With you on #3. Hopefully, however, the big "NO TRESPASSING" sign on my uterus will do the trick first. Along with, y'know, religious observance of birth control. =D
I seem to be one of the people who enjoys both goofy dances *and* more structured things like ballroom. For some reason I've noticed fans of one tend to despise the other.
Not that you asked, but I think my ideal situation would be a larger commune of sorts, maybe eight or so close families, like on a ranch or someplace. Each individual family could have their own apartments/cottage/whatever, with big communal areas like a giant home (commune?) theater and a mead hall. (Because, c'mon, every commune has to have a mead hall. ;) That way, everyone could have their own boundaries, but still have the chance to be in community with each other. And those who didn't want children could still play with the others' kids, or parents could send their kids off to "Go bother Aunt Rose for a while", etc. Sort of the way humans evolved, really - I think there are a lot of social-support aspects of small-group living for which modern society has managed to skip over providing a reasonable analogue - child care, help with sick relatives, etc. But at the same time, you don't want to lose autonomy completely.
Glad to hear you're reading the book. =) I hope you continue - I'm actually re-reading it to Brian right now so it'll be fun to hear your thoughts while the story's fresh in my mind.
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I seem to be one of the people who enjoys both goofy dances *and* more structured things like ballroom. For some reason I've noticed fans of one tend to despise the other.
Not that you asked, but I think my ideal situation would be a larger commune of sorts, maybe eight or so close families, like on a ranch or someplace. Each individual family could have their own apartments/cottage/whatever, with big communal areas like a giant home (commune?) theater and a mead hall. (Because, c'mon, every commune has to have a mead hall. ;) That way, everyone could have their own boundaries, but still have the chance to be in community with each other. And those who didn't want children could still play with the others' kids, or parents could send their kids off to "Go bother Aunt Rose for a while", etc. Sort of the way humans evolved, really - I think there are a lot of social-support aspects of small-group living for which modern society has managed to skip over providing a reasonable analogue - child care, help with sick relatives, etc. But at the same time, you don't want to lose autonomy completely.
Glad to hear you're reading the book. =) I hope you continue - I'm actually re-reading it to Brian right now so it'll be fun to hear your thoughts while the story's fresh in my mind.