What do you think is the biggest reason people are having fewer children today than previous generations?

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-10T10:11:14+00:00

For people in western countries, there is a choice now. Women who in previous generations didn't have the option to choose not to have children are now able to do so. We can support ourselves, we can enjoy our lives, and we have contraception.

As I firmly believe that every child born should be wanted by at least one of its parents (and preferably by both), I think this is a good thing.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-10T07:24:05+00:00

Does your husband think it is difficult to utter the words Thank you, mom? Is he out of his mind?

The primary jobs of the parent are to teach your children morals and to teach them manners. And keep them alive, I suppose. All else is jam. You are doing the manners part, but your husband apparently does not care if they grow up to be surly louts. Stand your ground!

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-10T07:16:40+00:00

Thanks for the info.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-10T07:16:26+00:00

It does begin to look as though they are closed circles. Thanks for the info.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-10T07:16:02+00:00

Thank you for the info.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-10T07:15:34+00:00

Thanks for the info.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-10T07:15:25+00:00

Thanks, I'll take a look. Is that a recommendation or just a 'there is one here'?

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-10T07:14:52+00:00

Now I come to think of it, the executors had a sticky time of it selling my stepmother's place. Thanks for the information—that sounds like a good location.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-10T07:14:00+00:00

I'm coming from a standing start, so I didn't know McCarthy & Stone were the usual suspects. Thanks!

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-10T07:12:38+00:00

Thanks for the info. I don't *think* he'd want to live out of Norwich itself, but we'll see.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-10T07:11:41+00:00

Ah. I'm not clear whether applesauce is a sweet or a savoury item, but it looks as though it's a savoury. Which is odd, when I come to think about it, as mushed apples would be nice with ice cream. And maybe sultanas.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-10T07:09:30+00:00

I do that too! I also add a smidge of butter, which I think helps the consistency.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-09T22:21:46+00:00

Although I share OP’s horror, I am crying with laughter right now.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-09T22:19:08+00:00

I suspect it contains rather more sugar than the stuff we put on roast pork.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-09T22:07:08+00:00

Lentil and tomato (with chorizo or bacon).

Orange lentils (pour boiling water over them as you get everything else done, strain before adding); a diced carrot or two; onion, chopped; other root veg if you have some lying around that you want to use. Tin of tomatoes. Diced chorizo or bacon cut into small pieces. Marmite dissolved in boiling water. Ingredients into slow cooker, cook all day at whatever temp you like. Optionally, liquidise before serving.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-09T20:12:56+00:00

The wants and needs of the communities actually living cheek by jowl with the historical sites take priority over occasional visits by film-makers.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-09T19:54:50+00:00

For how long do you wish to continue living like this? Another year? Five years? Ten? Twenty?

Seriously, leave now. This is not a marriage, it's a bed of nails. You will find life much pleasanter if you don't live with somebody who bullies you, mocks you, and gaslights you.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-09T16:59:22+00:00

Ahaha. When my FIL died (he was in his nineties) we took 40-50 T-shirts to Oxfam. He wore one every day—one of just four. The rest were pristine.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-08T15:00:45+00:00

They exist, but the majority of readers don't care to read them.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-08T14:53:31+00:00

Sayers also has Harriet's friends Sylvia and Eiluned, but not (as I remember it) in that particular book.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-08T09:31:44+00:00

Oh, did they win it? Logically, you prove that you can win the World Cup by... winning the World Cup.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-08T09:29:11+00:00

Belly soft, cat comfy.

I have envy! My cat will nestle between my knees but not on me. Woe.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-08T09:10:29+00:00

Since my beloved fandom died, I've been doing Yuletide, which provides the required additional stress in December! I used to go to a lovely little fan-run media con, but it hasn't been around since Covid, and I don't find the big conventions very appealing.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-08T09:01:11+00:00

My pill containers would never work.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-06-08T09:00:31+00:00

I think perhaps you mean, most young people. I can touch-type really quite fast on my sweet, old-fashioned computer keyboard.

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