the other part of me is going "since when has marriage been about love?"... because i don't think it's been about love for a long time. it's more about survival ^^;; be it social or economical. *waits to be flamed horribly for saying this*
quite welcome XD i was laughing so hard i couldnt breathe on a few of the pages... especially at the girl who waned to name her kid jesus. ahahahahha
Well yeah the entire thing is pretty dumb. And then there even was a wrong color in it at the beginning... but hey, lemming ahoy!
There are too many good ones to mention on that page! One of my favorites is the one where they asked about Freddie Prinze Jr.'s dad's name! XD; And that Brandy chick who claims she was never teased for being called BJ -.-;. Seriously, what is it with Americans and creative spelling of names and digging up the most obscure languages on earth to find a "special" name? And yes, a dumb name stays a dumb name even if it translates to "beautiful queen"!
No wonder so many kids shoot their parents... "My name is Sue, how do you do? Now you're gonna DIE!!!!"
If I had been called Leonetta Xenophenia Anastacia Nyckole Laramie Chanel #5 Dinglehopper Smith I'd so shoot my parents. Or legally change my name. Whatever works better >_>;
legal name changes take forever. i speak from going through the struggle with a friend of mine, when he decided to become she, legal-name-wise. he'd always considered himself a her. heh.
would it be totally out of line if i made a post that said "having a partner is about love; marriage is about social and economic issues".. though it's true having a partner is about social issues, but if there's no promise of legal marriage it is sort of a deterent for people who get into relationships just to be married.
or maybe i should just post "relationships are screwed. nothing's about love anymore."
I think legal name change is a lot more of a hassle when it comes in unison with a gender adjustment. Usually it isn't that much of a trouble. At least in the US, from what I heard. Around here it's next to impossible to do it. First off you need quite solid reasons for changing your name, someone needs to accept those and then you need to pay a horrendous sum for all your legal documents to be changed x_X;. Here, I'd say it's almost easier for transgendered people to get a name change than for others who just don't like it.
And heh... I don't know if this innocent little meme is the right forum to do that sort of thing. Personally I'm not that much into marriage either, but there are people who really want to and can't and they should get a chance to. I don't think we should let cynism get into the way of that, clear and simple.
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Date: 2004-02-15 05:47 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-15 05:57 pm (UTC)Btw, thanks for that baby name link earlier on. I swear to God, my entire chest and stomach is hurting now from laughing all evening x_X;.
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Date: 2004-02-15 05:59 pm (UTC)quite welcome XD i was laughing so hard i couldnt breathe on a few of the pages... especially at the girl who waned to name her kid jesus. ahahahahha
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Date: 2004-02-15 06:05 pm (UTC)There are too many good ones to mention on that page! One of my favorites is the one where they asked about Freddie Prinze Jr.'s dad's name! XD; And that Brandy chick who claims she was never teased for being called BJ -.-;. Seriously, what is it with Americans and creative spelling of names and digging up the most obscure languages on earth to find a "special" name? And yes, a dumb name stays a dumb name even if it translates to "beautiful queen"!
No wonder so many kids shoot their parents... "My name is Sue, how do you do? Now you're gonna DIE!!!!"
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Date: 2004-02-15 06:07 pm (UTC)if she was from around here, she's be betty-sue ellen ___________. choose a redneck last name, any redneck last name.
ironically, not many redneck kids do shootings. why? because they're raised to respect guns >_> meh. must stop that rant before i get started on it.
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Date: 2004-02-15 06:10 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-15 06:14 pm (UTC)would it be totally out of line if i made a post that said "having a partner is about love; marriage is about social and economic issues".. though it's true having a partner is about social issues, but if there's no promise of legal marriage it is sort of a deterent for people who get into relationships just to be married.
or maybe i should just post "relationships are screwed. nothing's about love anymore."
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Date: 2004-02-16 03:06 am (UTC)And heh... I don't know if this innocent little meme is the right forum to do that sort of thing. Personally I'm not that much into marriage either, but there are people who really want to and can't and they should get a chance to. I don't think we should let cynism get into the way of that, clear and simple.