@radmobile5000@vinn_ayy I take it you are staunchly in favor of the availability and accessibility of birth control as well as strongly pro-choice. Right? RIGHT?
@kevinrschultz@agamemnus_dev@kaylajohnsonatl This couple was pushing back rent and bills to pay for the wedding and expecting their guests to finance the party itself. Sounds like a very different situation from yours. Great that you are able to gift that much, but guests should not be counted upon to do so.
@kevinrschultz@agamemnus_dev@kaylajohnsonatl Perhaps traditionally, in certain cultures, and in the case of smaller weddings Most people who attend a $60,000 wedding would assume the couple didn't need bootstrapping. They definitely shouldn't be throwing a 270 guest wedding if they need financial support.
@agamemnus_dev@kaylajohnsonatl No, it is in no way the guests' responsibility to pay for the wedding. A gift is customary, but paying for the celebration itself is on the couple. If you cannot afford to treat your guests as guests instead of walking wallets, you need to downsize your wedding or not have one.
@RexChapman Uh-huh sure Larry. A woman in her 80s who has had 5 children had 7 alcoholic drinks over the course of 4 hours. She would have had to set up CAMP in the bathroom.
@TippysTieDyes @CulturalCottage No? You don't think making an informed decision not to breastfeed based on one's own mental health is enough of an indication of "ability?"
@CulturalCottage @TippysTieDyes We are lucky to live in a time where we can feed our babies in several safe ways. A time when babies don't have to die from terrible childhood diseases while mothers watch helplessly. I praise God for that every single day.
@CulturalCottage @TippysTieDyes You want an evidence-based discussion then? You're advocating giving raw milk to infants, which numerous scientific studies have show to be potentially deadly. You say women used to do this all the time. Yes, they did. And babies frequently died due to pathogens in the milk.
@CulturalCottage @TippysTieDyes So did I honey, for 8 months with my first, so put that holier-than-thou tone away. And it did work out for me with my second child. I just have an iota of empathy, unlike you. Hope you never have to experience a lack of options that you're so sure exist for everyone.