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@Pain66 Saw this comment and I had to investigate further. The fertility rate in Lithuania? 1.7.

Every single time, they bring up examples from countries who cannot even get their birth rate to replacement. It gets tiresome seeing people tout such examples that only show that showering women with money does not fix your birth rate issues.

@Doll @txt said before in a previous post, but the movie is faithful to the Broadway musical. The musical did change a number of things from the book, so the book is not the best point of comparison.

I do not think the book or musical was meant to say that the witch was never a villain in the original story, but rather it was meant to have fun with the concept of "what if the wicked witch was not a bad guy?"

Still, you don't have to like it. But understand what it is.

@Doll @txt or seen the musical stage play? Because the movie is quite accurate to the musical on stage. The book that the musical was based on had some major differences, so the book might not be the best point of comparison.

It is deliberately meant to be a revisionist retelling of the "wicked witch" character in both the book and the musical. It does not mean you need to like it, but the movie did not really have anything far out there when compared to the stage musical.

@WashedOutGundamPilot this is just the inverse of the meme with the woman having a train ran on her with one of the guys holding flowers and wearing a suit. To me this image is a poor attempt at a "take that" because "men do it too!"

Except that the kind of guy who is a player is far less likely to want marriage than a woman who "had her fun" until she seeks a provider when she realizes her youth is waning. Women want it both ways far more often than men do.

@Furgar Cinderella certainly wanted the marriage too, with the last scene showing her wanting to prove she was the owner of the glass slipper (thus being able to marry the prince).

Ariel was absolutely interested in marriage with Eric too, since she stayed a human to be with him.

Belle reads stories about Prince Charming, and came back to the Beast and declared that she loved him.

Harpies just cannot stand that women just might also like the idea of marriage, so they create these narratives.

I don't "need" the money, but having more on hand will help. My finances are all under control and I am by no means living paycheck to paycheck. But more money than you have now can certainly help.

My dad may be a boomer by definition of the year he was born, but in some ways he is the polar opposite of how boomers act.

Example: he straight up asked if he could give me some money if I was wanting to make any big purchases like a new car. "I'm not going to spend all my money before I die!"

Indeed he will not, as he still has some old furniture in need of replacing that he can easily afford to replace.

I did end up agreeing to his proposal, but with a lesser quantity than he offered.

@sickburnbro @PunishedD @Chzikken_1486 they never expected any states of their Blue Wall to be up for grabs, so they did not consider the need to "fortify" in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Which is why Trump was able to win in 2016.

@VeganMGTOW @shortstories mules are not fertile offspring, so horses and donkeys would not be the same species.

@shortstories I often see the loose use of the term "species" in animals that are considered different species due to something as trivial as the beak size and shape of birds who are known to be able to produce fertile offspring. It just seems like agenda pushing by those who are trying to prove evolution is true because "See? We have evolution happening with one species branching off!"

For the record, I don't care if evolution is true or not.

@ButtWorldsMan Another thing, if the breaking point for the man was the fact that the other guy was a Trump supporter, he is a lost cause. The breaking point should have been her even bringing up the idea in the first place. It is not as if he should fear losing her, as he already lost her the moment she proposed an open relationship.

@ButtWorldsMan >I feel like I started getting less [sexual stuff]

No shit. "Opening up" a relationship is all about sex with other people. Mainly the woman screwing other guys, while the man gets nothing. And you know the moment he would find someone she would immediately demand they no longer have an open relationship.

If she wanted her husband, she would not be seeking other men.