the gender thing makes sense (I was there when she married her wife right before I moved to Colorado).
That doesn't make her a dad, though, even before we get to the part where we're talking about a puppy.
Gimme some milk.
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Jessica - Apr 22, 2013 8:02:12 am PDT #20063 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
le nubian - Apr 22, 2013 8:04:26 am PDT #20064 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
it seems to me she would probably refer to her wife's leave as maternity and her own as paternity. so I get that she's probably using the terms to refer to each half of the partnership and not strictly male and female. Fine, be unusual since we don't have good nouns for either side of a lesbian relationship.
HOWEVER. I still want to know how she got 3 months approved for a dog.
§ ita § - Apr 22, 2013 8:04:49 am PDT #20065 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This is the kind of question where people who either have barely really thought about the position (beyond, I need and job and this has some key words!) or who are really trying to find a route in to the company to then look for something else tend to expose themselves.
I've never been part of an interview where someone cocked this up (needless to say, it wasn't my question), but since we're interviewing offshore consultant developers right now when we only have the one consulting company supplier...I guess you can rank the applicants based on who had the best answer? It just seems like something that tells you zip. (This position is also maybe for six months.)
le nubian - Apr 22, 2013 8:05:37 am PDT #20066 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I have interviewed people who have cocked this up. badly. I don't understand it myself.
SuziQ - Apr 22, 2013 8:05:50 am PDT #20067 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
If she is maxed out on her time off, that could cover 3 months off. I doubt this is a true leave - just her way of making her announcement. Plus, she is high enough up in the company that she could likely take 3 months off without pay without an issue.
We all congratulated her and asked questions about the puppy. But I'm still just....what?
Jessica - Apr 22, 2013 8:07:54 am PDT #20068 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Fine, be unusual since we don't have good nouns for either side of a lesbian relationship.
My office just calls it parental leave.
Jesse - Apr 22, 2013 8:07:58 am PDT #20069 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
What????
le nubian - Apr 22, 2013 8:08:25 am PDT #20070 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I see. I'm surprised she can take 3 months of unpaid leave though. Wow. Why not say she is going on leave for 3 months and leave it at that. She might just need an overall break.
le nubian - Apr 22, 2013 8:09:14 am PDT #20071 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jessica,
yes, but she may want to distinguish, is what I mean. I think a general name is more appropriate but clearly the person in question had a need to differentiate.
I don't know.
Trudy Booth - Apr 22, 2013 8:15:07 am PDT #20072 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Is anyone else watching Orphan Black? Are we chattering about it somewhere?