The wives other than the legal one are officially single mothers and therefore eligible for welfare etc.
I know this is not what was meant, but this reads as if being a single mother makes one eligible for welfare.
Willow: That's a work ethic! Buffy, you're developing a work ethic! Buffy: Do they make an ointment for that?
'Beneath You'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
msbelle - Dec 11, 2009 3:54:13 pm PST #24531 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Connie Neil - Dec 11, 2009 3:56:35 pm PST #24532 of 30001
brillig
as if being a single mother makes one eligible for welfare
In Utah it pretty much does. I was advised more than once when I was younger that I should have kids and divorce Hubby and I'd be set.
Jesse - Dec 11, 2009 3:59:10 pm PST #24533 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If you're single without a job or assets, maybe.
Connie Neil - Dec 11, 2009 4:17:27 pm PST #24534 of 30001
brillig
If you're single without a job or assets, maybe.
Utah bends over backwards to help women with children. Hubby's ex-wife got married four times and divorced the guy as soon as she could after she had a kid. She's hardly a common occurrence, but local women I've told the story too have nodded and said, "Yeah, that's a good deal. Get a part-time job so you don't get bored and let the state take care of the rest."
Utah logic is not like Earth logic.
§ ita § - Dec 11, 2009 4:18:31 pm PST #24535 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have "I can't live, if living is without you / I can't give, I can't give anymore" going through my head. I couldn't even tell you whose version. Not even male or female. It's disemsexed.
For some reason Luke Wilson's AT&T ads make me like him less. Not that I had any opinion before.
msbelle - Dec 11, 2009 4:31:49 pm PST #24536 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oh good, my ending item has gone up 10X where it was. In my own bargain hunting, I snagged some cheap depression glass.
sarameg - Dec 11, 2009 4:37:15 pm PST #24537 of 30001
I wish I'd known you when they cleared out my maternal grandparents' place. Tons of depression glass (some I would have selfishly kept, but wasn't an option at the time.) I don't know where all it went. Mom took her favorite pieces, but not the full place settings.
Hil R. - Dec 11, 2009 4:42:54 pm PST #24538 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm catching up on Tivoed shows from about the past month. Just got the chicken episode of Bones. Why have I not learned by now that I shouldn't watch this show while eating?
§ ita § - Dec 11, 2009 4:47:41 pm PST #24539 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hil, apparently it gets worse, but I missed the start of the truly bad episode.
I'm catching up on last night's Fringe. Roger Cross has one of the sexiest voices on TV. And he's Jamaican. Pacey grew up pretty good too.
msbelle - Dec 11, 2009 4:49:16 pm PST #24540 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am trying to get mac into bed so I can watch another Leverage and then get to bed myself.