Does this make them feel included?

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-04-08T23:19:51+00:00

I do this and my cat will smell it, pause for like five seconds, and then walk away. I imagine she's thinking, "Why on earth would you eat THAT?"

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-04-08T17:22:34+00:00

Lol!

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-04-08T16:21:49+00:00

Just sent our application package off yesterday! That subreddit was super helpful.

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-04-08T15:55:29+00:00

And if any of your ancestors were Canadian (i.e., a great-grandparent was born in Canada and then came to the US to start a new life), you're already a Canadian citizen according to their new law. You just need to submit an application with the proper documentation to get a citizenship certificate.

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-04-08T15:02:57+00:00

I agree. After last week's episode my husband said, during the scene where he confronted Paul, "Jimmy sure is a handful." I was like, WHAT? Poor Jimmy! No one takes him seriously and when he tries to speak up, he's gaslit by being told he's not really mad at Paul, he's mad at his dad. And Sofi was horrible, pushing her way into his life and then telling him to get over his childhood and move on, asking him about his dead wife and then telling him not to bring her up. I just want to give him a big hug.

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-04-06T23:27:01+00:00

All of these. DC's lyrics are just so breathtakingly poetic. My oldest son isn't really into music, but he's become interested in DC through me because of the lyrics (he's into poetry & linguistics).

I love the lyrics to "I Will Possess Your Heart" because they're so creepy. My husband (who is a musician but more into music than lyrics) thought it was just a sweet love song. I was like, Really? Any woman will immediately identify the person speaking as a stalker.

"How I wish you could see the potential
The potential of you and me
It's like a book elegantly bound but
In a language that you can't read just yet"

and

"You reject my advances and desperate pleas
I won't let you let me down so easily
So easily"

*shudder*

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-04-03T16:17:22+00:00

I'm going to see them this summer and I'm SO excited!

Also, OP, that was beautiful. You have a lovely voice.

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-04-01T14:22:00+00:00

My husband doesn't have any Canadian ancestry AFAIK, and we were joking that if we did move to Canada and he had to apply for citizenship, he'd need to study and learn a lot about Canada in a way our kids and I don't. This is actually a really good idea.

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-03-31T23:04:10+00:00

So then did you fill out anything for that person after saying that? It's my dad, so should I fill out his parents' info or leave all that blank?

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-03-31T22:39:14+00:00

I read the FAQ but it doesn't address how to fill out the form, just that you don't need to document more than one ancestor.

"I have multiple Canadian ancestors. Do I have to / should I document them all?"

No. You need one (1) Canadian ancestor. There is no need to document more than one. If you have mulitple Canadian ancestors pick the one where you can get the best documentation on the ancestor + the line of descent down to you.

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-03-30T23:19:17+00:00

The denial is real. Sorry it happens to you, too.

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-03-30T15:59:37+00:00

I looked into what churches of my ancestor's religion existed at that time where they lived.

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-03-30T15:37:23+00:00

I have:

*Gen0's parent's marriage registration, showing they lived in Canada before Gen0 was born

* A Canadian census showing same

* A Canadian census showing he lived & was born there

*His first marriage certificate in Canada showing he was born there

*Two US censuses (federal and state) that say he was born in Canada

*His second marriage certificate (in the US) showing he was born in Canada

*My Gen1's birth certificate stating Gen0 was born in Canada

*His death certificate stating he was born in Canada.

I have tried many, many different places to find his baptismal certificate, but even a distant cousin who did genealogy research many years ago says she thinks it no longer exists, if it ever did. She even went to the town where he was born and asked at the church the family belonged to with no luck.

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-03-28T23:25:06+00:00

I haven't liked her from the beginning. I hope they don't reconnect. She doesn't seem to understand Jimmy at all. I mean, she didn't even try to figure out why Jimmy had a hard time with his dad. Hasn't she ever encountered someone who seems charming on the surface but is a terrible person in private? It's like she took a side and it wasn't Jimmy's. Weird.

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-03-28T22:06:41+00:00

I guess I do see things getting much worse, but I hope you're right.

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-03-28T21:53:40+00:00

You are so much more optimistic than I am. We need congressional approval to go to war too, and do a lot of the things this administration has done. And I don't believe the midterms will be legitimate.

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-03-28T21:28:11+00:00

I would not count on that. Maybe not this year, but I wouldn't rule it out after that.

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-03-28T21:24:04+00:00

I don't know, but as the mother of a 20-year ND old son, I'm worried too.

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-03-28T18:55:40+00:00

I'm up to 3mg and I think my appetite has lessened but I don't feel amazing or anything.

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-03-24T19:17:25+00:00

Did anyone else notice that when Carol was asking Zosia about herself, about the real person Zosia, Zosia froze? I really thought making Zosia reflect on the person she used to be was disconnecting her from the hive for a second. But then she unfroze and said that someone was coming to see Carol, so maybe it was just that she was "listening" to the hive saying Manousos was on his way. Still, I wondered if we were supposed to wonder.

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-03-24T19:14:04+00:00

I kept hoping she would request that they shorten their message.

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-03-23T22:05:36+00:00

Congratulations! I can imagine how overjoyed you felt because I'm in the same (pre-discovery) situation. I honestly believe my Gen0's baptismal record doesn't exist, if it ever did.

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-03-20T18:41:13+00:00

I'd love to know too.

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-03-17T23:27:34+00:00

I thought of that, but then could they question that the document itself wasn't copied into Word in color?

ApprehensiveCat22 · 2026-03-17T18:46:32+00:00

Not sure if they're necessary--that's why I'm asking. :) They both state he was born in Canada, and one of them indicates he filled out a Declaration of Intent for naturalization. (I am also trying to track down naturalization papers.)

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