It probably sounds very different depending on your relationship with your cousins. Mine, I almost never saw, so my first cousins are only slightly more "family"-feeling to me than total strangers. For lots of people, cousins can be almost as close as siblings. YFRMV.
Angel: Lorne, you're— Lorne: Reliable as a cheap fortune cookie? Angel: I was gonna say a guy with good contacts…
'Shells'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Emily - Apr 07, 2009 9:53:44 am PDT #14260 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Jesse - Apr 07, 2009 9:55:29 am PDT #14261 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't know why I was just reading something about this, but apparently having children with a first cousin only raises your risk for various genetic issues by like 1-2%. The problem is when those cousins start marrying.
Connie Neil - Apr 07, 2009 9:56:02 am PDT #14262 of 30000
brillig
I have lots of cousins marrying each other in my genealogy, including two sets of first cousins. Apparently, it's an American thing to be squicked by cousins marrying. I know I've read lots of British novels where cousins hit it off.
Cashmere - Apr 07, 2009 10:08:52 am PDT #14263 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
I know I've read lots of British novels where cousins hit it off.
Didn't the Rothschilds purposely intermarry with cousins to keep the money in the family.
Olivia fell asleep and I've got two hours until Owen gets home on the bus. I am so napping.
Typo Boy - Apr 07, 2009 10:10:49 am PDT #14264 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
The unanimous vote sets the stage for future debate on legalizing gay marriage in the District -- and a clash with Congress, which approves the city's laws under Home Rule.
More proof that a national legislature is a terrible thing to waste.
Calli - Apr 07, 2009 10:11:50 am PDT #14265 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Cousins United to Defeat Discriminating Laws through Education. (That is, cousin marriage.)
My cousins are both Conservative Christians and none too hot. I think I'll arm wrestle Connie for David McCallum instead.
Lee - Apr 07, 2009 10:12:18 am PDT #14266 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
YAY nap! I think I may emulate you.
Lee - Apr 07, 2009 10:17:28 am PDT #14267 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I'm watching last night's Daily show, and Jon Stewart just called Iowa more progressive than California.
Not to say Iowa isn't AWESOME, but the court there just did the same thing the court here did. It hasn't been put to the voters yet--that's where the test is, sadly enough.
Aims - Apr 07, 2009 10:18:53 am PDT #14268 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
It hasn't been put to the voters yet--that's where the test is, sadly enough.
Which, IMO, is BS. As a voter, I really don't believe that social rights should be put to a popular vote.
**Edited to say that I don't think Perkins is BS (unless BS in this case means Bacon Slacker), but voting on gay-marriage is.)
-t - Apr 07, 2009 10:19:17 am PDT #14269 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Which is why Vermont wins.