Unfortunately, for some people, some kinds of life are cheaper than others. It's sickening. There are days I wish I was an all powerful norse deity (hence username) to just sort all this shit out. A human life is a human life. I'm sickened by this. Maybe I have an outsider's perspective (born UK, now live in…

Exactly. Doesn't sound random to me, sounds like two perpetrators. I just can't fathom this depth of hate. What on earth is wrong with people? A loving couple raising a child is a GOOD thing, regardless of gender of sexual orientation. Urgh. I can't imagine what their families are going through. Sickening.

Awful..just so awful. I just do not understand... I know this may sound incredibly naive of me but there are some really shitty awful thing in the world to get mad over. War, sectarian violence, slavery, the new TTIF treaty, racism, etc etc..and people get mad over a loving couple raising a child? I just can't wrap my…

We did! Shout me when you're over here.

it is NOT trashy. Of course not! I say this as someone who is marrying late in life, but your experience and mine are equally valid. Of course they are! The point is that you find someone who loves you, trusts you, and you walk through life together as equals, supporting. Sometimes one of you is stronger, sometimes…

Of course! That's great..I know a few ladies (and gents) who married their childhood love and they are really lovely, solid couples. They have that long history together and they are great people. (and oooh, I know that when I finally (hopefully) have kids I'm going to be cursing their young joints/backs/ability to…

You know... I had a 7 year relationship before this one (and a big gap inbetween.) It ended amicably (at my instigation) and I was really pissed off at the people around me trying to set me up. I didn't want it. I wanted to be just me.

Absolutely, and you know I hadn't even considered that angle (ouch) but yes, it really infantilises men too. Decent blokes want exactly what we want - a great team, a partnership, someone to love and see the difficult bits through with the smooth. They aren't ATMs, or father figures: they are our equals. Equal…

Ironically, my college chap was a delightful sweetie. However, I do shudder to think of the others I hooked up with after we broke up...
I'm absolutely delighted for those who find, marry and find happiness with childhood sweethearts. Got a couple of friends like that and they're still going strong. However, let's be…

Yeah, I worked at one building where nursing mothers were directed to the Muslim/Christian prayer room (which in itself was deep in the bowels of the building, between the morgue and the chemical waste repository.) You couldn't make it up.... facepalm
Fellow born in the 70s person here... Yeah, I remember it well.…

Yeah, I'm kind of OK with the crazy tax because I can see how it's spent. Somehow when you see all the flower beds being meticulously laid out and the snow being cleared daily you feel better about it.
Six weeks is so little... I just can't imagine being able to function in my job with a baby so young. Also I…

That is horrendous. I'm hoping to produce a couple of little uns over the next year or two and I'm just shocked by the costs and lack of parental leave in the USA. Here it's free..totally free at the point of delivery. Plus great parental leave and almost free kindergarten. America, we love you, but we shake our heads…

Yup. Have to say that was my first reaction to the headline (I'm being investigated for narcolepsy right now, so possibly feeling a little sensitive for such things) but this doesn't look like that at all. Poor kid.

Yes, it's brilliant. He does a great job of debunking all this crap.

seriously, there isn't, and this is a major bugbear for me, as a scientist, becuase so much of this this gadawful "cleanse-yourself-from-bad-lady-things" shit is tied up with dieting/bashing ladies. If you'd like a piece on "why the idea of "toxins" is bloody well screwing you all, I would be happy to oblige (and of…

yes, yes yes..Ahh, the voice of reason.. (scientist here, hullo!) yes, basically if you mix an oil and a more aquatically based medium by mixing it up in your gob for twenty flipping minutes, it's going to form a (white, ofc) emulsion. Of course it is. Now don't get me wrong: coconut oil, or monoi,or any version…

Hmmm... Well I put in 83 hours last week and I earn more than the hubster (anecdata alert..waaarrrrp...waaaarp!) but yeah, this socialist paradise dweller is happy. (Mainly because it's not dark 22 hours a day anymore...yay ! )

They are OK. I mean how much 6 foot blonde beefcake can you take before you're bored (joking, joking) I'm marrying a Swede this summer. I miss Yorkshire a lot. I even miss my Mancuncian cousins....sigh..where in America are you from? What do you do?

MWAHAHA. I am a born and bred Yorkshire girl, now living in Sweden. Enjoy that Greggs! Enjoy the Yorkshire tea. Enjoy the being able to buy paracetamol for less then SEVEN QUID.

Well.. that's disturbing. I kinda miss Gregg's. They were the working person's non-poncy way to get a sausage roll...