Used to work at Rideau Hall. I'm so loving your Marquess of Lorne reference!

Yup, I live in Québec, and Marianne is a fairly common name here. I can think of at least three I know just off the top of my head.

I second that, the McAuslan/St-Ambroise is awesome! I just had some this weekend (hubby bought a pack) and it is amaaaaazing. Not at all like some of the cheap-ass, somewhat-pumpkin-flavoured ales I've had in bars before. It actually does taste both like pumpkin, and beer, and both tastes work really well together.

Here (French-speaking province of Québec in Canada), the catholic heritage has remained quite strong. So somewhat biblical names are actually fairly common, or names of saints. But like, the more normal ones like Sarah, François, Paul, Mathieu, Marc, etc., not Marie, Joseph or Marie Magdalene (!). I actually like them…

THIS.
I hate to say this, but I kinda, sorta, understand where that girl (in the original article, not the reply) is coming from, about feeling bad. I also enjoy the privilege of having my tuition and living expenses covered by my parents at the moment, and realize it's an immense privilege. And kind of like her, I…

I didn't get to experience sleeper cars, since I only did Ottawa - Drummondville (via Montréal) and Drummondville - Québec. Both rather short distances. But I'm sure they're nice, nicer than in India at least :p. The train from Montréal to Drummondville I took once had really neat seats that were a little higher than…

Totally agree about needing to have a partner who is on board. My mother is a physician, and my father stayed at home to care for us. He wouldn't have needed to, there was daycare available and all, but that is how he contributed and supported my mother and our family. That was 20-ish years ago. My own husband,…

I am a medical student. Two years ago, in premed, there was a lunchtime conference advertised, given by a rather well known physician and writer (in the French-speaking medical community that is) about "Relationships in Medical School". I figured, hey, this'll be interesting, because there are so many issues relating…

Thanks for the info! It does seem extremely convenient once you get the hang of it. Maybe I'll try it soon! :)

Shoutout to all Softcup users...ever had any issues with condoms while having sex with one? One of the two times I wore one for sex, the condom burst. We both assumed maybe it had rubbed against that ring that holds up the softcup, causing it to tear.
Also, do you have Incognito pads in the US? I don't wear pads…

It's been so long since I bought them, I don't even remember the brand name (thankfully, by the time I'm past the really heavy flow part, hubby has no objection at all to period sex). They came in a white cube-shaped carboard box. The wrapper is dark purple, and from what I remember so is the cup. I don't even know if…

Black cats are sooo sweet! We adopted Massimo at the respectable age of 7 from an owner who had had enough of constantly popping Claritin. From what we gather towards the end of his stay at that place he was kept in a small room all the time, so he's slightly neurotic/jumpy. But he is sooo sweet! The most mellow cat…

I'm seriously considering trying out the Diva Cup. I've bought those soft cups and used them like twice for period sex...by the way, the ones I bought had this rigid silicon/plastic "frame" or ring thing, and we found out the hard way that a condom rubbing against that will burst. Don't know if the other brands are…

I was just about to say the same! I have a friend and a sister who both took trains in India, and they both described it pretty much like a sea of chaos and humans everywhere! And smells.
I took the train in Italy. It really wasn't great. 3/4 times, it was hot, smelly, crowded, slow, and not especially on time. The…

Oh my God, it's like you're me. We saw each other in school all the time (same class!) but "went out" (we didn't even call it that explicitly, as I recall) maybe twice before we were official. Moved in together after a year and a few months together (we were both moving to the same city for university), but since it…

Agreed! I took ballet classes for 10 years, 3 of which were also spent learning how to dance on those shoes. We spent a lot of time just learning how to stand on those darn things without injuring our ankles, and the way she is doing it is not the way to go! Her ankles are too flexed, it's making them vulnerable to…

It's just...wow. But honestly, I can't say the other head shots are much better. They all look even more fake than I would have expected. Which is saying a lot, since I think we can all agree that "authenticity" is just about the last word one would use to describe such events...

Same here, married my first. It does sometimes feel a little "outside" the norm, at least in my neck of the woods, the prevailing wisdom is that it'll take a few partners at least and a few shitty relationships/experiences to figure out who you are, what you want, etc. Which is really fine, and I was envisioning it…

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