@mamamia-user-482898552 that is my set up! I own my house and I'm the only one on the title. After having a messy divorce and having to split assets, I will never share property again. I have a "boyfriend" (for want of a better term) who I see every other week and we hang out and eat and watch movies and have adventures and we have never had a fight because we don't share money or housework or children. It's the best, I've never been happier. 
For me, the ultimate prize is being successful enough to provide for myself and my children (who are now pretty much grown, anyway) and I think more and more women are feeling this way. 

@pippa "Something that also strikes me is that the girl's father is behaving badly as well. If he truly loves his daughter, he'll want her to be getting love and support from both her parents. It's incredibly important that children are loved by as many people as possible. Behaving like a dick to spite his ex wife is childish and selfish. "
What is this if it is not assumptions?

@yeahyepyes so a report that studied babies doesn't mean that men and women are better at living together than two women. For instance, me and my female best friend have complementary skills and work well in our workplace together because of this. There is nothing to suggest that women living together platonically is somehow inferior to a man and woman living together and it's kinda weird how strongly the men on this thread have reacted to this idea. 

So yet another attack on a woman that could have been prevented if AVOs were taken seriously and men were required to wear ankle bracelets and given hefty custodial sentences just for breaching them. 

He’s not sorry. He’s just in damage control because evidence came out. He’s been quite happy to paint Cassie as a liar who is after his money and reputation up until now. 

@yeahyepyes "but I'd argue that its better if it's a member of the opposite sex as there's a much better chance that you will have complimentary skill sets"
Based on what evidence?

@mamamia-user-482898552 I think this is a great solution for many women, especially those who have been in long term toxic and abusive relationships with men and who don’t have it in them to do it again.  If you can’t live alone, live with other women and provide for yourself. If you want a relationship with a man, have one with a man who lives at his own place and is also self sufficient. Co-habitation with a romantic partner doesn’t have to be the only way. 

@mamamia-user-482898552 yep, it's just completely out of touch with what is going on in our society right now. 

@anonymous Exactly right. There is no room for opinions like this, we don't have to be "open-minded" about his closed-minded opinion about women's role in society. We are more than wives and mothers. And the women there deserved much more than to have to listen to this after working hard to complete a degree.

@yolandilr because this Catholic school accepts women into their program and they don't deserve to be reduced to wife and mother after working hard to complete a degree. There is no room for opinions like that in a modern society that values women as more than wives and mothers. It's not closed minded to reject opinions such as this, as his views are closed-minded themselves. We don't need pushback in this area, women are already on the back foot when it comes to higher education. 

So a man who kicks a ball around for a living has the gall to tell women who just graduated with a degree from college that they should be homemakers. Brilliant. What a slap in the face for every woman there.

@yeahyepyes if you think those men are wearing one suit 50-100 times and don't have a whole wardrobe full of designer suits and clothing, then I've got news for you. 

It's a bit "let them eat cake" and is a great example of how out of touch and elite our politicans are. And, as someone down below commented, if policitans are going to trot their partners out to gain political points, then they are going to be scrutinised. And it is poor optics when so many people are struggling to afford the basics, let alone a designer outfit.
There was no reason for her to attend, anyway. 

@babble I don't think wanting to keep the name you were born with is "immature". And it is a feminist action because it goes against the patriarchal status quo of changing your name to your husband's name. Your birth name may come from your father's line, but changing the way things are takes time. In a way, you are as much gatekeeping what is feminist as the author is

I think it looks good and I didn't think "penis" until it was mentioned! 

Men who breach AVOs should be treated like potential terrorists. Locked up for the safety of others. 

@rush yep, same stuff, but it feels compounded with the addition of technology. There are so many conflicting messages out there, and so many influences and influencers, I just think we older generations, even the younger millennials, didn't have this level of instruction by tech into our young and impressionable selves. They are navigating a world that none of us have experience in and struggle to help them with. 

@babble i always wanted to keep my dad’s family surname because its a fairly unique name with ties that go back to medieval England. I like being a part of that. 

Oh, and Kim's little cardi is weird. Is she trying to cover up some new tattoo on her back or something?

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