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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-10-06 02:57 PM
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Another day with the morons
Guy at my work says if a woman gets an abortion she should legally have to tell the father.... oye :eyes: I asked if he gets a vasectomy, should he have to tell his girlfriend?
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-10-06 02:58 PM
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1. What did he say to that one?
Or how about when he gets old no more Viagra.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-10-06 03:07 PM
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8. He tried to compare it to legally telling partners you have aids
He says if the person is using protection, they shouldn't have to say... fucking idiot...two completely different things.
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ourbluenation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-10-06 02:59 PM
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2. I'm mixed on this one - I'd wanna know if hubby had a vasectomy.
Sorry - but there it is.
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bowens43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-10-06 03:02 PM
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5. You may want to know
but do you have a RIGHT to know? I think not.
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bunkerbuster1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-10-06 03:08 PM
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9. Likewise, of course a woman should inform the father
that she's terminating a pregnancy. Key word being "should." In a loving relationship.

Unfortunately, not all sexual relationships are all that loving, and it's not for the State to dictate how lovers should handle this stuff.
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ourbluenation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-10-06 03:12 PM
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12. I think I do. We entered into a legal union and part of that union
was that we both agreed that we wanted children. I think I have the right to know if the sperm machine was shut off so that I could have the option of starting over with someone else who wants kids...or are you suggesting that I'm stuck with him?
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-10-06 03:00 PM
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3. Tell him if no abortion then no condoms or viagra or anti-std meds for men
Oh yeah, he'll have to pay child support for each kid he spawns.
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-10-06 03:02 PM
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4. good one
but if he's too dumb to get it, ask if a woman should have to tell her rapist if she becomes pregnant by the attack-or tell an abusive husband/boyfriend who might injure or kill her.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-10-06 03:09 PM
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10. I made that point, he referred to it as an "Anecdotal argument"
Some people are too fucking dumb...but then they have some kinda gene that makes them think they're smart.
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-10-06 07:31 PM
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14. Tell him to wait until he's in the middle of an anecdote
before he passes judgement on their validity.

Actually, my husband read about a survey where it was found that people who were generally considered not very good at their jobs consistantly rated themselves as very good, while those who were, in fact, very good at their jobs tended to be more self-critical. I guess this is evidence of that stupid-thinks-their-smart-gene you referred to.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-10-06 03:03 PM
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6. Maybe he could make a report to the government
for every time he masterbates, potential reproduction after all. Somebody should know about it.
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PunkPop Donating Member (847 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-10-06 03:05 PM
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7. What if the father is a rapist?
What if the father IS her father? Or Uncle? Or brother?

What if the father is a one-night stand who left a fake phone number?

What if the father is an abusive husband who would force her to do something against her will?

You're right. What a moron.
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insane_cratic_gal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-10-06 03:09 PM
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11. Men should legally have to pay
for their offspring but does it mean that they "all" do?

Or if he was my main mode of transportation for 9 months .. we break up should I insist that he has to continue to provide me with transportation or drive me around town for 9 months until I get a car on my own?

Do I have the right to ask that of him? Because in a sense he's saying that a Woman ought to be forced to carry around his seed for 9 months if he chooses it.

I think most of the time in a good relationship the discussion happens. It's only in those dysfunctional ones where it doesn't. Like the Abuse, the control freak, etc
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-10-06 03:13 PM
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13. Yes, of course, women are stupid and cannot make decisions without
the wise counsel (or knuckle sandwich) of the men in her life.
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