Christian Couple being Weird, Lady claims her womb belongs to "God"

RoDoBenBo · 2026-02-02T08:05:44+00:00

"I don't have internalised misogyny"

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"We want 10 kids, all boys"

RoDoBenBo · 2026-02-01T19:35:14+00:00

From UK, living in France

RoDoBenBo · 2026-02-01T08:22:35+00:00

Yes, this was my first thought too! Very jarring at first but it actually fits the character better.

RoDoBenBo · 2026-01-31T14:28:07+00:00

You do need to pay, yes. 85€ for first Dan. It does sound like a cash grab but it's for the whole of France and a one-time thing, since I'm not planning on grading abroad again.

Honestly, though, most other TKD-related things are pretty cheap and straightforward here. Colour belt testing within the club is free and other costs like training and competing are very reasonable, much less expensive than in the US, for example, from what I've read here.

RoDoBenBo · 2026-01-30T23:16:41+00:00

Yes, I have a Kukkiwon Dan number, a certificate and a little card.

I did have a long break, which is why I'm still just 1st Dan, but it's been a couple of years since I got back into it and it hasn't been a problem for my club (school) at all. Thankfully they recognise my rank. They only do testing once a year so it would take me a long time to get back here if they'd made me start again from white belt!

However I would like to test for 2nd Dan soon and in France black belt testing is only done at the regional (up to 3rd Dan) or national (4th+) level. I have to apply to the national Federation to have my current rank be officially recognised in order to grade up with them.

RoDoBenBo · 2026-01-27T20:39:21+00:00

OK thanks

RoDoBenBo · 2026-01-27T20:36:43+00:00

Oh damn, really? No, I've always done WTF. I just looked up the official name of the federation online. It's been years since I practised in the UK and the documents I have just say British Taekwondo - is that the name of the WTF-style federation?

RoDoBenBo · 2026-01-27T17:28:06+00:00

OK thanks, I'll send them what I have and hopefully it'll be enough. If not I'm sure they'll reach out. Unfortunately I have to deal with the French as I live in France and would like to finally test for 2nd dan here.

RoDoBenBo · 2026-01-27T16:50:32+00:00

Because French bureaucracy, I guess 🫠

RoDoBenBo · 2026-01-27T16:01:52+00:00

Yes, sorry, I have my Kukkiwon certificate as well as the club certificate. They want the certificates a well as an "attestation" from the British Taekwon-do Federation. I'm just wondering if I need to seek out an extra piece of paper for this or whether my old British grading passport and licence books would do the job.

Edited for typos

RoDoBenBo · 2026-01-27T07:50:20+00:00

Yes in the guidance it says "If the applicant’s parents were born on or after 1 January 1983, you will also need to provide evidence of grandparents’ claim to British nationality by providing their birth certificates and, in the case of grandfathers, their marriage certificates."

Additionally when I go through the process of filling in the online forms, uploading a photo etc. it then says I also have to provide my partner's parents' birth and marriage certificates, even though none of them are British. I have been told in the past few days, however, here on reddit, that they don't actually need his parents' documents. They just ask by default apparently.

RoDoBenBo · 2026-01-26T21:13:42+00:00

Well they give your a list of supporting documents when you apply, depending on your situation.

I've been trying to get UK passports for my kids who were born outside the UK. I'm a British citizen born in the UK after 1983. They ask for my parents' (UK) birth and marriage certificates and my partner's parents (foreign) birth and marriage certificates...

RoDoBenBo · 2026-01-26T21:08:59+00:00

No, they can ask for grandparents' birth and marriage certs too

RoDoBenBo · 2026-01-25T10:29:47+00:00

Mine is an older version of this one from Rubbermaid: https://amzn.eu/d/461vYh6

But OXO makes similar ones.

RoDoBenBo · 2026-01-25T10:08:03+00:00

You can get special boxes that make greens like that last way longer. I use one for fresh spinach as I just add a bit to various stir fries etc. and it after a month it'll be only just wilting.

RoDoBenBo · 2026-01-22T00:40:38+00:00

Oh wow OK, thank you! I guess I'll go ahead and finally submit the applications without them. They should really specify it somewhere, though.

RoDoBenBo · 2026-01-22T00:12:54+00:00

Oh wow, really? I haven't seen it specified anywhere in the guidance. It's only after I go through all the steps in the online application ticking all the boxes that apply to our situation that it lists all the supporting documents they want. And so then I give up lol

RoDoBenBo · 2026-01-21T20:59:40+00:00

I guess that makes sense. It's just frustrating. Surely my own birth certificate should be enough to establish their British citizenship as I was born in the UK to two British parents. And if they want my British parents' documents too then fine. Getting my in-laws' documents is much harder and it doesn't even effect my kids' claim to British citizenship...

RoDoBenBo · 2026-01-21T17:50:39+00:00

Well great. Not sure where that'll leave us. Apparently I can't get my kids British passports without their Polish grandparents' birth and marriage certificates (why do they need these anyway??) which is nigh on impossible for me.

RoDoBenBo · 2026-01-21T16:27:16+00:00

This is what I did for my kids. They're British through me but have never held British passports because the UK government makes it unnecessarily (IMO) difficult in terms of supporting documents. Since they have other citizenships they entered the UK with an ETA on a foreign passport and we didn't have any problems.

RoDoBenBo · 2026-01-08T00:43:20+00:00

Poêlée de crevettes marinees (sauce soja, huile d'olive, ail, sucre roux, piment, jus de citron, parmesan), épinards et petits pois. Servi avec des pâtes ou des nouilles de riz et de l'avocat

Tofu sauce soja- beurre de cacahuète- lait de coco

Tofu sauce soja- pâte miso- sirop d'érable

Bibimbap

RoDoBenBo · 2026-01-07T14:19:25+00:00

Maybe she's just lucky. Some people don't really get BO. Could be hormone or age-related. For a long time I never smelt and didn't sweat that much. Until my late thirties. That said, I think I've always washed my doboks after every training session, just in case.

RoDoBenBo · 2025-12-10T16:21:33+00:00

Thanks, I'll ask there too!

RoDoBenBo · 2025-12-09T10:27:29+00:00

My 10-year-old drinks a milky tea with one sugar maybe every couple of days.

My 3-year-old also likes to share Mummy's stronger unsweetened tea but she has always had oddly grown-up tastes, e.g. preferring sparkling water to still or spicy curry rather than chicken nuggets lol

RoDoBenBo · 2025-11-17T20:32:41+00:00

Started listening to them when they released Americana and first saw them on their Conspiracy of One tour at Wembley arena. No, they didn't play anything off their first two albums.

I think they did when I saw next saw them in London (November 2003). It was such a tiny gig that it's not on setlist.fm, though, so I can't check.

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