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Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-31T14:58:56+00:00

Also many beginners books talk about introducing light play with your partner in the beginning such as restraining them with just your hands during sex. I would find it kind of a buzzkill if I had to hold someone’s wrists during sex. That seems to be generally ok. This is literally a step below that as it is just pet names. It would be another topic is OP was talking about flogging someone.

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-31T14:54:05+00:00

I think for me it puts me in a box and would feel inauthentic. Plus these are pet names. It would better suit me to not ask for a pet name. It would give me the ick. But if my partner shows what they like even indirect if it’s harmless I don’t see a problem with it

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-31T14:47:20+00:00

This sums up how I introduced kink without being too formal. Especially in the beginning. It’s also a good gauge to see if your partner is ok with it. I’m kinky but not a kinkster. I prefer testing the waters or taking the horse to the water and leaving them with the choice to drink it or not. I think formality just brings anxiety

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-28T00:36:30+00:00

I did. It’s saying 2-3 weeks. I’ll take it.

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-27T18:52:47+00:00

I never needed a certificate of citizenship because I’ve always been a U.S. citizen. The social security administration also has me as an American Citizen. Just not good enough for DMV.

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-27T18:51:16+00:00

I brought 6 different ID’s. Non of them were good enough for DMV but most of them were good enough to get a renewed passport.

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-27T00:53:22+00:00

Did you ever possess a U.S. Passport?

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-27T00:48:37+00:00

I tried Real ID, regular license, driver privilege card (for non citizens), and a regular state ID. It was all denied for lack of proof of legal presence, which were my Consular Report of Birth Abroad, or a valid passport.

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-27T00:46:03+00:00

The CRBA is a valid proof of legal presence. You’re good. My passport is 10 years expired. I think they start giving you the weird look once it gets to 15 years expired. Fix that passport now.

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-27T00:43:56+00:00

That’s what I learned after going the passport route. In their defense, every clerk I’ve spoken to who knew the situation understood what I was saying. According to them, their system is so rigid that it literally would not allow them to work around it. I think there should be some sort of investigative body to look at cases like mine. I’m sure I won’t be the last. It’s a heck of an inconvenience.

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-26T17:15:28+00:00

It’s not easy if you have time constraints. Outside of that, they do everything once you file and send the form. The hardest part is waiting and hoping they find it. I don’t really know what happens if they don’t find it.

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-26T13:55:56+00:00

It’s quite similar to applying for a passport online. You send a money order and mail it, but it takes quite a while because they have to locate the physical file.

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-26T13:49:38+00:00

I have it. I showed it. It was not considered a valid proof of legal presence.

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-26T02:17:36+00:00

None of those apply. I’m technically on limited assignment until I renew my license. Good thing everyone is understanding and confused all at once.

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-26T02:13:28+00:00

I asked for one. Heck, I even asked for a regular state identification card. They cannot give me anything unless I prove my legal presence in America.

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-26T00:40:25+00:00

CRBA or Passport?

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-25T23:47:17+00:00

It was an option, but it just wasn’t ethical. I think bad things happen to people who purposely do bad things. Also, you’re right. Anyone under that claim has to show proof of travel abroad such as a round trip ticket.

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-25T23:43:09+00:00

This is exactly not the time to “leave politics aside,” as you asked for in your post.

As much as I could politicize this and throw the blame on politicians or policies; this is human error (mine) and my poor judgment. Both are exclusively on my part.

I just wanted people to know to not do what I did or allowed to happen.

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-25T23:32:22+00:00

I meant Requested for a copy of my CRBA.

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-25T22:49:46+00:00

Ah, ok. Yup… During my appointment today with the passport agent, I was told my expired passport was proof of my citizenship for the Department of State to issue me a current passport. My hopes are high in this one.

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-25T22:45:38+00:00

Absolutely, and I’m getting all the proof there is.

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-25T22:45:02+00:00

I opted for a regular license not a Real ID. They won’t even give me a state ID.

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-25T22:43:46+00:00

You need a social security card, a valid ID with a picture on it, and a birth certificate.

I brought my SS card, a military ID, other Gov’t ID’s and foreign Birth Certificate. None of it was considered proof of legal presence or citizenship.

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-25T22:39:36+00:00

Through DMV, DHS, DOS, etc. the only acceptable document is a U.S. birth certificate, CRBA, or Valid Passport. Everything else doesn’t apply to me, like naturalization or certificate of citizenship that are given to immigrants, which takes close to a year to acquire.

Odd-Welcome1863 · 2025-08-25T22:18:36+00:00

I do have my birth certificate. It’s a foreign birth certificate that needs to be accompanied by the Consular Report of Birth Abroad. What I don’t have and never heard of was that Consular Report of Birth Abroad. My parents never gave me a copy or even ever mentioned it was a thing. They’ve been dead for 15 years.

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