men in my family did it for years because they all had the same first name; and legally that remained their name, but everyone refered to them by their middle name. since they never legally changed their names, that was how they always signed everything.

How people are treated = / = legal rights. In some states, husband/wife doesn’t necessarily give legal rights over medical decisions that outweigh that of blood relatives unless there is a medical proxy in place (or have people forgotten Terry Savio that easily? Or why marriage rights have been fought)

no, i think many people have and thats the issue.

But he is a good lover that treats his women like queens! *sigh* How can he be expected to use condoms and get tested for STIs and stuff like that? That is for...the plebes, right?

This is much less annoying then the baseball fan who gets drunk and screams and jumps around obnoxiously at every single play like he is viewing the game in his own dang living room, IMHO.

Yes they are. I had a pair for terrible winters (on Lake Erie) and foolishy gave them to my mom after college because I was going to get “fashionable” boots to wear into work and such. Two winters later I broke down and bought another pair of them because my mom wouldn’t part with the pair I gave her. I still have my…