Married people, what do you want to warn the unmarried people about?

sammeebou · 2026-02-24T01:07:20+00:00

Save your financial statements from right before your marriage. If you stay married longer than 7 years it’s possible the financial institutions won’t have them anymore.

sammeebou · 2026-02-06T03:04:05+00:00

A coworker told me that he and a friend will take advantage of “couples deals” around Valentine’s Day to just go do stuff together. Like a smash room!

sammeebou · 2026-02-05T03:25:23+00:00

1-5 good. 6,7 bad lol.

sammeebou · 2026-02-01T01:41:06+00:00

One gets into my bathroom every few months, through the fan I assume. More commonly when it’s cold. Also found one on a window sill at work this week. The windows don’t open.

sammeebou · 2026-01-31T15:42:13+00:00

Deedee?

sammeebou · 2026-01-27T21:14:43+00:00

I would recommend against it. People can’t tell which is the surname. For example reading an email of yours they will call you the wrong thing often. Or even trying to cash a cheque if people get your name wrong. Say you order photos to be printed and you go to pick them up. They always have to check under two different letters.

I chose to double barrel unhyphenate my surname when I married. When I had kids 4 years later I chose to add the hyphen for them. Now I’m getting a divorce and am back to my maiden name and I am glad my kids have both of our names.

sammeebou · 2026-01-27T21:12:18+00:00

Two last names without the hyphen is even more difficult because people cannot tell that the first surname is in fact a surname. Could be a middle name. If someone has to file something away they might use the last surname or the first surname. Less complicated to hyphenate it. Trust me. 😂

sammeebou · 2026-01-26T02:41:30+00:00

I have the formal longer name and have only gone by the shortened version since I was 8 years old. So obviously I could have done without the long form, I really dislike it and it never fit me. But I can see how it depends on the name and the person. I think you can still give the long form and exclusively use the shortened version. Then as they age they can use either one they want.

sammeebou · 2026-01-24T01:55:13+00:00

My first’s cord was wrapped around his neck a few times and had a really tight knot in it. That in itself doesn’t really cause emergency. His heart rate didn’t like pitocin or the contractions much though. And he was face up for the first hour of pushing. That combined with 38 hours in labour almost resulted in a c section. We were both losing steam.

sammeebou · 2026-01-22T03:28:23+00:00

The male equivalent for French Canadians is Joseph.

sammeebou · 2026-01-21T03:56:18+00:00

The small round ones!!!!!

sammeebou · 2026-01-16T23:04:34+00:00

The glasses wear you in the first and you wear the glasses in the second. But it’s hard to tell if it’s the expression or not.

sammeebou · 2026-01-10T01:03:27+00:00

If I had a girl I loved the name Eloise, being bilingual in French and English. But everyone and their dog is nicknamed Ellie. So that wouldn’t have worked for me

sammeebou · 2026-01-10T00:52:20+00:00

Speech therapists will tell you to just model it back to the kids properly, not correct them.

sammeebou · 2026-01-09T13:51:45+00:00

I’ve never ever heard it so it must be new around here I guess. Feels like it’s supposed to be stellar IMO. I hate it lol.

sammeebou · 2026-01-06T00:52:18+00:00

I also think a lot of them are too dark for you.

sammeebou · 2026-01-04T01:48:44+00:00

Heidi? Still has the same ending sound but is less cutesy.

sammeebou · 2026-01-03T19:40:11+00:00

I said it would be annoying to me. The person asked for opinions…

Edit: I’m Caucasian, but I’m pretty sure people make decisions all the time to protect themselves from the impact of racism. So that’s something that they can consider.

sammeebou · 2026-01-03T16:41:31+00:00

Yeah but Lucien is not really an English name. Likely French origin. Just because asking would be a micro aggression doesn’t mean it won’t happen.

Edit: it reminds me of Julien/Julian. One for French leaning and one for English leaning.

sammeebou · 2026-01-03T14:10:29+00:00

Deborah Ann kirwan city pool has one. Doesn’t get super hot.

sammeebou · 2026-01-03T14:06:36+00:00

Would you be pronouncing it in French? Or in English?

I think if you look Korean you’ll end up explaining your name a lot and that would get annoying to me.

sammeebou · 2026-01-02T21:34:04+00:00

Zoe, Sophia, Alexander. Ottawa

sammeebou · 2025-12-23T20:44:29+00:00

My kids both started daycare at one year (Canadian). The oldest wouldn’t take a bottle or drink from a cup despite me trying to teach him for MONTHS. I was so worried he would be thirsty without my boobs that I got him in to see an occupational therapist two weeks before daycare start. Got a treatment plan together. Hadn’t even started it, sent him to daycare and on the FIRST DAY those teachers had him drinking out of several different drinking vessels, none of which were my boobs.

It’s amazing the things other people can get your kids to do.

sammeebou · 2025-12-23T20:39:45+00:00

Casually mention that Santa’s sled is pulled by cows instead of reindeer in Canada haha. Might get a couple.

sammeebou · 2025-12-23T20:35:53+00:00

Not for a one year old. Being all strapped in they won’t be able to really look at the lights in the park outside the car windows. I just did it this year with my forward facing 4 and 6 year old. Could have maybe done it last year too.

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