Things you secretly oppose, but don't want other people to know:

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Anonymous wrote:I am Jewish and I can't really stand socializing with non-assimilated and observant Jews. Sheltered types like Shoshanna on "Girls" are a dime a dozen here in DC. Even at age 40+, they are still talking about camp and wetting their panties over planning a $45000 bar mitzvah.

I despise the Orthodox and feel they have destroyed any chance of Israel succeeding peacefully. I prefer the company of lapsed Catholics. Ironically, most of my close friends are Jewish, but they have all intermarried and lead completely secular lives.

Yes!!!

I got together with a friend of mine, we are in our 40s and she just wanted to talk about camp, from 30 years ago. And, all her friends are Jewish. I just can't deal with it.

I'm raising my daughter Catholic (my husbands religion) just because the whole thing makes me ill.

Wow! You are so sad to raise your Jewish daughter as a Catholic. I bet you also want to get back at your parents in some way. Either that, or you were brought up with a very weak Jewish education. I have no respect for people like you. You're a traitor, and you are looking a gift horse in the mouth and don't even know it. Good luck to you.

Why is it valid to you for PP to raise her daughter in her own faith but not her husband's?

Why do you think? Use your brain.

Because you're brainwashed?

I'm not Jewish or Catholic, but it's pretty clear the irate PP is one of the intolerant bigots that frequent DCUM. To many of them, Catholicism is "worse" than joining some New Age cult involving crystals.

I harbor no ill feelings towards Catholicism at all.

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So the only choice is the United States? I mean, if I didn't have the grades to have graduated from Harvard, would I have?

The U.S. is NOT the only choice. First generation here.

So only you are smart enough, special enough to have the opportunity to do well in life? Since you got here first, apparently this place it finally perfect, so we can all go to hell now? Wow, just wow.

I'm not the PP but let's face it, we can't just let everyone in. We just can't. Sorry, but we can not be the world's homeless shelter and soup kitchen. We can only financially support so many people. We can't even promise that those of us who paid into the social security system are going to be able to collect. We keep raising the age to collect so that more people will die off before they can get their money back. Why should we let more people in that we can't support? Lets figure out how to support the good citizens we have, deport the people who are not here legally AND can't contribute and support themselves AND get rid of those who are f-ing up, causing problems and costing us more $. For those who may have come illegally but are good, contributing members of society, then let's have a path to citizenship. But We need to stop letting in people we can't support, who drain resources from those who have earned them and who we have no room for. Our infrastructure is crumbling under the weight of the population that's already here, dammit.

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Anonymous wrote:I oppose parents financing large portions of their grown children's lives. Yes, this includes down payments on houses and paying for grandkids' tuition.

Why should you care if grandparents pay for their grandchild's tuition?

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Anonymous wrote:Babies with piereced ears or headbands
Black on children

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Another +1 here

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So the only choice is the United States? I mean, if I didn't have the grades to have graduated from Harvard, would I have?

The U.S. is NOT the only choice. First generation here.

So only you are smart enough, special enough to have the opportunity to do well in life? Since you got here first, apparently this place it finally perfect, so we can all go to hell now? Wow, just wow.

I'm not the PP but let's face it, we can't just let everyone in. We just can't. Sorry, but we can not be the world's homeless shelter and soup kitchen. We can only financially support so many people. We can't even promise that those of us who paid into the social security system are going to be able to collect. We keep raising the age to collect so that more people will die off before they can get their money back. Why should we let more people in that we can't support? Lets figure out how to support the good citizens we have, deport the people who are not here legally AND can't contribute and support themselves AND get rid of those who are f-ing up, causing problems and costing us more $. For those who may have come illegally but are good, contributing members of society, then let's have a path to citizenship. But We need to stop letting in people we can't support, who drain resources from those who have earned them and who we have no room for. Our infrastructure is crumbling under the weight of the population that's already here, dammit.

I have been paying into the system since the day I started working in this country 13 years ago. I have advanced degrees and work to support myself. I pay taxes and always will. But apparently that doesn't matter.

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Anonymous wrote:I oppose parents financing large portions of their grown children's lives. Yes, this includes down payments on houses and paying for grandkids' tuition.

Why should you care if grandparents pay for their grandchild's tuition?

No one should care about 99 percent of what is being discussed here. That is why this thread is so disgustin.

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Anonymous wrote:Homeschooling
Tattoos
Veganism

How is veganism harming you. Compassion is bad now? Jeez.

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Ear piercing is a cultural thing. I have a friend from Yemen who pierced all of her children's ears as infants. It's not for me, but I think it's weird to refer to someone's else's custom as "tacky"

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Indians. Can't stand them-especially if they are my neighbor. I have NEVR seen one that takes any pride in their home. They are property value destroyers.

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Anonymous wrote:I oppose parents financing large portions of their grown children's lives. Yes, this includes down payments on houses and paying for grandkids' tuition.

Why should you care if grandparents pay for their grandchild's tuition?

You are an adult hence you should pay your own (and your children's) way in life. Grow up already! Stop sponging off your parents/in-laws!

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Anonymous wrote:Indians. Can't stand them-especially if they are my neighbor. I have NEVR seen one that takes any pride in their home. They are property value destroyers.

Do you mean Native Americans? Or Indians from India? All of the Indians I know and live by have nicer yards and houses than anyone in the neighborhood. They have tremendous pride in things. Your post is weird.

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Anonymous wrote:Indians. Can't stand them-especially if they are my neighbor. I have NEVR seen one that takes any pride in their home. They are property value destroyers.

You've obviously never been acquainted with Indians who have their MILs living with them. The only possible objection there is cooking smells, and I can tell you, I used to live upstairs from a couple of off-the-boat Italians and it was no better.

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Anonymous wrote:Indians. Can't stand them-especially if they are my neighbor. I have NEVR seen one that takes any pride in their home. They are property value destroyers.

Do you mean Native Americans? Or Indians from India? All of the Indians I know and live by have nicer yards and houses than anyone in the neighborhood. They have tremendous pride in things. Your post is weird.

+1. My Indian friends all have very, very well-maintained homes and yards.

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Anonymous wrote:Indians. Can't stand them-especially if they are my neighbor. I have NEVR seen one that takes any pride in their home. They are property value destroyers.

You've obviously never been acquainted with Indians who have their MILs living with them. The only possible objection there is cooking smells, and I can tell you, I used to live upstairs from a couple of off-the-boat Italians and it was no better.

I'm unfortunatly acquainted with far too many of them. I live in Herndon and am surrounded. Not ONE of thrm maintains their home. I also travel to India for work and the country is filthy. I have never been to a more filty country and I've traveled all over China. As far as MILs I have no IIdea on that. My indian neighboneighbors have som many people crammed into their homes I cannot sort out who lives there.

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Anonymous wrote:I oppose parents financing large portions of their grown children's lives. Yes, this includes down payments on houses and paying for grandkids' tuition.

Why should you care if grandparents pay for their grandchild's tuition?

You are an adult hence you should pay your own (and your children's) way in life. Grow up already! Stop sponging off your parents/in-laws!

One of the joys of being a successful parent is that I can and will occasionally indulge my children - whether it be vacations, summer camp, college/grad school, or when they have kids, 529s for my grandchildren. I look at that as a source of joy and the reason why I work so hard.

Sounds like you're resentful of others who have those advantages. Actually most of the posts on this thread seem rooted in insecurity / resentment / ignorance / hatred, so I guess that shouldn't be a surprise.