I still don’t see how an expensive dower would prevent the couple from having sex before getting married, but I guess I’m just too modern-minded.
I still don’t see how an expensive dower would prevent the couple from having sex before getting married, but I guess I’m just too modern-minded.
Definitely. It seems to be a fairly common style recently in my area. I’m a mostly-straight woman, but I like it. I’ve definitely found myself attracted to the occasional lesbian.
Yep. I was bleach blonde for years. Started switching from blonde to brown gradually around age eight or nine. Dark brown now.
How does buying/wearing a ring prevent premarital sex?
It frustrates me to no end that you can customize audio levels for vocals, music, sound effects, etc in video games, but you can’t individually customize anything volume-wise on a TV.
“Local” sports teams should be comprised only of locals. No buying and trading from other regions.
I did. The pain gradually diminished, but it took a couple of years for it to fully go away. The numbness in my fingers never went away. Swimming and arm circles seemed to help, as far as physical therapy goes.
Uttar Pradesh? That place which is known especially for horrific crimes against women? Maybe the police could be doing something better with their time.
Sounds like a typical interaction in New Jersey.
Drives me crazy how so many people don’t check for traffic, pedestrians, whatever before opening their door. Glad you weren’t hurt!
And some kids were killed at a Taylor Swift themed dance class in the UK very recently. I’m not a fan of her myself, but I can really sympathize with how gut-wrenching that must be.
As an American citizen who survived a major disaster abroad, you might be surprised how very little the US cares about its citizens.
Or, if you read the article, you would know that it’s more about the threat of terrorism, which recently led her to cancel some concerts.
#1: wealth inequality
#2: climate change/environmental conservation
Other high priorities: bodily autonomy/abortion, police and prison reform (yeah, I know, never going to happen), strengthening voting rights and democratic institutions, replacement of aging infrastructure, support for Ukraine, SCOTUS reform, universal healthcare
Oh yes, I agree completely. The encouragement of breeding of any brachycephalic traits should be treated as animal abuse. There are other examples, but that’s such a big one.
Like these ones being bred by an irresponsible backyard breeder? Yes.
This is why you need to research your breeder–good ones put a lot of time and money into avoiding inbreeding. They do things like cooperate with each other to ‘borrow’ male dogs from one another or even going so far as to buy sperm from abroad and have the female artificially inseminated. They also keep careful records of lineage to help avoid accidental inbreeding.
But if you get a purebred from some random person or rescue, then yeah, it’s likely been inbred and not had the various health and genetic screenings that you would get from a good breeder.
Edit: For personal anecdote, I should share that the breeder I am going through for my next purebred puppy thought she had one for me with this litter, but he started developing health problems around 8 weeks old, so she decided she is not willing to sell / adopt him out until and unless he doesn’t have any serious health problems. She’s clearly very attached to him and it sounds like she wants to keep him regardless. She has already spent thousands of dollars trying to figure out what’s wrong with him, including expensive genetic testing.
And this is why the good breeders charge exorbitant amounts for their dogs.
An ancient Buddhist temple in Kyoto. I don’t recall its name without looking it up… But it was much less crowded than most of the other temples and shrines in the area.
Hard to imagine it being done well, given not only the plot(s) but the…unique narrative structure.
The Dark Tower.
Whatever that monstrosity they released a few years ago was doesn’t count.
That seems so much less likely to happen than the couple sleeping together themselves.