Same, and I almost included it in my post, so I’m glad you dropped it here. It’s such a specifically generational thing.

Girl. The struggle is so real.

You’re arguing that a 13-year-old girl (and only girls, in NH; boys must be 14, I believe) should be able to marry with parental consent? Okay.

Well, as I wrote in the article, Gillette has committed to donating $1 million per year to nonprofits with programs “designed to inspire, educate and help men of all ages achieve their personal ‘best.’” So, there’s that.

I don’t disagree with you. It’s just an interesting aspect of the immigration debate that seems to have been glossed over.

Read the article. As it involves immigration to the U.S. (where child marriage laws have also been known to be lax), they’ve made it their business.

Yeah, it’s tragic.

Dude. The visuals on both took me out. I wasn’t ready.

Right?!? Like, good for you—now, get outta here with that!

OMG, I forgot that one! Yes, agreed. Hell, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend say they went for it on the first date, and they seem to be doing just fine. As long as everyone is safe, consenting and totally into it, I say let grown folks make grown decisions about if, when, and how they want to take it to the next level.

As a single woman, I’m going to say we need to stop asking everyone that.

So, I’m thinking maybe you didn’t realize you initially responded to me, and not that commenter—though you quoted me, so I assumed it was safe to think you were speaking to me. That was likely the genesis of the misunderstanding. Regardless, we’re really not disagreeing on any salient points here. Misunderstanding…

I’m just here to applaud the outcome of that story.

I mean, for the sake of your argument, I certainly wouldn’t attempt to strike up that conversation with anyone who didn’t appear to be in their third trimester and actively stroking their belly, and even then...I’d prefer to wait for them to bring it up. In my experience, most women happy to be pregnant bring it up…

Aside from semantic arguments, I don’t think anyone was saying anything different. I certainly wasn’t. I agree on all those points. I’m still not understanding the misunderstanding....which is why I’d stepped away.

I see that you took issue with the language I used in my response to someone else, which I explained, and have no further explanation for, as there really wasn’t a deeper meaning behind it for me. To be honest, I’m actually really not clear on what other discontent you have with what I wrote in the article, since I…

Again, I was answering her comments using her terms, so that I might best be understood. I would likely answer you or someone else differently, and probably have, at some point.

I hope she still took the seat. I would.

Trust me, the question wasn’t asked in earnest or naiveté. Those of us who want to do the work already are, and those who don’t never will. But that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t continue to call a thing a thing.

She used the pronoun “we.” I used it in response to answer her comment directly. I assume she was speaking communally.