Skip to main content

I Love France, BUT ...

Image
By
I cannot believe what I just read. I know firsthand that France is a very liberal country, but I guess I'm just so out of touch. An article in French Yahoo! explains which types of couples (based on socioeconomics) should get married because it is financially beneficial, and which types of couples should just live together (they actually unashamedly call it "concubinage"--can you believe it?!). The article begins by saying that if any couples want to get married, they should think it over for tax reasons.

Huh?? When did marriage become a financial business deal? I'm just so agitated right now.

Perspective please, people. Am I just making a big deal out of nothing?

And another quick question. I've been using my sister-in-law's computer the past couple of days, and I notice that the photos are coming out darker on her computer. The funky photo of Ashley in the previous post, is the background white on yours? It's white on my computer, but blue on her computer. So I was just wondering how it shows up on your computer. I'd appreciate the feedback. Thanks :)

Comments

DonnaG said…
Hey. France is weird in that way. That is why I would never live there but I prefer to dream of my own little romantic notions in my mind.

As far as the picture....the before pic is blue, the after pic is white. Does that help?
August 16, 2007 at 1:48 PM
Carmela said…
Yes, that helps. Thanks!
August 16, 2007 at 1:55 PM
Anonymous said…
You aren't the only one. I think that's absurd! BTW, Larry helped me with my myspace the other night. If you haven't checked it out, please do and let me know what you think.
August 16, 2007 at 2:22 PM
tjep said…
It's amazing! Although if I'm not mistaken France's new prime minister is supposed to be more conservative.
So maybe that's a good thing.
August 16, 2007 at 7:05 PM
Anonymous said…
I am not clued in on the france situation.. I personally would be $500+ a fortnight better off if I left my husband..and did what I did now. He could still live in the same house as me.. i just have to officially leave him. Mmmmmmm
ridiculous!? yes. Same sex couples living together get a better tax deal here than traditional married couples. They also get better welfare deals and better pensions.
Is it fair no? but if you decide to marry or not marry based on tax. Maybe they arent the right person?
August 16, 2007 at 11:42 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Favorite Things

By
Things that make me smile and sometimes laugh: my family Starbucks with friends reading blogs :) parking the car in the driveway of our "new" house, lol! Oh, I guess I've forgotten to take a picture to show, huh? bantering with Ashley (the good kind of bantering--not the kind that gives me gray hairs!) My Missionettes girls (I think we've already been over the fact that even though they all have parents, they're still "my" girls!) breakfast with friends (Hi, Teena!) my new XTi :) Photoshop Elements (one of my best friends 'cause it makes me look like I take good pictures, lol!) scrapbooking (digital and regular) Crock Pot dinners (If I wasn't a Christian I would worship the person(s) who invented it) women friends in general the words Carlos mispronounces (washmouth instead of mouthwash, it's "between the rules" instead of "against the rules," and "overfloat" instead of overflow) I, of course encourag...
5 comments
Read more

"Cool" Lunch

By
I usually make Ashley take her lunch three days out of the week (she "gets" to buy on the other two days, even though she doesn't actually eat the food--part of the whole "fit in with the crowd" issue) . I was having a SERIOUSLY hard time getting her to bring her lunch, and it occurred to me one day that if she took "fancier" sandwiches, she might not fight it so much. So ... I started making Chicken Salad and getting various toppings (she likes the jars of roasted peppers, pepperoncinis, alfalfa sprouts, tomato, etc.) as well as buying bolillos or other fancier sandwich breads. That went over well. It went over so well that her friends would ask for a taste, and rave about how yummy the sandwich was. They were actually jealous of Ashley's lunch (yeah! now she won't be the "geek" who brings her lunch; she'll be the girl who brings cool lunches--mission accomplished and then some!) . One of her friends I know rather well, because...
6 comments
Read more

Just another day ...

By
Today was a full day. The workers put in our patio door ... sooooooooo excited to have this door!!! The pictures look much less than impressive b/c I didn't take time to play around with them in Photoshop (CSI: Miami is on so I'm glued to the T.V, plus I have a huge load of laundry to fold still). I'm so thrilled to have this door that, good pic or not, I have to share. Like I said, we've never done anything like this before, so every little thing excites me beyond belief :-D They worked on it all day, having to break out a rather large section of the wall, take out a window and door, and move our electrical outlet and porch light. And as you can tell, they have to finish tomorrow. This is the view from the inside: This is the view from the outside: It was strange to have them in my house. But apparently, in deference to my "feminine ears," they decided to refrain from using their Spanish cuss words. That was nice :) Plus our washer is on the blink (has bee...
8 comments
Read more