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Comment on: Mansfield dog ordered euthanized for January attack bites teenage girl - Boston.com
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Comment on: Daughters of egalitarian dads may have more ambitious career dreams - Lifestyle - Boston.com
You all could click on the link and learn more about the actual study. You could even access the study. Or you could post critical questions on the internet without learning more, just based on a stra more »
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Comment on: He doesn't have any money - Love Letters - Relationships questions, advice and more
"If he's responsible for child support, he probably would be responsible to pay for any travel by him or the kids)" No, actually, if his lawyer was half decent, or if the guy knew anything about thi more »
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Comment on: He doesn't have any money - Love Letters - Relationships questions, advice and more
I'm annoyed that this woman was fine with sacrificing when it was her children she was sacrificing for, but that she's dissatisfied that her boyfriend's children require sacrifice too. That's how pare more »
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Comment on: Maine man, 74, held in deaths of teenage tenants - News - Boston.com
I've been reading through this and have yet to see you post. Facts. Wild assumptions and anger, yes. Facts, not so much.
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Comment on: Festivus winners! - Miss Conduct - Boston.com
No, in American usage, commas and periods go inside the quotation marks. All other punctuation marks - exclamation points, semi-colons, questions marks, colons - go inside only if part of the original more »
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Comment on: Is he too young? - Love Letters - Relationships questions, advice and more
THREE YEARS? You are stressing about three years? Oh dear lord. I thought by "younger than me" you meant, I don't know, a decade. Some actual significant age difference. Or that you were 18 and he w more »
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Comment on: Her family ties - Love Letters - Relationships questions, advice and more
Well, they slept in the same bed as kids - they don't do it now. They stopped in 8th grade. So, by the time they were 13, they stopped. I just don't see the big deal.
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Comment on: I cheated at the beach - Love Letters - Relationships questions, advice and more
On what universe is it true that if you are truly in love you are never tempted? That is INSANE. As long as you are human, you will be tempted. But when you are in love and also a mature, thinking more »
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Comment on: Boston Real Estate Now - Boston.com#readerComm
You can live well, with kids and a house, on far less than $200,000. Just depends on what your priorities are - I make much less and have four kids, actually, and I don't feel we want for anything. De more »
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Comment on: Boston Real Estate Now - Boston.com
Lance - I agree, except with the part about assigning who stays home based on gender. Makes much more sense to make that decision based on actually relevant characteristics like temperament, interests more »
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Comment on: Not paying for your mistake! - Boston Real Estate Now - Boston.com
Myra 7 MWK - I think you miss the point. Yes: what you paid for your house has no affect at all on what the fair price is. But it absolutely does affect your ability to negotiate. I assume - and perha more »
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Comment on: Today%26%2339%3Bs%20column
GMV2, I just don't get why Mom & Dad would be affording anything related to an adult child's birthday party. I'd advocate for mom & dad telling son they'd be happy to come to a party for wife, but are more »
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Comment on: Today%26%2339%3Bs%20column
Of course LW can say something! She can say "No." Doesn't sound as if that's a word stepson has heard much, but there's a first time for everything! more »
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I got laid off. My husband, who is a stay at home dad, was awesome about it. Didn't blame me, no fighting. We made plans about how to make it through financially til I could land a new job, we talked more »
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Comment on: Most%20painful%20television%20moment%20ever
"it's a shame Miss Conduct doesn't possess one fraction of the measure of forgiveness" Really? I think we should be allowed to notice and comment upon the media's activities. Miss Conduct's noted how more »
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Comment on: The time has come for landlord-tenant legal reform - Boston Real Estate Now - Boston.com
"Tell me why, for example, it is so critical that I provide a receipt for the security deposit? Isn't it enough that I am fined if I don't give it back, or spend it?" No, it isn't. The receipt acts as more »
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Comment on: Today's column - Miss Conduct - Boston.com
What kinds of conversational topics do you choose, how do you approach those topics, and who do you address them to that this is a persistent problem for you? I'm wondering, LW - do you really have th more »
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Comment on: Monday%20question%3A%20Carpooling%20courtesy
LW, you are conflating issues here. If you offer to give a ride to someone, then when you offer, ask for a contribution to gas money if you want it. But if you offer a ride, and make no mention, many more »
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Comment on: Frustrated buyers have their say - Boston Real Estate Now - Boston.com
Melissa and kihon, don't let Jima's snark and nastiness scare you away. There are actually commenters here who are interested in debate and an exchange of information. You just have to ignore the few more »
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Comment on: Monday%20question%3A%20Let%20us%20pray
LW, this is more a legal issue than an etiquette one - the rules of the workplace are different than the rules of a private dinner party. There are laws prohibiting discrimination based on religion. A more »
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Comment on: 'Incumbents walk fine line between office promotion and illegal campaigning'
The smoking gun isn't in any ad, Walter. The smoking gun is apparently some emails sent between the campaign staff and the lottery commission that (allegedly) make it clear the purpose of the ads was more »
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Comment on: BU%20student%20newspaper%u2019s%20April%20Fools%u2019%20edition%20angers%20students%20
I just don't see that thinking rape jokes are not funny makes me or anyone else "uptight," as some commentors are yelling. Seriously? Thinking rape isn't funny makes me uptight? Unreal. more »
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"blah99999 wrote: So what are you supposed to do if someone is coming at you with a knife? Curl into a ball and take good ol fashioned stabbing?" Under common law, if you are threatened with serious i more »
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Dal190 wrote: "Those who oppose "Stand your ground" laws are the same who see nothing wrong in letting hijackers into cockpits." Is it at all possible for you to make your own argument without throwin more »
"Liz Warren would be prooud! Get the Lawyers Involved! Just what we need another $1,500 Bill to pay!" So the little boy's medical bills after getting 400 stitches - you don't approve of that family more »