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I fail to see how traditional parenting could solve the problem if the parents aren't anywhere as tech-savvy as the kids. Do you think Tom Woods is going to be in a lot of trouble with his peers for reporting this to the adults instead of sharing it with other teens so that they could all have a porn-tastic time?

zrina She's a member, but she's never posted once. So ZD wasn't seeing things and it also explains why you've never heard of her.

April 13. Unfortunately, it was a Monday instead of a Friday. Pity, as Fridays tend to be luckier than Mondays for me. At least there was a full moon that night. Full moons are pretty.

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I've read about this already. Normally, one would rely on the common sense of parents to make sure things stay in check, but I'm not sure I have that much faith in general humanity. Meanwhile, one would think it's a simple matter of taking out the word "not". It isn't. Apparently, they have to go through a re-wording procedure and that'd take a while. P.S. When writing a post, check the top left area. Clear the Tab-Key Mode box. That should do it. In fact, you can edit your opening post on this thread and clear that box.

For someone making fun of n00bs, that video looks like it was made by a bunch of n00bs.

I think it's a good thing that Wikipedia will now track the IP addresses of anyone who chooses to edit an article without logging in. It won't always work as a course of action, but it's a step in the right direction. I think we could write an article for AFF. The problem would be listing sources other than the site itself. Then again, maybe we don't need proof for our facts.

Have a great one!

Neither. Their mothers trump all.

Happy 25th birthday WotanAnubis!

You girls should consider yourselves blessed that I'm not interested in having sex with Jean-Claude and that I have a fully-stocked kitchen which includes fresh cherries and chocolate whipped cream.

You forgot the chains and the whip. You need to chain him to the bedposts. I'm not interested in doing him, so I'll just stand by and fetch whatever equipment you need. But I shall not be wearing my boxers. No, I shall be wearing my female lingerie instead.

Would Cain mind if I borrowed you? I think I just fell in love with you. The same thing pisses me off. I've had a stay-at-home mom and a stay-at-home dad. Both were great. Plus, what's wrong with a parent simply being a parent? Why do we have to turn motherhood into this huge revolutionary war thing? It takes all types to make the world go round. It was the same with me and my dad. My mom doesn't enjoy cooking that much and she'll eat pretty much anything. My dad, on the other hand, is a picky eater and loves to cook and bake. My sister and I both took after him in that department. We always came home for lunch, even during the winter. The food on the table was worth the trip. Dad loved to play around with recipes, especially when it came to soups, steaks, roasts, and cake. In fact, everyone on that side of the family has this obsession with food, and we've lost count of how many family recipes there are, never mind modified versions. This generation is the first one that was born and raised in North America/Europe. That means we've tripled the size of the recipe list. One of my cousins on my dad's side lives in the Middle East, and another one lives in the Congo. Imagine the next generation's possibilities. Those were some of the best times ever. I'm still learning more family recipes from my aunts and uncles, and I still play around in the kitchen with my sister, but it's just not the same anymore because Dad's not around. Some of the biggest projects going on right now: My cousin is a vegetarian. There's this special family biryani that uses three types of meat. She's trying to create a vegetarian version. Actually, our great-grandfather admitted that there's rumors that a Hindu vegetarian version did exist but it's lost now. My specialty is chocolate. I'm trying to create as many edible sugar-free and cholesterol-free versions of chocolate desserts as possible. Not an easy task, but I'm getting there. Sorry about derailing this thread with my emotional outburst. I'll get back to writing part III of my post.

For those who are simply in it for the whoring, is there any way we can direct them to StoryWar? Basically, everyone there submits a story in an attempt to challenge each other and win for having one of the most popular stories. This is done by rating and reviewing each other, and whichever fic has the highest ratings and best reviews win. It's the ultimate in review-whoring! I don't know if they accept fanfiction, but I can ask. Meanwhile, stick to your mantra because you know it's true. At the same time, know that we at the forums appreciate all of your hard work, so there's a sizable number of people you are pleasing.

Daz, glad to know that we're cool. Now onto Part II. I guess this is the part where I try to answer the question as applied to myself. The truth is, I honestly have no idea whether or not I'd be a stay-at-home mom. There's just so many things that I haven't determined yet, and I'm at a point in my life where my personality can still change easily and there's too much in my future that hasn't been determined yet. For the sake of argument, let's just set up a situation where I choose to marry a man instead of a woman, and we only have one child together. I know that there's so many different situations in which I could have a child, but this is the simplest and most idealistic situation so let's just work with that for now. Let's concentrate on my personality first. I'm generally awkward around children. I don't deal that well with crowds of children or any child who's a complete stranger to me. I guess I'm afraid of them, as absurd as it sounds. I'm afraid that I'm going to do something wrong that'll insult them and/or their parents/guardians, or that I'm going to inadvertently hurt them. I'm just more afraid of messing up with them. It's a different story once I get to know a child. If I'm given time to get to know an individual child in a relatively comfortable environment, I can get along with that child well. After that, I'm very comfortable around that child and often end up having a good relationship (not in the pedophilic sense!) with that child. This applies to groups of children as well. If I know the children well, then I can babysit up to three of them for up to 12 hours by myself. (I've actually done this before). It's important to me to maintain good relationships with those close to me. I always keep in touch with close friends and relatives no matter what. I've been told that one of my best qualities is that I'm attentive to those around me. If I do have a child, it'd be one of my biggest priorities to have a good relationship with that child. I'd make sure that my child and I knew and trusted each other and that we'd have a solid emotional bond. If I failed in that department, I wouldn't be able to live with myself. I'm a loving person, but warm is the last adjective you could use to describe me. I'm not a touchy-feely person. I don't hug a lot. I don't smile or laugh often. In fact, some people are scared off by how cold I can appear. In fact, I don't display much in the way of "softer" emotions. In fact, when my dad died, I only cried once then never again. My mom called me "a cold-hearted callous bitch". Of course she took it back because I was extremely close to my dad and I got that whole "rarely cries if ever" thing from him. How would that affect me as a mother? It's supposedly OK if a dad doesn't display softness, but it's unforgivable in a mother by virtue of being female. I've never been soft or warm. I don't think having a child is going to change that aspect of me. On the other hand, I can be loving and gentle. I don't yell often, I'm fairly even-tempered, I always try to see the other side of things, I'm patient, I always listen carefully, I try to explain things well whenever I can. I love one-on-one conversations where I can trade questions (especially with kids because I love the way most of them have the ability to think outside the box). I don't belittle anyone else's feelings or opinions no matter how much I disagree or don't understand. For example, if my child got a nasty bloody gash on the knee while playing and I had to fix it and was crying the whole time, this is what I'd do. I'd bring the child inside one way or another, not even addressing the crying. Then I'd go through the whole antiseptic-and-bandage thing, making sure that I wasn't rough and try to avoid as much burning/stinging as possible. No hugs, no kisses. Maybe a few gentle words, wiping tears, running fingers through hair. Then, I'd wash the child's face. Later, I'd make the child have some quiet time and I'd just sit there until the sniffling stopped. Once the sniffling stopped, I'd start asking the child questions on what happened and how s/he got hurt. No raising my voice, but no letting up either, no matter what the child did. If I had to take a break in questioning, so be it, but by the end of the week I would know what happened straight from the mouth of that child, no exceptions That above example gives you a very rough idea of how I'd be if I ever had children. I think the only area where I could ever pull off being traditionally motherly is in the cooking/baking department. I'm good at both, I enjoy doing both, and experimenting is fun no matter how disastrous the resulting dish. Kitchen fun with the kids is something I could easily envision for myself. So all in all, would I be a good mother? Does it sound like I have what it takes? Would I end up emotionally stunting the child with my lack of warmth? Would I come off as "a cold-hearted callous bitch"? Or is that all silly, and I'll be fine? Before you answer, I want you to consider two things. Remember that statement I made about how having children won't turn me into a warm, touchy-feely person? I've made that statement based upon personal observation. I've met plenty of women like that who have children. None of them turned out to be bad mothers or grandmothers, but none of them had a habit of giving out hugs and kisses regularly either. The other thing is that I've been seeing two psychologists regularly for the past two years. I don't have any major issues with my emotions, and my EQ is normal. Next post: the career aspect of things.

My parents weren't comfortable with baby-sitters either. In fact, they tried it once, and the three of us hated it so much that three months later they just ditched it. After that, the maximum amount of time they'd keep me with a babysitter would be for 5 hours, and even then they'd make sure that there was at least one kid my own age around so I'd have a playmate. I've looked over my last post. I don't think I've said anything to discredit you or your choice. If I have, could you please point it out to me? If I did say anything to insult you, I apologize. I haven't finished writing part II of my post, so I'm not gonna put it up yet.

My original reply is actually much longer. I do go into speculation about what I'd do if I had a child. But it turned out so long that I myself had a TL;DR reaction. In fact, posts #4-8 were made while I was typing. So for now, I'll just give the first part of my response and add the other stuff in later posts. I had to pick the last option there. I think that it depends on each individual woman in each individual situation. There is no effective blanket solution. My parents alternated. When I was born, my dad worked and my mom stayed at home. When I was around 2, they switched so my mom worked and my dad stayed at home. When my mom was around 5 months pregnant with my sister (I was 6 at the time), they switched off again. This was normal. My parents tended to switch off about every 3-6 years. There were also periods when they both worked but the only time they worked the same shift was when both of us were in school during the same hours. Otherwise, they alternated shifts and scheduled things to get at least one mutual weekday off during the weekend. It's a little too perfect and I understand that it's nearly impossible to work out a solution like that in this day and age. Every woman has a different personality and different needs. What suits one woman will not necessarily suit another. On top of her own preferences, she needs to consider her environment and situation. On one side there's the child-rearing factor. How accessible is the paternal unit (doesn't have to be the child's biological father either)? Are there any other children in the family? Are there any friends/family nearby willing to lend an occasional helping hand (like babysitting)? On another side, there's the career factor. What kind of job do you have? What are the hours and pay like? What's your boss like? Do you work in a group? If so, how will fellow members be affected by any changes made in your input? How far do you want to advance and what will it take? What will it take just to keep your current position? How flexible is your job? Will it allow you to do any work from home? Will it allow you to change your hours around? Will you boss actually try to be understanding about possible emergencies? Can you afford to work less hours and end up with a smaller paycheck? In the middle, there's your personality and preferences. Are you patient? Do you deal well with messes? Do you like children in general? What kind of temper do you have? Are you ambitious? Do you handle pressure well? Are you good at teaching? Are you flexible or are you set in your ways? How do irregular schedules affect you? How much emotional investment do you have in your own dreams? There's just way too many questions. Next time: my personality and how it'd affect me as a mother.

Love your new member title, Jadwin. It suits you well. I remember that movie. Little Rascals, right? I just realized that I'm breaking one of my own cardinal rules by derailing this thread. So I'm gonna go smack myself, ask you guys to limit the rest of this conversation to PMs, and delete some of these posts 2 weeks later. Back to our regularly scheduled program. FairlightMuse: Personally, I think that I could write M/M provided that I did research on the physical and intra-societal aspects of it. I don't think you necessarily need to be a gay man, or a man at all, in order to write it effectively. When it comes to things like emotional aspects, I think it's possible to imagine yourself in that scenario and get an idea of how you'd feel if you were in that position. The beauty of writing about subjects like sex and murder is that having first-hand experience isn't a pre-requisite. You don't need to kill a person to write about a murderer. You don't need to have sex with an animal to write about bestiality. On the other hand, if you don't handle a topic like M/M well, you can end up insulting a lot of people, and it's not limited to gay male readers. From that perspective, I can see why you'd be apprehensive about writing M/M.

Which'll be nothing new really.

Agaib brings up a good question. Does an edit still bump a fic up to the top, or has the coding been changed so that only the addition of a new chapter will create a bump? Either way, it's a wonderful thing that we can finally tell the difference between an edit and a new chapter without clicking on the title. It saves us a lot of trouble.

The trick to avoiding Megan Consoer? Don't write in the HP fandom. Sam, you're perfectly safe for now.

It's Marcia Brady, not Marsha. Greg has one G. Alice doesn't have a "y". And yes I've seen that last one. Cindy isn't spelled with an S unless you're trying to make some kind of sex parody. I've seen Billy misspelled as Billie, and Diana spelled as Dianah, Dinah, Dina, Dayana, Dyana, Dianer, Dianar (the last two don't make sense because no one on that show has a New England accent). I've seen Martin misspelled as Martian and Martan (which actually does make sense because some of the characters have a slight French accent). Quick, you guys! How many ways can you spell Hermione?

DO IT! No seriously, do it. I wanna read a good trans-fic. As for turning this into a dare thread, I'm not sure this thread has reached that point yet.

Well it's partly true, isn't it?