Sinfest

[Samsally]

Jwing get's extra badass points for being Jwing.
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Samsally the Gray

[jwing]

From age 12, I was determined to get a hysterectomy on my 26th birthday. I didn't want kids. It's not that I didn't like them - I was the default babysitter for most of the families in my neighbourhood. I just didn't want to go through all that icky stuff that getting kids involved.

Cliche' as it sounds, GeekBoy changed my mind. Our first date was babysitting my nephews, including a baby several months old. It was supposed to be easy - the boys were asleep already when my sister and her husband left for their date. The baby, however, woke up about fifteen minutes after they left and cried. and cried and cried and cried and cried. no matter what we did, he cried. (turns out my nephew had an ear ache) But throughout it all, GeekBoy was calm and supportive and just wonderful. I realized if I had someone like that as a partner, maybe that whole parenting thing wouldn't be so bad. (trivia: we were married on the anniversary of our first date)

The first pregnancy ended in miscarriage. I nearly died. I think I've told the story before. It wasn't pleasant. The second pregnancy was borderline placenta previa and I nearly lost it a couple of times. Wing1 was born c-section because on her due date she turned completely around and sat on the cervix, refusing to move. I had a cold and coughed so hard after the birth that I tore internal stitches. I still have the scar from the c-section. The last pregnancy was the worst. Sickness and exhaustion throughout, and wing1 must have put sticky notes for wing1, highlighting the spots that got the biggest reaction from me. Every kick and motion was exaggerated. As much as I love my children, I don't want to go through that again.

Wing1 has declared herself asexual. Wing2 is transgender. My chances of being a grandmother are slim to none. I'm sad about that beause I would love to knit stuff and play with little kids and hold babies again but being a grandparent isn't my choice. Whatever they choose, as long as they're happy, I'm happy.

Besides my neices and nephews are plenty and seem to want to do the tradional stuff. I'll just be the eccentric great-aunt who introduces them to esoteric stuff. The Mame to their grandparents' Dwight Babcock, if you will.

[bitflipper]

Just be careful sliding down the banister rail, jwing.
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[Dogen]

How is Wing2?

Also, is Wing1 still planning to become a Viking?
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"Worse comes to worst, my people come first, but my tribe lives on every country on earth. I’ll do anything to protect them from hurt, the human race is what I serve." - Baba Brinkman

[Finnegan]

I'm sorry to hear about your miscarriage, jwing, my brother and sister-in-law have just experienced that themselves, and I can see first hand how devastating it can be. And while I can appreciate the disappointment your children's sexuality (for lack of a better term) might bring you in terms of having grandchildren, it brings me comfort that we live in a world where such choices are accepted and even more so that you, as their mother, can find happiness in your children being happy being who they are. YOu are truly a source of inspiration and hope that maybe the world isn't as hopeless as it seems.


mind you, this is all in spite of the fact that wing1 being 18 makes me feel incredibly old. I'm not sure I can forgive you for that.
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Formerly Green_Finn

hey! rock bottom's not that bad
we've got glow-in-the-dark fish down here that's rad

[DeD CHiKn]

[Darqcyde]

Imm just leave this here: http://news.yahoo.com/porn-myth-uncovering-truth-sex-stars-122610225.html

Basically the article focuses on why getting cold, hard data (no pun intended) on the porn industry is so tricky.
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http://12ozlb.blogspot.com

[Dogen]

It's interesting, but Kross makes a good point. You have to take self-report data with a certain amount of skepticism, such as when porn stars (who sell the idea of women wanting sex all the time) tell you they get 10/10 pleasure from sex. Still neat to have someone do a little number crunching on porn stars, or any other marginalized population.
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"Worse comes to worst, my people come first, but my tribe lives on every country on earth. I’ll do anything to protect them from hurt, the human race is what I serve." - Baba Brinkman

[bitflipper]

It is almost impossible to read that article without reading in lots of double entendres.
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[CTrees]

How old are your kids, jwing? I was still thinking they were young'uns, but there's a fair chance the last I got a read on their ages was back on the old forum.

Kids getting older is always surprising to me. For some reason I just file that age bit as a static number, instead of mentally updating. It's going to be interesting how that works out when I have kids...

EDIT: Going back a page answered this. I really don't spend much time in this thread... Although on that note:

[Lasairfiona]

The concept of being pregnant is not scary to me. The after-effects, that is the actually having kids part, is the part that is terrifying.
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Before God created Las he pondered on all the aspects a woman might have, he considered which ones would look good super-inflated and which ones to leave alone.
After much deliberation he gave her a giant comfort zone. - Michael

[Samsally]

This reads like how I feel about the comic subforum most days.
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Samsally the Gray

[Dogen]

We've actually got a few really good new people over there right now making insightful arguments. They're still outnumbered by stupid people and people like KDX, but it's nice to read a post and think, "Holy shit, you're... you're a person who speaks in complete sentences and says things I agree with..."

Naturally I haven't spoken to any of them because I've spent so long arguing with misogynists and ignorant idiots that I don't know how to say nice things and agree with people anymore.
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"Worse comes to worst, my people come first, but my tribe lives on every country on earth. I’ll do anything to protect them from hurt, the human race is what I serve." - Baba Brinkman

[Thy Brilliance]

[Monkey Mcdermott]

Go away Thy.
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