“I’ve had my boobs and butt grabbed but never my pussy. Oh wait, yes I have.” It’s so common that not only have most of us experienced it, but many of us have to stop and think back just to try recall all the times it’s happened!”

I wonder about this, too, but I also don’t have that much faith in claims of rehabilitation, either. From the statistics I remember, it seems that having a place to live and a job make a much bigger difference than any supposed measure of rehabilitation in reoffending rates.

She did protect her kid with her life, repeatedly. 

“Abuser are bullies and do NOT pull that shit with people who stand up to them.

Like I said, your comment amused me because of the *tone* of it all. You made it sound like such ancient history when it really wasn’t to some of us.

I think you’re confusing number of generations alive at any given time with the amount of time that needs to pass for a new generation to be born. I was talking about the latter, you are talking about the former.

A generation for humans is about 20 to 30 years. It did make me smile thinking of how much younger you must be than I am that I remember it as if it happened about ten years ago, but you think it was several generations ago :)

For one thing, it would depend on what drugs he was being tested for. If he is allowed medical marijuana, he wouldn’t have been tested for that, probably.

Thanks for being so nice about this. I felt like I was a little snarky in my first response to you, which I hadn’t meant to be. My daughter and I are doing a lot better not. Visitation is difficult, still, but we’re making progress.

Sure, I get what you mean, and it’s my personal experience that has led me to disagree about pot being a happy drug. I’m sure it is for a lot of people. I can certainly see where your parent switching from alcohol to pot and becoming a better person would make you feel this way, too. I think it probably has a lot less…

Still not the point. Whether he is addicted or not, by your medical definition matters less to her than whether or not he’s functioning worth a damn. Smoking a shit load of weed likely means he’s not.

I never said she needed his help changing diapers or cooking. I didn’t think we all need to be reminded of something that obvious. I was referring to being sober enough to act as the other parent, not to act as a nanny or housekeeper.

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It was.

People who smoke marijuana to the point they can’t help with the kids is less rare, though. If he’s as big a stoner as he’s reported to be, I would that that would be the bigger issue for her as the other parent.

Redolent of Herring is going to be my next band’s name.

You obviously don’t get it, though, as you keep proving.

“I guess what I’m saying is this story doesn’t seem like the one to hang your “statutory rape” hat on.”

I understand the issue. You weren’t talking about that issue, though. You are still not understanding how this works. It doesn’t matter if it was a “romance.” By virtue of the fact it started at a time where any such contact was automatically considered a crime, it’s still sexual misconduct. You keep trying to pretend…

Except this is just like statutory rape. Sex between an inmate and a guard is always illegal. Perfume samples and e-mails don’t make it any more legal. It’s stated right there in the article: