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@Infinite Dreams - yes yes yes! Everything you have said is spot on. The tricky part is undoing public perception that DD = huge. I’ve had friends get accurately measured and still not believe what they’re told.

Definitely get well-stocked on hay before winter! Try and complete the greenhouse by the end of fall/beginning of winter! Reserve grape and cranberry seeds (cranberries and blueberries are generally the most lucrative). A shed can hold a lot of barrels and takes up little space on your farm. Wine is better than jam. Aim to get the last house upgrade ASAP; your basement comes ready-stocked with plenty of casks that can age wines and cheeses and turn them into iridium-level. A coop is the quicker initial investment but the barn is also very much worth it. Chickens and cows take the same resources (1 hay x day), cows produce milk every day and milk > eggs. The only real reason to have rabbits is for the rabbit foot for the community center. Otherwise don’t bother with rabbits. Sheep are a decent investment. One very lucrative source of income is to take the Gatherer profession at level 5 foraging, then Botanist at level 10 foraging. Truffles are high-value and count as foraged items, so if you have an upgraded barn and have pigs, you end up gathering doubled gold-star truffles. They’re not strictly artisan goods, though, but I thought I’d mention it anyway!

I’m so sorry. :( I hope it produces the desired results soon!

I’m not disagreeing with this? And I don’t see that anything I quoted is arguing against this. Well, yes, it’s not really an article so much as it is an interview, and presumably the film they’re promoting goes into more detail. I don’t think anyone disagrees that sole custody isn’t ideal and no judge is going to be awarding sole custody lightly. Likewise all the people I know who are sole custodians would LOVE to have a partner to split parenting duties with. It’s not exactly fun.

I completed this game last month. Loved it! My main complaint in terms of constraints was the ‘official’ building area was so darn small! To add to what Inferno says: The best part of the Switch version of this game is it removed all the time constraints to get the full rewards. The PlayStation version gave you a limited number of in-game days in which to complete each chapter; that was done away with in this version. I think the difficulty is fairly easy. Controls are intuitive. The end chapter bosses can seem really hard but there’s a trick to handling each one (I dislike boss combat so I used guides for the big boss fights and found the game relatively easy after that).

I currently have a sports bra that’s shaped somewhat like a regular bra and has an underwire but is also thick and comfy and I can barely even tell I’m wearing it. IMO almost everyone ought to find bras comfy if they’re the right size and shape. Underwired, too! Something like 80% of people wear the wrong size bra, though. The subreddit a bra that fits is actually genuinely good for helping to size people. Oh and add me to the currently heel-less list.

I’m not sure what you’re saying. ‘Boys need a father figure’ is generally used as a argument to shame people into staying in bad marriages and to denounce non-traditional family setups, i.e. lesbian couples adopting. However, I do agree with most of that USAToday article and would place the hierarchy as good father figure > no father figure (although there’s nearly always someone around to act as one - be it a teacher or whatever) > bad father figure.

Not just virgins! One harm society can do is counsel to people that it is their duty to have sex with their spouse. I have had several friends seek counseling when their marriage was in difficulties only to be told the solution was to submit more often to their husbands. And not just married couples - a lot of people in relationships may be pressured to have sex, and not just by their partner - sometimes their peers can exert pressure, too. Generally society does a crap job of teaching consent. It begins at an early age, with forcing kids to hug or kiss family members. Re. Boys being raised without father figures - there’s so many factors that need to be considered that it’s impossible to make a sweeping statement. As this link says: These details completely transform study outcomes. For example, boys raised by a mother and stepfather (a two parent home) have the highest negative outcomes, much more than those raised by a single mother. In fact, juvenile delinquency and substance abuse are highest among children raised by parents in hostile marriages (two parent homes). High conflict levels at home inherently cause the greatest damage to children’s well being. Consequently, an intensely negative parent relationship can do far more damage than a missing parent.

Incidentally the Western white wedding dress was not popular until one was worn by Queen Victoria, and the symbolism of purity is a modern attachment to the color. In prior centuries people had largely worn their best dresses, whatever color they were, as new dresses were expensive and would have been worn again and again. Going back to sex being an impulse: It’s not, not for everyone, not even for all teenagers. I, personally, can take or leave sex. I enjoy it but if someone asked me to remain celibate for a year I’d have no problem refraining. And even if it is an impulse, it’s not necessarily one that ‘ought’ to be curbed. Any shame, stigma or other negative associations with sex nearly all (I would say all, but I’m sure there’s an exception or two) come from religion, and for many people sex is ‘just’ another regular activity. Also @Shoblongoo I got married for visa reasons, too! I’d also be happy to have remained cohabiting otherwise.

We have study after study (here's one!) that actually links abstinence-only education to higher teen pregnancy and birth rates, not that that matters to anyone in the present administration, obviously.

Broken Sword My son is even partially named for one of the characters, haha

Wow, that's quite the case! (And yes, I presumed you wouldn't be able to go into too much detail, but that's still quite the tale!) Rogue One is the only one I haven't seen *hangs head in shame*. I even have the special edition blu-ray sitting on my shelf - just haven't found the time yet! I'll cross my fingers for you! Good luck!

My first FE was Awakening and I got it like I get all my games; by my husband saying 'hey, I think you'd enjoy this'. (I don't follow games or gaming news AT ALL, so I rely on him to recommend me everything).

For the price, I do! My refurbished vacuum cleaner was a 1/5th of the price of a brand new product, it's lasted 6 years so far. My husband's computer monitor is refurbished and it's lasted the longest of all his computer monitors. A lot of refurbished products come with guarantees, so look into them!

1. What is your most interesting law story? 2. Speaking of your meme, your favourite Star Wars movie? 3. Your favourite holiday destination?

I wouldn't say that a dislike of canon ships is why those characters are so low! First off, as people have pointed out, Mathilda isn't a good Heroes unit. Secondly, Tatiana is a minor character who doesn't join your party until a lot later in the game than most. I actually like the canon ships but wouldn't rank any of those characters highly, and from what I've seen, Mathilda and Clive's relationship is somewhat highly regarded amongst fans. Yes - I'm sure that's why Kliff ranked as highly as he did (I like Kliff, but it was quite a surprise to see him *that* high. He's a fabulous unit in-game but he only has one support and we're given very little information about his character).

No. - last time I watched traditional TV was in September, at my mom's house. - however, since leaving home I have not lived in a household with traditional TV, so it's been 15 years since I watched traditional TV in my own home.

I don't have a problem with abstinence when it's a personal decision. However, preaching abstinence to others can cause harm. - it rushes some people into marriage. This isn't to say that there aren't people who marry young and are happy - some of the happiest couples I know got together in their teens! But I've also heard from many people who felt they married too young as a result of abstinence-only education. It's not always disastrous - some couples have managed to work through their issues - but they have felt it made marriage harder than it might otherwise have been. - abstinence-only education often accompanies a lack of knowledge about sex, consent and relationships. Women are told it's their wifely duty to always say yes to their husbands, for example. People aren't able to identify abuse when it's happening. People in bad marriages feel pressured to remain married. - holding sex up on a pedestal (the kind of mindset that accompanies abstinence education) makes it really hard for some people to enjoy sex even after marriage. Sometimes it's because there's a sense of shame surrounding sex, and sometimes the idea that sex is supposed to be awesome and life-changing inhibits relaxing and can actually make sex pretty terrible. This happened to me to an extent and it's been even worse for friends of mine. - holding abstinence up as a golden standard vilifies single parents, couples who conceived unexpectedly, etc. Even if someone was married when they conceived - a good majority of my friends who are single parents were married when they conceived - they're still treated poorly by people who don't know their specific circumstances, because all people see is a parent who is currently single. So my answer to your question: It's not important at all.

Woohoo!!! Thank you so much for doing these again! I have the anthology and have been longing to know what it says

Can't have your heart broken if you don't have feelings

Lukas: - closest I've seen to an aro/possibly ace character without explicitly labelling themselves. His support with Python is so great. - intelligent and a bookworm without either of those things being defining/dominant characteristics. He's not even a magic user! - is the mom/babysitter of the group, a position I've always held myself. Takumi's my second fave for all the reasons mentioned by others in this thread. He's an exceptionally well-written depiction of a person with anxiety and inferiority issues.

Logged hours: Fire Emblem: Fates (600 hrs) Longest game played through: Skyrim (200 hrs in one game, next to no repeated quests. There's a LOT to explore!).

Threw in my first vote for Lukas, whom I wouldn’t have even considered last year. I’ll be curious to see how SoV’s characters fare this time round.

Star Wars Episodes 1-3 Hitting my 30s