Though you currently reside here, you are not yet an LPR. Although, I doubt you want to go through any further separation from Dave and visa nonsense just so you can visit Cuba!

What if you went in on an Aus passport, then went to another country and returned via that other country and presented your green card upon re-entry to the US, which is the way I understand it to work???

I'm sure its not OK, but I like to think about conundrums like this!

Anyway, the fining is crazy!

yeah, I wondered about that too... but why can't US citizens go that way as well? if they travel from some third country, and Cuba doesn't stamp passports...?


in other news, I have my doors open because it's so lovely and fresh here after a rain storm, and some lovely neighbours came to check I was ok
that's the SECOND set of neighbours I've met through, literally, open doors; the same thing happened a week or so ago

guess it's not that common here

You open the doors and there you go Visitors

yes, and me sitting with my post-root-canal mouth in an almost empty lounge room, on an ENORMOUS ugly couch, typing on my laptop

I wonder what they thought of me...

Am I right in thinking that the safest way to go is to wait till you get citizenship, and then go on your other passport? They surely would never know then?

wow, StP, it's day for you now? Weird how this funny world works. Silly things I really should be used to by now, like time difference, still blow my mind.

When I was looking for a dress for out ceremony, I actually had to force myself not to automatically gravitating towards the white stuff. Went for red in the end. But gold sounds lovely

yep, bright shiny day here

still quite pleasant... getting rapidly warmer again, after the rain, but I've still got the doors open, and the ceiling fan on above me, and it's quite nice

I hope I can get something good... I'm so bad with buying clothes; nothing ever fits quite right
if it fits in the chest it's massive in the waist... that sort of thing... egad...

They (we) can, we're just not supposed to. I know USC's who've bent the rules and gone to Cuba.

And as soon as I get my Canadian passport, I'm going! Course, it's entirely possible that by the time that happens USCs will be allowed to go.


That's what spandex is for!

j/k!

I have the same problem, especially in dresses, there's no allowance that your top half and bottom half, might not be in perfect 34B, ahem! balance.

Well as promised here are some wedding pics.

http://www.stearmanphoto.com/ and go to wedding three on portfolio

Debz, they are really lovely. You look gorgeous and really happy.

But why wouldn´t we be supposed to? When someone is an American citizen and another country citizen as well why would the rule have to be to only use the American passport everywhere? Anyways, I´m not gonna go there without Scott so I´ll wait till he can too

It´s funny that you say that cuz today I realized I still sometimes think STP is in Australia. But I always manage to correct myself

Maybe its me, but it always bugs me when someone refers to his/her SO as "my baby".

I see these thread titles referring to "finally being with my baby" and I immediately think of an infant.

Or they'll say, I just posted new pics of my baby. So I open the thread expecting to see a cute lil baby, and instead I get some inapprpriately dressed chick trying to look sexy.

What do you guys think? Isn't it kinda weird? Or am I turning into a curmudgeon?

I agree with you completely, it drives me nuts!

I think you only get it from those people who think that their love is better and stronger than anyone else's. Personally, I think it shows a certain level of insecurity in them, this constant need to show the world how much they are in love. Or perhaps I'm just getting old!

Well, since I'm certainly not getting old, then you can't be either!!

And that settles it - it is definitely them, not us!!!

I'll third it
I use it sometimes, when speaking to Dave, but not otherwise

I'll also register an EXTREME distaste for the word 'hubby', wherever I encounter it, but that's just a personal prejudice

Oh, and me too! Loathe that worrd with a passion! I used to work with a woman whose every sentence started with, "Hubby says...."

It drove me mad!!!!!

P.S. I don't ever call Griff 'baby', however, I will say things like, 'hey babe' to get his attention. I NEVER refer to him as my baby.

I think if you actually have some REAL babies this distinction would become more important... in any case, I prefer 'sweetie' and 'honey' and even 'chick'

I am soooooooo tempted to go mess with a LIFE. I want to ask that woman if it was tough to travel with a baby all the way from the Phillippines??

Griff calls me an interesting array of terms of endearment, including all of the above, plus his most favorite 'chuck'. I also get 'duck' and 'love' quite a bit, along with the odd "hen" and "pet".

my Grandma always used to call me 'pet'!

'hen' and 'chuck' are very British
I like them too

I like having silly names... not 'Squidgy' and 'Ickle Patootie' and gumph of that ilk, but for example if you're being silly, we always say you're being a 'munchkin'... and of course the Australian term of endearment/epithet 'dag' comes into play a lot

Scott and I will refer to each other as baby and lots of other silly pet names, but yeah, I would never say "my baby" to refer to him when speaking to someone else.

I have a friend who used to be married who would refer to his wife as "The Wife" and I always hated that; find it rather sexist. Like back in the days when husbands would refer to their wives as "My old lady". I hope it's all back in the days, anyhow.

But if someone uses the word "hen" on you in Czech, be sure they think you are stupid and they are being rude to you I think it doesn´t matter what people call themselves in private but in public it´s rather silly to talk about your SO as if he/she was your baby

I always thought Chuck comes from Texas He´s a ranger, you know?

Yeah "The Wife" sounds like he refers to her as "this thing that´s around all the time" Yikes

Oh Susie!! It all sounds so wonderful!! And I SWEAR the ring thing is a must for a memorable wedding!!


Eww - root canal put me off going to the dentist for six years How did you wangle that so fast? You have med insurance already or...!?


Aww hun - it'll all work out - I know it is easy to say make the most of the time you have to yourself, but it is one thing saying it and another thing doing it


Oh hunny - you look so beautiful and happy and the weather looks FAB!! But now I wanna see more piccies

we say all of our terms of endearment in albanian...

shpirti im - my soul
zemer - heart
burr (pronounced kind of like 'boor') - husband...yes, i call him 'husband' haha, even did so before we were married
gru (pronounced 'grew') - wife...yea, the same goes for him
rrushe - grape, its like a way of saying 'sweetie' in albanian

i would never say those names when talking to someone else about him though...yes, i hate the 'hubby' thing, ughhhh

I totally agree with you - it makes me want to puke to put it bluntly. Apologies to StP though - I will prolly use Hubby because I can't find any other suitable abbreviation of Husband other than "Hubster" which actually sounds rather crap. It would purely be for use around friends though so StP - you can get the full "Hubby" goodness from me

For the record, I call Jeremy poo-face

Oh - and sometimes stinky poo-poo face...




Aww - those are such northern names Sooo sweet Reminds me of Coronation Street and I don't even watch it

I had to post twice so I could get all the emoticons in

Oh and tonight is a rather poignant evening... it is mine and my mum's last night of watching the Apprentice together It sounds really lame but we both love it and we love the X Factor too - we always have a mini girly night together with a bottle of wine and the tv so it's a bit of a monumental occasion

'or', I'm afraid

omg, me too!

I was wondering that too. You probably already paid out of pocket, but if you have to go back or for anyone else this might be helpful:
Try looking for a univeristy dental school. I know here NYU is the place to go if you want to get quality dental work done at a much cheaper price.

thanks for the tip; I'll keep it in mind

I DO have a temporary cover, and we'll try to get some of it back on that... and I can go on Dave's insurance from the 1st of July, and we're going to try to put off anything else (like the crown) til then, when it will at least be partially covered

to be honest, I wanted to put this work off as well - I broke a tiny piece off the tooth a couple of months ago, which was the start of the problems, but didn't have an NHS dentist in the UK and with all the palaver going on to do with leaving the country never got round to signing on somewhere (there's a shortage of dentists in London anyway so I don't know how successful I'd have been even if I'd tried)... I would have been quite happy to leave it for a couple more weeks, but it started hurting, and the dentist I saw initially put some fear into me re abscesses and pretty things like that, and what with my parents' visit, and the wedding so imminent, we thought it was better not to go on risking it

What are you doing calling Aly's fiance those names?????? I didn't know you even knew Jeremy!

I knew somebody was gonna take it that way.

Should have know it'd be you!

STOP MESSING WITH MY LIFE!

Also we got bought another pressie today - we now have some pots and pans!! w00t!!

Charlie started calling me baby shortly after we got together. It pi$$ed the living $hite out of me at first. Then I gave up complaining about it, then I got used to it, now i do it too .

But in writing - nooooooo. And hubby, well I agree with Jeraly, I don't like it, but I see why people resort to it. We need a new one. I suppose that's what SO and OH are for

StP - hope you get some of that precious tooth money back!!

I hope we do too...

but what's wrong with 'my husband', if people don't know him, and '[name]' if people do?

Maybe some ladies don´t like the word cuz it also belongs to them and the men took it Since "husband" isn´t an English word. It comes from an Old Norse word which spelling is similar and meant "master of a house" while they used the same word for "mistress of a house" (now wife). The feminine version of the word was still used in Old English, but then "wife" took over On the other hand, if both versions survived into Modern English, it would have sounded identical to "husband" which would be no fun, cuz we would have no clue who people refer to

by your logic, no words are truly 'English' words



I like the German way... Mann means both 'man' and 'husband', and Frau means both 'woman' and 'wife'

hey guys....just stopping by and had to chime in! I agree with the baby thing - whether you use it or now should be reserved for private conversation only....I HATE when people use it in public....its just down right embarrassing, for everyone involved! can't say I'm really fussed over the hubby or hubster thing, but this is of course coming from a woman whose husband calls me 'hobo'.....short for 'honey boobs' but hey - whatcha gonna do???

@Susie - CONGRATS!!!!! when do we get to see pics??

@Debz - you looked beautiful! love your dress post more soon!!!

@Rae - YAY!!!! you guys are finally done good luck on the move!

@Aly - can't believe its almost your turn to jump over the pond!!!! its so exciting

Hello and good morning / afternoon, as the case may be! Where are my fellow July 2007 filers???

I´m here Where are you?

I'm here too.

Pointeen How come you don´t have a wedding band? I thought it was like some kind of a rule without which they wouldn´t pronounce you "husband and wife"

Congratulations to CBR, the last interviewed July filer

I'm here too

but Julez, I REALLY don't think it's a good idea to refer to yourself as a July Filer; it's an arbitrary distinction which is very unhelpful, and if the USCIS doesn't group people like this, you're NOT ALLOWED TO
unless you're a February Filer, and you're looking for the thread; that's the only exception

*trotting off to send a few random items Special Delivery*

Good thing I am allowed to since I have my special certificate. Now STP can´t mock me

mock? who said anything about mocking???


I'll just POINT at you

You can´t do that either That´s Pointeen´s job