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    What do you think of marrying for security?

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    She's an adult and so I don't think her decisions are strictly anyone less business, unless she asked for your advice of course. If asked for mine I would say that it sounds like a better reason than "we're sooooo in love" which is the popular reason but snuggly feelings alone don't hold relationships together the way a mutually beneficial arrangement between two people who like each other well enough to share resources.

     

     

    FWIW, I was totally expecting this to be about younger people, but the answer would still be the same.

    Names and how you spell them...

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    Unless your son sees this happening, on Facebook or in his birthday cards, and is upset about it I would let it go. As someone with a name spelled the traditional but not the most popular way (at least in my area where people think Mystee is more conventional for whatever reason) it is annoying but not nearly as jarring as my own grandmother calling me my mom's name, in person and to other people.

     

    Now if you correct her, as you said you haven't yet, and she says something like "you spelled it wrong anyway, I'm doing it right" then you have every right to be very put off. I also wonder if she has autocorrect of the brain when typing, as its easy to read one hint and type another when you're thinking of more than one thing at once.

    Dream with me: States with more moderate weather patterns

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    I thought Montana was pretty temperate, we did get large amounts of snow but it was dry rather than wetly cold the way snow in Oregon is. I've lived in the Pacific Northwest most of my life and the only accurate thing about Twilight was describing the weather on the western side of the Cascades, rain until you feel like you're under the sea in the winter and slightly less rain in the summers. Eastern Oregon and Washington are high desert so they get less wet, but more snow and higher summer heat. But there are WAY fewer people and towns there, like being 200 miles from the nearest department store or Walmart, so you have to be ok with that.

    Divorce court question about counselor's testimony-for a book

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    The "mother always gets custody" issue depends on the state in which one gets divorced. Oregon, for one, defaults to 50% physical and legal custody in the event of a divorce unless the parents make other arrangements or one parent is deemed unfit. The tender-years doctrine, that young children require specifically to live with their mother during their formative years, is on the downswing.

     

    Depending on the location and time period in which your books is set, this may change the issue you describe.

    Can we talk about things that don't make sense in Children's TV/books?

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    The thing that bothers me the most about kids shows now is how dumb the parents are made out to be in most of them.

     

    That is really troublesome to me too, in line with the Snuffy being seen by adults because having them accuse Big Bird of lying constantly looked bad scenario. Harry Potter is the same way for me. I remember reading it in my angsty teen years and raging that adults were cads and refusing (at least in Snape's case) to see the truth simply because it was being told by kids. Way to inspire kids to trust adults when bad things happen :001_rolleyes:

    Can we talk about things that don't make sense in Children's TV/books?

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    Or how about the fact that there is pretty much NO adult supervision in the students' living quarters? As far as I can tell, the heads of houses sleep/live elsewhere. So you've got a bunch of hormonal teenagers sharing a living space (separate dorms, but girls can go to guys' rooms) with only a few older peers to keep an eye on them? Not to mention how easy it seems to be for kids to sneak out and find private spots after curfew--or even during the day, for that matter. Room of requirement, anyone?? So as impressive as all the magic in HP is, I think the REAL magic is in however they manage to have a teen pregnancy rate of zero!!:tongue_smilie:

     

    ^^ THIS

     

    And how Voldemort was incapable of understanding love because he was conceived under the influence of a love potion... which are freely available for purchase at magical joke shops.:glare:

    Divorce court question about counselor's testimony-for a book

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    Perhaps I used the term "mandatory reporting" in the wrong sense, or it has a very specific legal meaning as well as just meaning to be required to report the incident. As a witness, he would probably be compelled to testify about it also.

     

    My original meaning was that, as a lawyer, he would be required to report any illegal activity he witnesses or is told will occur, abuse or not. Much like how cops must investigate bomb threats called in, not just ones reported to be happening at schools or hospitals. The leap comparing elder, child, and domestic abuse I made was because of the statement that "mandatory reporting" refers typically only to certain types of abuse.

     

    (This is getting OT but I think if one is required to report some illegal activities, they should be required to report them all, since there is only one level of "illegal" and IMO classifying them as "must report" and "don't have to but could" seems arbitrary since even an adult could not be their own best advocate, especially in domestic violence situations)

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