I do not believe this is genuine. Fruitcake is fucking indestructible and immune to all dating technologies. Some dude baked this last month and stuck a card on it and is now $1400 richer. Good for him/her.

Yes! I’m aware of the gay relationship adoption work-arounds in the past, which is both evidence of resourcefulness and love and also so tragic, that that’s what people have had to do to make their partners family.. as far as I know there’s no such thing as sibling adoption, though I might be wrong. Depending on where…

I get you. I got married for practical reasons (we’re 2 different nationalities, and it’s just easier this way), and it’s been good for healthcare and stuff. But we both think it’s weird and joke with each other like “haha you’re married, weirdo.” Something I hadn’t expected is that I seem to get more respect…

Well, a number of countries have a legal civil partnership status that you can register for. I live part-time in both Belgium and the Netherlands and they both have it- gives you some financial rights, hospital visitation, etc.

Mine told us that too! I had to disabuse my sister of the notion just recently. She’s 31 and has a science PhD.

That my mother loved me.

I agree with your sentiment, absolutely, but I think that putting the onus on the consumer is actually rooted in the extreme capitalist/individualistic mentality that shapes thinking on economics in America especially (Europe to a more limited degree). It’s the notion of changing the demand to change the supply. The…

Oh, but that’s a helluva long trip! Shorter international isn’t so bad. I do Western Europe to the US 2-4 times a year. Usually it’s to the East Coast, which can be enjoyable, but if I’m headed to LA or Seattle? Ugh.

We’ll probably do my last name, with his as the middle name. That spares them hyphenation/annoyingly long name. I’m pretty attached to my name and my dad’s family, and my dad didn’t have any sons, and my husband doesn’t care about his name. Also it’s impossible to pronounce for non-Dutch speakers, whereas mine works…

Haha! I kept my name. My husband was all gung-ho to change his until I explained what a pain in the ass it was going to be, so he was like, oh nevermind.

Ouch, that is not cool! I kept my name, but my mother-in-law is apparently unaware of that. She addresses cards to me with a hyphenated last name, which I guess she just assumes I did because that’s common here (Belgium; I’m American). They usually contain money so I’m just like, whatever. Surprisingly, no one else…

Yes! For me the most ridiculous thing is that I actually have a similar body to a lot of these “plus-sized” models - 5’11, 155-165 pounds, size 10-12-sometimes 14. Also A-B cup. I pretty much cannot go shopping for tops because there are no long sleeves that even approach my wrists, and anything big enough for my…

It’s a state-by-state thing, but yes, this would generally fall into the ‘late-term’ category and would be very difficult to get almost anywhere. The comments I’ve seen here thusfar (haven’t read through all of them) are all focusing the issue of abortion access, which is huge, and it is indeed very likely that if…

Well, we agree on reparations, so that’s good. I’m sorry if I misunderstood you. I thought you were saying that Spain invaded Antwerp (and is that what you mean above by conquest, invasion, and treaty?), equating it to what they did in the Americas. My issue was simply that Spain never invaded Antwerp or the Low…

The article means Netherlands as in “Low Countries,” which is what it literally translates to, not the state that is now The Netherlands, which did not exist. Like I said, it’s complicated, but Antwerp and all the other cities accepted Spanish rule in legal documents that were re-affirmed (during the blijde intrede…

I’m fine with vegan, but I thought I read somewhere that our bodies are actually evolved to eat cooked food, which releases more calories when digested, and that it’s just about impossible to get enough calories if you’re full-on raw-? I’m not sure it’s true.

“if you have to talk about your diet, then you probably shouldn’t be own it.” Hells yes, this exactly. Like, I eat quite healthily, but I am not interested in talking about it, and I don’t care what you had for breakfast. I sure as fuck don’t want your advice. And if you even start trying to shame me for ordering…

I totally thought that was a picture of RuPaul at first.

Sorry, Kinja’s not letting me edit that last post. Just wanted to add that I’m not defending the sack of Antwerp or the Spanish empire in general, at all. My sympathies are with the rebels. But the way things worked out, Antwerp tried to rebel and gain independence from Spain and failed. In that context, legally,…

No, absolutely not. The Netherlands did not exist then as a state either. The Low Countries (what is now Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, a bit of France and Germany) were part of the Habsburg empire until Charles V seceded in 1555, then that part of his empire was transferred to his son, Philip II of Spain. It was…