It was just a few years ago that I learned most Scandinavian countries celebrate more on Christmas Eve than on Christmas Day. The funny thing is that my family has always made a bigger deal of Christmas Eve, we spent it with mom's side and opened the big presents then especially (Christmas…Â
I'm even the target demographic - I love movie musicals both old and new, I enjoy "making it in the biz" stories, I'm generally a fan of Pasek and Paul's music - and it was a trite, self congratulatory, slog full of all the worst tropes of the genre with none of the charm. Not even…Â
I love them together, but then someone in another comment pointed out that her name is probably Daisy Bloom, which ... Eeesh, I don't have a problem with cutesy but there are limits.
Yeah, I was torn on some of the strongly culturally linked ones, because they're fine names, but I absolutely could not ever use them. And my criteria, when the only options were like or dislike, was "if my spouse were to suggest this name would it get 'worth considering' or a straight…Â
Despite believing medical decisions should be between a woman and her doctor and not polititions, abortion was never an option for me, personally, for anything short of a medical emergency. So there it was. I resented every minute of that pregnancy. Thankfully I actually love littles,…Â
Before my first child I wanted a BIG family, after that awful pregnancy and labor (I always say imagine the worst possible pregnancy and labors in which nothing seriously dangerous or damaging happens, it's just as miserable as you can be without anything truly bad happening) I said…Â
IKR!? First time I got handed a 2001 ID and did some quick math to realize, no, they weren't trying to pull something, children born the year I graduated highschool can now drink 😱
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