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  1. Instead of being known as a gift giver, could you start small with cards? I have an Aunt that mails us a card every single holiday (the big ones and small ones alike). In today's world, a mailed card with a small note is a special way to remind us that she is thinking of us throughout the year. It always makes me smile to see a bright colored envelope from her in the mailbox. Sometimes it's just the thought that counts rather than a monetary investment.

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  2. I'm not sure if it's regional, but I can't recall the last time I've heard an actual gift given as wedding present other than a sentimental picture frame or some sort.

    Around here the bridal shower is for gifts and at the wedding itself, the newlyweds receive cards with monetary contributions to their future.

    I'm in New England if it matters.

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  3. So many different factors come into play... name brand, all new, is so different from second hand. I'd say our dd12's budget (total yearly, broken down by month) is around $1K per month.  We are in a high COL area and she attends many society events requiring formal wear, adding to the $ figure.

    As long as our children are happy with their own unique style though, that is all that really matters.

  4. We too have always paid gas for our oldest two until they were out of college. Maybe come up with a set figure a week for the kids and anything over that you pay for? I'm not sure how car sharing would work, as we've never had that issue.

  5. Because it is the intrinsic meaning of marriage. the joining of a man and a woman together in matrimony.   It is protected and privileged virtually entirely for children, their birth, their rearing, and their protection.  (Though it is true some are infertile, some are too old, etc, but it does not change the purpose). 

     

     

    Do you not have an updated version of the dictionary? It now includes...

    ": the relationship that exists between a husband and a wife

    : a similar relationship between people of the same sex

    : a ceremony in which two people are married to each other"

     

    Marriage now includes everyone, irregardless of race or gender. Our children are so lucky to grow up in these changing times, free from bigotry.

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  6. But I'm only interested in the balance of power between religious rights and those which contradict them. 

     

    Excuse me?! Did she refuse a marriage license to those who were overweight for their gluttony or have a gynecologist on staff to ensure she only gave out marriage licenses to virgins... you would surely be insensed if that happened to one of your family members (general you, not any board member in particular)! Who is she to say what parts of her fictional storybook hold more weight than others? It is absurd that some people believe one individual has more governmental control that the letter of the law.

    You say "dismissed"... why yes she should be!

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