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Cake day: July 16th, 2023

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  • I know this couple that tried for 6 years went to doctors for 4, gave up hope and adopted two babies. 5 years later (15 after they first started trying), they got naturally pregnant. But wife was already 47 at the time, they didn’t think they could care for three financially. Plus the wife was mortally afraid of developing favor over the biological child over adopted. So they just aborted it.

    But I always remember them fondly for trying to do right by the two babies they adopted. Strength of Hercules on that couple.








  • faintwhenfree@lemmus.orgtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldGold
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    25 days ago

    You may think that you are scared. But you are not. That is your sharpness. That’s your power. We are Belters. Nothing in the world is foreign to us. The place we go is the place we belong. This is no different. No one has more right to this. None more prepared. Inulada go through the ring. Call it there own. But a Belter opened it. We are The Belt. We are strong. We are sharp and we don’t feel fear. This moment belongs to us. For Beltalowada!





  • The more I think about democracies the more I realise they’re flawed by design. Asking people for vote as now synonymous with essentially marketing. Most people are unable to understand when they’re being marketed to.

    A benevolent dictator would be sooo much better, but then even by miracle you get a benevelont one, chances of the next one being benevelont are shit.

    So I don’t know what the solution is. But we sticked to the flawed solution for now.





  • With banks and financial services in general being a bitch about changing contact details. That’s a form and a visit to the branch for each bank, broker, investment advisor, direct fund provider. That’s already almost 30 applications. I haven’t even counted stuff like vehicular services, government tax portal, property tax portal, electricity provider, gas provider, internet provider. Not all of whom allow changing for email address digitally or without some complicated support ticket.

    It’s such a mountain of changes I myself have only gotten through the list halfway and it’s been 4 years of trying. I can never recommend that to anyone in my family, they’ll just hate me.

    P.s. This might just be my country specific problem, I understand other countries are easier.