Silly a lot.

He "officially" asked me later, but it was after we had again talked about it (and he asked what sort of trinket I wanted, and I asked him the same). But I count mine as the first one.

I, a woman, proposed. Really drunkenly, but I said it first. He said yes, all good.

As I said, it's not just income, but cultural capital as well.

They're not putting the lumpenproletariat on tv.

That's a little naive, actually. They don't have the cultural capital associated with those things, and not everyone knows how to read. The functional literacy rate in this country is much lower than it should be for a developed nation. What people don't have access to might astound you, the more you look into it.

I think it's pretty okay to ignore her in this case. If you don't want anything more from the friendship then telling her why is only going to drag the thing out and, as they say, silence speaks volumes.

Doesn't like half the auxiliary and some of the main cast all kind of get shot after this song? Or commit suicide. Well, anyway, rock on, married people.