Well, for starters I’d say she’s supposed to not add to his burden by bringing home a potentially fatal disease. But yeah. 

Poly relationships are different from monogamous ones.

Not saying she’s not selfish (besides regarding COVID—she’s definitely selfish in THAT way); just saying that in (healthier) poly relationships—unlike most monogamous relationships where it’s mostly considered the fault of the person who is “making” the other…

Agreed.

And she’s *still* selfish for acting on her needs right now. Not because husband; because herd. 

...with the husband’s (dumb because COVID not because poly) permission. So he’s culpable too.

He was born to nobility, and has been working in investment banking since his early- or mid- twenties.

Perhaps he is missing that brilliant English food? 

“Mary Kate.” Mary Kay is the cosmetics company. 

But yes. Or even “Auntie Mary Kate.” As she stares, unsmiling and unblinking, through her haze of cigarette smoke. 

I’m sorry, Sarah. That sucks. Especially now.

Heads up, Lauren: “ According to TMZ, Mary-Kate says her attorneys got an email from Sarkozy’s giving her until May 18 to get her stuff out of their New York apartment...”

*I* can say that—I use she/her pronouns!

But when, say, my child’s goats or chickens are “acting up,” and I want to say to them in my kid’s presence, “listen to your mom,” it wouldn’t work. Wouldn’t have thought of it, otherwise. 

(Not to mention when my kids grow up and become parents if they so choose). 

Exactly. 

I think this only applies to birth certificates/lineage. I don’t know UK law but in the US the birth parent is always on the birth certificate, and there’s the adoption certificate is the paper trail that “adds to” that, making the adoptive parent the legal parent. 

Yes...I think we must move that way. I have a kid who is trans and a kid who is non-binary (they/them pronouns), and when I talk about the latter’s pets, I can’t say “listen to your mom!” But parent is...awkward.

I think we’ll need something creative. My NB kid was AFAB, and we used to call them “sweet girl.” I kept…

Shit. I KNEW there was a good reason my heart sank (besides, ya know, the actual reality of Black people being disproportionately affected) when I heard that news. The antipathy thing is powerful indeed.

Well-said. 

That Jeff Bezos link leads to the Texas Lt. Governor article, fyi. 

Since Dr. Phil is not a medical doctor, I’ll thank him to stay away from medical settings. He has an MA in experimental psychology. Oh, and no longer has a license to practice that, even. 

Take my star for this incisive observation. Well done. 

Or photoshop their heads onto other up-and-coming-Karens’ bodies.