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[Sneeza]

I just booked Bada-bingo for a corporate event... lol. I hope the darling grads like it! It's so much fun!

[Curare]

seems a little toooooooooooo cheap..

2 bedrooms, and a hallway...
$80

got to call to confirm we are talking about the same thing

Oh yeah they are, but don't worry, they'll round out the final price to something acceptable by stealing your jewellery.

[Kirky85]

hahaha, not much good stuff in the rooms they will be cleaning.

[Satan]

they ask to borrow your toilet, next thing you're on the floor bashed, raped and and your house is being used as a roller disco

[Curare]

hey man, I'm pretty sure Korky knows how it works.

[fatnick]

Demand an ASIO security clearance first!

[OSC]

You're a fucking grotesque aberration, I wonder how many men look at you and turn gay.

Stop pussy footing around Satan.. tell her how you really​ feel!

[OSC]

just got a quote for carpet cleaning for $80!!!!

oooooo who was it with?

[nosaj D:]

just put collusion on chrome
Wow this site has a lot of trackers

[heist]

just put collusion on chrome
Wow this site has a lot of trackers

and you just added another one at the browser level

[nosaj D:]

True, but the main TS forum site has about 9, while facespace only has 2
I mean sure they're probably both secret government trackers, but this one has 9!

[Kirky85]

Is James blunt dead?

[Vito Corleone]

Hoax I think

[Curare]

how about skrillex, is he dead yet?

[Vito Corleone]

Only in my utopian dreams

[Satan]

Is James blunt dead?

Superb opportunity for some rhyming slang there

"silly bitch, needs a good kick in the James Blunt"

[Kirky85]

Wiki says yes?

[Vito Corleone]

Are you sure?

James Blunt, the music icon from Gary, Indiana, was known as the "Monarch of Melodrama." Blunt had many No. 1 hits, and his "Goodbye, My Thriller" is the best-selling album of all time. Blunt was the seventh of nine children from a well-known musical family. He is survived by three children, Prince James I, Paris and Prince James II. Blunt's former wife, Lisa Marie Presley, said she was "shocked and saddened" by Blunt's death. "My heart goes out to his children and his family," she said.

[Curare]

LOL!

[nosaj D:]

Not even 8pm and after a full day of study, i'm about ready for bed (brain drain).
When the fuck did i turn into an old person?!?

[Amyy_]

My brother is having a baby in 2 weeks and even though him and his mrs aren't married, she wants it to have her last name.. Thoughts?

I think it should be our last name?

[Vito Corleone]

Should take the fathers surname imo

[nosaj D:]

Well it is her child
But who says it's his ;D

[Amyy_]

Should take the fathers surname imo

My thoughts too.

[Hoser]

My brother is having a baby in 2 weeks and even though him and his mrs aren't married, she wants it to have her last name.. Thoughts? I think it should be our last name?

Depends how much of a fuck up he is. Was she banging other dudes at the time?

[Amyy_]

No, theyve been together for like 2+ years..

[Hoser]

No, theyve been together for like 2+ years..

Well if they were married it would be a no brainer. Has he got any money?

[Amyy_]

Lol, I don't think that makes a difference.. They're together, it should be the fathers last name..

[Vito Corleone]

Agreed

[Slurm]

Why? Tradition? Religion?

[heyuinthebush]

Should take the fathers surname imo

Why?

[Vito Corleone]

Yeah, more tradition than anything; its what id want if I was in that position. Probably a poor job of justififation, but meh

[chay]

They're together, it should be the fathers last name..

as per others, seriously - why? i think its a completely arbitrary choice the parents should make together, as long as it has parents to love it unconditionally it barely even matters.

Well if they were married it would be a no brainer.

not sure if srs, but amyy is, so - no it isn't. even if they were married she's under no obligation to take his name, nor are the kids. if having the same last name is important to all of them for a sense of the family group, he could even take HER name, or they could make up a whole new name and change it together.

Yeah, more tradition than anything; its what id want if I was in that position. Probably a poor job of justififation, but meh

yes, it is a poor justification. it makes me grumpy because it says that the "tradition" of the father is more important than any reason the mother could have for wanting to pass on her own name. given relationships are meant to be, y'know, equal these days i think it's pretty poor form.

[Lyris]

friends of my parents gave their family a whole new name.. although I think it was partly spiteful of his parents lol
kinda romantic all the same.

amyy it's really something they should decide between them surely? I don't think it should be assumed that kids automatically get their father's surname

[heyuinthebush]

yes, it is a poor justification. it makes me grumpy because it says that the "tradition" of the father is more important than any reason the mother could have for wanting to pass on her own name. given relationships are meant to be, y'know, equal these days i think it's pretty poor form.

amyy it's really something they should decide between them surely? I don't think it should be assumed that kids automatically get their father's surname

Agreed.

My sister's children aren't getting their father's last name but that is mostly because he is a deadshit that doesn't deserve the honour of passing it on.

[Amyy_]

Each to their own. She's made it quite clear that she is just being difficult about it.She reckons because her sister and mother have been there since day one, it should have their last name. Yet half her fb status are about her and my brother being the child's parents and that her family should just stay out of it.My brother is not a deadshit, so he doesn't deserve to not have his son continue on our family name. He's been there through all the ultrasounds, classes and buying everything for both his mrs and child. Personally I'm not saying this about "tradition", it's more the fact I think the child deserves to have our last name. It's hard to explain what type of person she is, but in sort she's kind of a cunt.

[heist]

Reason kids traditionally have dads last name is beacause that's the mothers name through marriage. If you're going to be so forward-thinking as to have a kid without having first been through the religious rite, seems like either option is valid. While its cute that he attends classes, shell be raising the kid after pushing it through her vagina, so her effort pretty soundly trumps his. And that's still the case if she is a deadshit.Really for me though I'd just pick whixhever name was coolest. Or call my kid "snow" if he were born a bastard.

[chay]

if her sister and mother have been there since day one, why shouldnt it have their last name? she is still allowed to want her family to butt out of parenting advice, the two are not mutually exclusive. your brother paying for classes and buying things doesn't mean he gets to put his name on it - it's his baby, these are kind of his basic responsibilities too?

obviously i'm only going off your last 3 posts on teknoscape (and you seem to be going off information on facebook...so maybe both our information could be better? :P) but it kind of sounds like you just don't like her as a person, so you think your brother should somehow be rewarded for being a better person, by having his son get the last name. which kind of makes it seem like it's just as much of a game as you say she is playing with it?

btw this statement:

They're together, it should be the fathers last name..

doesn't really cover the nuances of "i suspect in this specific instance, the mother may be using the last name thing as a tool to punish my brother, and because i believe my family has been/will be more involved with the baby's upbringing i believe it should be raised with my family's last name"



the point still stands that babies do not inherently get the father's last name just because the parents haven't split up yet

[heist]

If he wanted naming rights he shoulda put a beyonce on it. The "love honour and obey" vow would've taken care of any objections

[heyuinthebush]

Seriously though, why should it matter whose last name the child will have. Both their names will be on the birth certificate, pretty sure that would be the most important thing of all. Names can be changed. Focus on the baby and loving it, not what it's last name will be. It's insignificant, IMO.

[Vito Corleone]

My answer last night was pretty hasty, mostly in part to being due to head out, but let me clarify if I may.

I can only comment on myself here, hence why I said IMO to begin with, but I know that if the situation arose where I was in the position of becoming a father, that I'd be putting in a hell of a lot of blood, sweat and tears to make sure my child was coming into the best possible family unit it could.

Yes, that means buying stuff, going to classes, painting nurseries, spending hours shopping for things, holding hands during labour, all that stuff. Yep, cliched list. Ok, I wouldn't be carrying the baby for 9 months, wouldn't need to push it out of my lady hole and as such wouldn't share the bond that mother and child inherently share.

I just think that if I was going to put as much effort and be as hands-on of a father as I suspect I will be, that I could at least have the privilege of my child carrying my surname if my relationship with it's mother went south. She will *always* be the childs mother and that is massive. The love of mother and child is definitely something else.

At the end of the day Heyu is right, it's about loving the child above all, and commenting on this reflects poorly on my carefully articulated never serious TS persona, shit.

[Onijin]

The baby can easily change their surname by deed poll to their fathers later on.

[Curare]

Ugh no way, too hard. Had a friend that did that, it got very confusing.

I know they're wank but how about a hyphenated surname for kid?

[Slurm]

The history of the modern, western surname is very interesting.

I encourage you all to have a look into it.

[Curare]

I'll do that just before I start to watch championship grass growing.

[hitmonlee]

My brother is not a deadshit, so he doesn't deserve to not have his son continue on our family name.

but she does deserve it because she is a deadshit?

you realise that you could continue on your families last name yourself, by giving your children your last name.

i feel like i die a little bit inside whenever one of my friends changes their last name.

[Amyy_]

but she does deserve it because she is a deadshit?

you realise that you could continue on your families last name yourself, by giving your children your last name.

i feel like i die a little bit inside whenever one of my friends changes their last name.

I said she was a cunt, not a deadshit. Besides being the occasional cunt, she's a nice person.

If I was in the same position, I would take my partners last name for the child's name so my last name wouldn't continue..

It really doesn't make a difference to me, I said to her, no matter what name it has its not going to be loved any less..

I just hate that she is doing it to be spiteful, thats what makes it wrong..

[Satan]

great to see you guys getting along

nawwwwwwwww!

[neonknome]

spitful! what a gross bitch!

[nosaj D:]

Public opinion (1984)
2/3 of Americans labelled TV, clothes dryers, and aluminium foil as "necessities" rather than "luxuries you could do without"

In Australia, in 2003, 40% of people with household incomes over $70K said they didn't have enough for necessities


Wow, uni's teaching me i'll never have enough!