I had a no kids reception, and some of my cousins didn’t come for that reason, which is their choice. I got a lot of guff for that decision but my venue (free, and we didn’t have money for a rental) held 30 and we were thus limited. I wouldn’t take it as a reflection on your kids at all, probably a limitation on…

I think the root of her obligation is contractual, though. She signed a contract establishing her parental right/obligation, and now that she doesn’t want the rights she signed up for she would also like to disavow the obligation.

I know tons of moms and almost moms and I’ve never heard of that level of preparedness. Do you live in a rural area/far from a hospital?

Great outfits, gorgeous smile. I get a Dolly Parton vibe from you and no, it isn’t just the boobs! It’s the general fanciness/friendliness/willingness to outshine. Get it!

I thought my jealousy of girls who had Samantha was long gone, until I read your comment and felt it all over again. I had Molly :(

Seriously. There is good research that indicates the most cost effective ways to alleviate homelessness, and we’re too politically conflicted to implement any of it.

I just keep coming back to this segment because I can’t get my head all the way around it.

Yeah, it seems like if that 10 year mark is so meaningful to one party, the other party would try to get the filing in ahead of it. But not sure how that works in CA.

Interesting. For people who seem to be quite rich would that be a “just in case” kind of consideration with the kids in mind?

YEAH that really confused the hell out of me. “O’Reilly argues that with police being fearful of “being proactive on the job,” homelessness in the city has skyrocketed.” So what exactly is it that he believes the police can/should be doing that solves homelessness?

Out of curiosity: Anybody know why they may have wanted to wait until after the 10 year mark? Any legal advantage for either/both to that?

Your baby is rad.

Ha true story. The ‘divide and conquer’ strategy is especially tragic when self-inflicted.

TY - I feel like I might have made ilikefacts’ exact arguments at a different point in my life, and now I would not, so I feel like it’s a useful conversation to have.

If your intention isn’t to mock anyone, I would encourage you to examine the tone of your first comments because intended or not, that’s how it seems you were perceived by many. You had to read a lot into a very simple comment to find those ‘unethical’ beliefs. Whether you meant to or not, it was not unforeseeable…

PS also I am too old to get arrested for doing it in an inappropriate/public place.

Do you mean to an objective observer? Because I’d say the existence of serious disputes about the elemental meaning of B, which draws attention to the inconsistencies and contradictions inherent in B, actually delegitimizes B to a non-invested party. If your concern is that more people will start to rely on B as an…

Okay, you’re just confirming my original characterization of your stance. That if someone appropriates and subverts something, the oppressed group should treat it as theirs and has no right to reclaim it. You don’t like this characterization because you wouldn’t have this stance, likely, if the thing in question was…

If that is the case, then you purposely read the original comment in the most narrow way possible, against all reasonable inference about what that poster meant [I will call it... ‘Scalia-ing’]. However, given your subsequent comments I think you’re now being disingenuous:

Right? People are always like “she’s just pretty and makes money off of it!” but it takes a LOT of work to look like her. Like, you could not pay me to keep up the beauty/workout/diet routine she’s got going on.