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[she-karev]

Mother's Day (Jolex Imagine)

Age Rating: 12+

Chapters: One of Three

Fandom: Grey’s Anatomy

Canon Episode: In Between Season 18 Episode 16 and 17

Ship: Alex and Jo

AN: Happy Mother’s Day guys! I decided to write chapters to celebrate this occasion where we say thanks to the mothers that raised us and put our well-being above their own.

Summary: Alex and Andrew try to put together a toy for Luna that proves to be impossible with the nonsensical instructions causing them to start to break down. Meanwhile Jo talks to her pregnant sister in law, Amber.

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May 12, 2022

Jo stands in front of the surgical board writing down Jo Karev for a lap appy in O.R. 3 this morning. Alex walks down the hall surprised to see her in her navy-blue scrubs instead of her pale pink ones that she got after she decided to switch from general surgery to OBGYN.

He remembers when she decided on this change two years ago during the pandemic. She told him she needed to bring joy back to her life and knew that switching specialties was the way to do it.

He was shocked at first but eventually he supported her decision even bragging about how he was married to a soon to be double board-certified surgeon. Now seeing her in navy blue scrubs feels wrong somehow maybe it’s because he got used to the pink scrubs. He approaches her.

“Hey.”

Jo finishes writing her name, “Hey I can’t make it for lunch today I have a surgery that’s gonna run till 1 in the afternoon and then I have a partial colectomy after so I won’t clock out till 8. Are you good eating alone and taking Luna home without me?”

“Yeah, sure but first I want to know when you decided to switch back to surgery? I mean don’t get me wrong, pink, baby blue, dark blue you look good in all of those scrubs it’s just hard to keep track of what stage you’re in right now.”

“Well right now I am part general surgeon and part OB. Bailey guilted me into returning to the O.R. because the hospital is falling apart and more surgeries are getting cancelled by the minute. Even with DeLuca helping out there’s still at least 4 patients waiting and without any residents to assist we’re in the trenches.”

“Yeah, times are dark. Okay if it gets to be too much you know where to find me. And if Bailey tries to guilt trip me, I’ll just remind her that you got into OB so you wouldn’t fall into a depressive state during the pandemic and working you to death is gonna risk that again.”

Jo looks at Alex touched, “You would stand up to the chief for me?”

“I would stand up to God himself if I thought you or Luna needed my help. Not that she doesn’t need it with a fierce and kind mama like you.” Alex grins as does Jo who groans when she remembers something.

“I gotta assemble that baby stroller thing that I got yesterday so Luna can start walking. Maybe if I start tonight, I can finish it by the morning.”

Alex looks at his watch, “I get out early today maybe I can take Luna and assemble it before you get home.”

Jo widens her eyes at that, “Are you sure? I can assemble it another day it’s no trouble at all.”

“Don’t be silly it can help Luna walk and it’s just a toy for a baby its not exactly rocket science.”

“Yeah, but it feels like it is and unlike you I’ve done this before. Trust me when I say it’s gonna feel impossible.”

Alex grins amused and rubs Jo’s arms, “It’s gonna be great. You can think of it as a Mother’s Day gift along with the cake and velvet boxed jewelry I got you.”

Jo looks shocked at the date, “Wait its Mother’s Day? How did I miss that?”

“Maybe because we’re busy and we can barely remember our birthdays and anniversaries let alone a day dedicated to good moms. But needless to say, I remembered and feel like giving you a day of cherishing along with our daughter.”

Jo smiles at that, “Well when you put it like that how can I refuse? Okay the box is in the nursery you can find the instructions inside along with a Xanax in case you get stressed by how difficult it is.”

“Jo, I operate on kids for a living trust me some baby toy is not gonna beat me. It’s gonna look great by the time you get home and Luna will be walking in style.” He kisses her and leaves her to grin at herself hoping that Alex’s cockiness will be warranted.

3 PM

Alex enters the house carrying Luna in his arms along with her diaper bag. He exhales in the relief of comfort at his house before heading upstairs to the yellow nursery where he sees a V Tech sit to stand learning walker for girls with the colorful toy pictured all over the large box. A baby is walking holding the stroller so it can advertise its usefulness in developing child mobility.

Alex kneels down next to the box still holding Luna, “You know when me and your auntie Amber were learning to walk, we just held on to table ends and tried not to fall. We didn’t have toys or contraptions that made it fun for us. So, we’re gonna do it differently with you Little Moon, new baby, new tradition. Let’s do this kid.”

He puts Luna in her sit up floor seat so she can be across from him while he opens the box and takes the disassembled parts out piece by piece. He took out the instructions inside the box and saw that they were in Chinese. He flipped to the English section and saw from the diagram that the first step is to insert the easy to grip handle.

He reads the instructions, “Okay first step is…” The instructions might as well be in Chinese because he can’t make out what it’s trying to tell him, “Insert to parts for assemble which toy can have immediately.” He is taken back by this strange instruction and looks at Luna, “Can you make out what that means?” Luna’s only response was a raspberry to his amusement, “Okay it’s fine we got this, we are both smart and capable people who can put together a simple toy for you to walk with. It’s easy as pie.”

Meanwhile

Jo is at the beginning stages of a partial colectomy with her sister-in-law Amber DeLuca nee Karev assisting. She decided to let her sister assist her in her surgeries since she needs to learn as a resident even with all the residency program on probation. She feels bad for Amber knowing it isn’t what she signed up for when she first joined but she doesn’t show it because she knows Amber wants to hang tough and not show weakness. She mentally snorts at the similarities between her and Alex since it’s what Alex would do too.

As sad as Amber is in her work life, she’s making up for it with the joy in her personal life when she told them that she and DeLuca were pregnant back in March. Jo knew that she and DeLuca decided to try to have a baby and gave them her full support already embracing being an aunt and Luna having a cousin. It’s the kind of family she wished she had growing up and is grateful for Luna never having to know what that feels like.

“How’s the morning sickness?”

“It’s mostly gone. It only comes up after I eat a bagel with strawberry cream cheese so I cut that off.”

Jo sees the colon and keeps talking as she cuts, “Have you guys already started preparing for the baby when it comes?”

“We’re just going along with it as it goes. I want to know the sex first and then paint the nursery, I know there is neutral colors but I don’t want my baby’s room to look like vomit or a crab condiment. God knows there’s gonna be enough fluids as it is.”

Jo groans in disgust, “I know, how can so many disgusting things come out of something so cute and so small? It’s why I bought a diaper genie; I just wish it came with a maid to do the diapers and clean up the spit-up.”

“You’re really winning me over on motherhood.” Amber retorts sarcastically.

“But it’s all worth it.” Jo states with a smile behind her mask, “To have this small and wonderful person and claim her as your own it’s a new kind of love that takes you over and…makes you see life in a whole new way. Don’t worry your gonna do great and so is your man. And in case you need practice you guys can hijack Luna whenever you want. Preferably Friday nights so I can have sex with my hot, cranky husband.”

“Ugh can you not talk about that, that’s my brother and I’m afraid my morning sickness is gonna come back.”

Jo chuckles, “Sorry you know Luna is really excited about having a cousin. She even clapped when I read Forever Cousins the other night for bedtime.”

Amber grins, “Aww that’s sweet, it’s gonna be kind of cool, isn’t it? Us raising our kids together at the same time.”

“It does sound cool; I’m already seeing us having barbeque on the weekends with the guys grilling and us just sitting back and drinking cheap wine while the kids are playing on the swing set in the back.”

“Jo by then swing sets will probably be dead and our kids will play with virtual reality goggles or whatever technology is gonna take them away from precious family time.”

Jo starts dissecting the colon, “Well you get my point I’m just really excited. I used to think I would never get those sitcom families that fight and make up in the end with the audience cheering in the background. And now here I am a mom and a soon to be aunt, I’m probably gonna compete with Carina over who’s the favorite but I will welcome it.”

Amber chuckles, “It would be nice to see that and if we have a girl, you guys can hand us some of Luna’s old clothes and recommend toys for us.”

“Well hopefully one is being assembled as we speak. I got Luna this walking toy that’s supposed to encourage babies to take their first steps. I was gonna assemble it after work but then Bailey asked me to operate so Alex offered to do it instead. He said it was a Mother’s Day gift along with the cake I saw in the fridge this morning.”

“That’s nice of him.”

Jo inhales uneasily, “Yeah hopefully he survives with his sanity intact.”

Amber narrows her eyes at that, “Jo it’s a toy for babies how hard can it be to put together?”

Two Hours Later

Alex tries to push the number 3 button shaped like a square onto the console but it doesn’t stick in causing him to groan in misery. He’s been trying to put together the toy for the past two hours and so far he’s only gotten as far as the easy to grip handle that has one end sticking out. Luna has been at the front seat of her dad’s failure with a blank face.

The instructions get more confusing as he reads along making him think that the English translation was rough from the Chinese. He’s starting to see why Jo underestimated his ability to put it together. It makes him appreciate her even more knowing how hard it must have been to play handy man with crappy instructions. Honestly it was a miracle she didn’t have a nervous breakdown since he’s close to having one. Luckily the instructions are also in Italian so he called his brother-in-law to translate hoping it sounds intelligible in his language. Andrew DeLuca enters the nursery surprised to find Alex cross legged on the floor holding a button and glaring at it like he wants to kill it. He clears his throat and cautiously approaches him.

“Hey man how’s it going?”

Alex growls under his breath, picks up the manual and reads out one of the steps, “Gently forward piece for coupling with warning about many danger. Can you make out what that means? Because either I am missing something or China is trying to make us insane with these instructions making it easier to attack.”

Andrew spots the button on his hand and points to the console, “That 3 button your holding looks like it goes right there.”

Alex chuckles darkly, “Yeah it does doesn’t it? Here let me just fit it in there.” Alex tries to put the button in the console but it refuses to merge no matter how hard he pushes, “I have an MD, I was the interim chief of surgery and I run my own department. A department for kids so toys are what I give them all day so they can feel better about me cutting into them. This toy is for my daughter so that she can walk so why the hell is it not letting me teach her how to walk!”

Andrew looks at Luna in her floor seat where she’s teething, “I think your teaching her about how to have a nervous breakdown properly.” Andrew grins but Alex has none of it as he glares at his brother-in-law, “Right not the time to be funny. Doesn’t the store have some kind of service to put these things together?”

Alex throws the button to the floor, “It does but this damn thing costs 50 bucks and it costs another 50 to put it together.”

“It’s a gig economy. So why am I here then?”

Alex holds out the manual to him from the floor, “There are instructions in Italian and you read it don’t you?”

He grabs the manual and flips the page, “Yeah.”

“Great then you can translate and hopefully Italy is smart enough to translate into actual sentences.”

Andrew raises his eyebrow at the menial task, “You called me over here to be your translator? I’m pretty sure there’s an app where you take a picture of the page and it can translate.”

Alex pinches the bridge of his nose, “I am on the brink of losing it so forgive me if I’ve forgotten about the advancements of technology. Now either you sit down and help me put this damn thing together or the nursery will be painted red instead.”

Andrew eyes widen at that threat knowing full well how violent his in-laws can be. He kneels down and reads the instructions, “Okay let me read this and translate…” His eyebrows furrow at the instructions reading them out loud to Alex, “To make seat with secure fasten red pin C to happy. Huh…I guess Italy got it wrong too.” Alex grabs one of Luna’s plushies and squeezes the bunny in anger taking a deep inhale and exhale. Andrew tries to read the instructions and Luna is in her chair giving a wide grin as if mocking them.

8:17 PM

Jo enters her house with Amber behind her carrying wine for her and Alex and mineral water for Amber. They head to the kitchen to set the bottles down on the counter and Jo looks around at the empty room.

“Where is Alex? He said he would be home by now.” Amber shrugs and they hear a shout coming from upstairs that sounds like Alex. They look at each other confused before Jo grabs the tiny screen that’s connected to the HelloBaby monitor camera upstairs in Luna’s room. They look at the monitor to find Alex in there sitting on the floor in front of the desecrated toy he said he would build for Jo. Jo sighs gathering the information, “I guess my husband got overconfident again and is suffering the consequences.” Jo sees Luna still in her seat giggling at the scene, “On the bright side Luna is enjoying her real-life sitcom that is her daddy building a toy.”

Amber leans in closer when she spots a familiar person sitting next to Alex leaning forward on his knees holding a purple wheel that’s supposed to go with the walker. She sees him from the side and can tell he is about to lose it, “What is Andrew doing in there?”

Jo grins amused, “Questioning his stance on pending fatherhood maybe.” Amber looks at Jo with a raised eyebrow and looks back at the screen.

Meanwhile

Alex takes a deep breath trying to keep the toy standing up with the purple back legs providing support. It looks almost like the box depicts it as except the buttons are hanging out and not pushed in and the pink phone is discarded on the floor. He barely makes a dent in inserting the legs into the main front with one wheel missing that he spots in Andrew’s hands as he is leaning against his knees no doubt as cranky as him about this cursed toy. He grabs the wheel and tries to put the wheel in but instead it makes the entire toy structure crumble down and the buttons are scattered across the floor. Alex and Andrew look on in angsty defeat while Luna grins at the carnage no doubt thinking this is playtime.

Andrew quickly stands up, frustration evident on his face, “I give up I tried man I tried but this-this cazzo is impossible!” Alex merely sits in silent defeat while Andrew goes in a rant, “Porca miseria I’ve been beaten up, I’ve been stabbed, I’ve worked in Italy while it was a hot pandemic spot but this toy for your daughter is the evilest thing I have ever faced! Sono un dannato chirurgo e non riesco a mettere insieme un cazzo di giocattolo.” (Translation: I’m a damn surgeon and I can’t put a fucking toy together.) Alex looks at Andrew taken back by him ranting in Italian but his brother-in-law doesn’t notice as he continues his tirade, “Come farò a fare questo per mio bambino? e perché hanno bisogno di giocattoli fantasiosi per camminare?” (Translation: How will I do this for my baby? And why do they need fancy toys for walking?)

Alex nods but doesn’t catch one word of his speech and overlaps in his rambling, “I can see that your very upset.”

Andrew doesn’t listen while Luna looks at her uncle blankly no doubt not even registering his foreign language, “Non li avevamo e tutto è andato bene. È dannatamente pazzesco che queste istruzioni non abbiano senso, non significano un cazzo!” (Translation: We didn’t have them and we’re fine. It’s damn crazy that these instructions don’t make sense, they don’t mean shit!)

A loud cough stops Andrew in his rant causing him and Alex to turn to find Amber and Jo standing outside the door with concerned grins on both of their faces. Jo walks past the men as they start to calm down and picks up Luna from her seat.

“Did your daddy and uncle have a hard time today, Luna Bear?” Jo looks down at Alex in sympathy causing him to stand up in exhaustion, “Did you learn any new Italian words from your uncle Andrew?”

Andrew sighs at that, “I didn’t realize I slipped back into my native tongue.”

Amber pouts at Andrew putting her hand over his chest, “You hit your breaking point?”

“This thing is evil.” Andrew states in his most serious voice, “It-It is designed so that parents can’t make it and their kids’ development is held off until the damn employee at the store assembles it and makes money from our misery.”

“You and I are finally in agreement.” Alex states rubbing his temples and sits in the rocking chair tired.

Andrew inhales and exhales before speaking, “I have a new hatred for China and our countries inability to translate correctly. How would you feel about a potato and a stick for our baby to play with instead? I mean you didn’t get a fancy stroller and you turned out okay.”

Amber squeezes Andrew’s shoulder in comfort, “I would make fun of you for not assembling a toy but I have a feeling I would incite another Italian soap opera scene.”

“I think we’re gonna hold off on you learning to walk until I can assemble this thing and show your daddy how it’s done.” Jo bounces Luna up and down smiling at her, “Yeah you’ll learn soon that mommy has all the answers yes she does.”

“She really does.” Alex agrees in a tired tone before standing up and standing in front of his family with a guilty look, “I’m sorry. I wanted to show you guys how much I love and appreciate you but instead I showed you all the ways a guy can screw up what a mom can’t.”

Jo grins at Alex in appreciation, “We already know how much you love us, you don’t have to put together a toy that even NASA couldn’t assemble. The fact that you tried to and never gave up is enough for us.” Jo kisses Alex while holding Luna with Andrew and Amber still in the room looking away awkwardly.

Amber turns to Andrew with a smile, “How about this Bob the Builders to show us how much you appreciate the things we do for your current and future kid’s you guys can make us dinner and then after we can eat that cake in the fridge. Meanwhile me, Jo, and Luna will put together this toy that seems to have broken you.” Andrew groans in agreement with Alex rubbing the back of his neck, “Is that a good compromise boys?”

The men look at each other for a moment and nod, “I’ll get the stuff to make chicken tetrazzini.”

“I’ll pre heat the stove.” Alex offers gladly and both of them walk out of the room determined to get away from the baby toy that is scattered all over the floor. Jo and Amber chuckle at their husband’s helplessness and sit down on the floor in front of the toy parts with Luna in Jo’s lap.

“Oh, Luna Bear where would you be without mommy?”

Amber picks up the purple handle, “Probably still laughing at her daddy and uncle’s expense. How do you…” Amber tries to put the handle together with the front but it doesn’t to her ire, “I can see why my husband had an Italian breakdown.”

“Give it to me.” Amber hands Jo the handle that she attaches to the front with laughable ease to Amber’s shock.

“How did you do that?”

“Oh, honey you should’ve seen me when I tried to assemble Luna’s activity garden, that made our men’s scene look like amateur acting.”

Amber chuckles, “Happy Mother’s Day.”

Jo grins at her pregnant sister-in-law, “Happy Mother's Day.”

[transingthoseformers]

As the one and only CEO of tobot on this wretched (/affectionate) site. I'll give you the rundown on the villains in short 2-3 sentence bulletpoints based off of my memory and lore that I remember. (Pictures included) At first I thought to make a google doc or google slides but meh. Starting off with a few of my favorites woo Tom fuse:

Certified evil baby girl. The whole ordeal with him is that he wants to take over the city by being the corporate overlord of it all. He has his very own food chain called food by fuse where he brainwashed children by some very catchy jingle and basically made them sleep-deprived zombies. He has a fucking robot centipede. YOU HEARD ME CORRECTLY. I imagine he named it Nancy :) anyways so the food packeting robots can assemble to form a massive centipede robot who's really strong and has energy sucking mandibles. (last villain robot of season 2 so it's pretty damn important) This guy is a talented actor, he's pretty famous, he's in a shit ton of movies, thinks he's too good to read a script (eventually does read it however) and in the show he's had multiple meet-and-greets where he uses his acting skills to hide his true feelings. It's pretty funny I can look for the episode name for you. (Bonus!) He also has a SHITTON of disguises, not to name a few but once bailed he Diulk out of jail with the help of Mr Holmes (his dilf butler who has a sister in the countryside) and they dressed up as police chiefs and it worked. They had to say that it was ice cream day in the so called 'prison' because Diulk liked the food in the police station and didn't want to leave.

Also, when he's mad or annoyed the sides of his hair puffs out.

Ancee:

I'll like to start off, by saying she's the second main villain in the series with Limo being the first. Her whole thing was that she originally wanted Zero's blueprints (Limo's invention that blew up) and when she couldn't get it because the files were corrupt, she sent the bikerbots to Diulk and gave him a 30 day deadline to get the tobots since there blueprints were similar (Limo worked with Dr Cha and Dr Cha made the tobots) Manipulated X and Y into thinking Duri and Hana didn't love them anymore and manipulated Duri and Hana to adore her all while she's in disguise. Used a lullaby that their mom used on them to make them to sad to fight and also, created a robot with the help of Limo and Dr Cha, ALL IN DISGUSE. THIS GIRL BOSS DID IT ALL! Has a feather wand that she uses to basically torture the bikerbots/whatever she uses it on. Also it's canon she's under the age of 40. She also pondered the existance of the mindcores and made little camera fly robots. I just thought you would like to know that.

MORE IN PART 2 YIPPIE

Omg why are these two and what are they funny as hell???

My brain read "robot centipede" and thought about the earthspark arachnobots, the fact that it's named Nancy didn'T register until I reread it

Feather wand got me ngl

These two are the damn masters of disguise

They both sound delightfully evil and like. What are these schemes and why are they workinh

[cookbook-by-iceycube]

Welcome!

Recipe blog for @iceycube, posts are tagged #baking or #cooking depending on the type of food.

I am a certified baker, meaning I have completed an almost 4 year education and worked in craftsman bakeries. I am also a very picky eater and a mom of two small children, so most food food will be geared towards that.

The recipes are all ones that I have personally developed, tweaked from the bakeries I've worked at or from the internet, or the original is in Danish, or I otherwise can vouch for, as I have made the food at least once and liked it.

I do be having an allergy towards olive oil, so all recipes will be using butter, but if you want to use oils you just use 82% weight of butter as oil; example: 100 g butter would equal 82 g oil. Or use margarine, butter=margarine in weight in recipes.

Also, living in Denmark, all butter is salted, so if a recipe says butter it means salted butter. If you can't find that just add half a teaspoon salt per 100 g butter and you're almost at the same flavor :]

If you make the food, I would really appreciate a reblog with a photo of your food and maybe some feedback regarding how it was to follow the recipe, so that future recipes can be easier for internet people to follow. Or maybe you tweaked it and want to share your experiences with me. I would love to try different variations of the food :]

Recipes will have a chef level: 🧑‍🍳 for very easy things, 🧑‍🍳🧑‍🍳🧑‍🍳🧑‍🍳🧑‍🍳 for very difficult. I'd say most of these recipes will be around 2-4 chefs. Chefs can be found in the title or tags.

Examples:

🧑‍🍳: chocolate milk, because that's just melt chocolate add cream and watch it.

🧑‍🍳🧑‍🍳🧑‍🍳: Nachos from scratch, because of many components to keep track of but otherwise easy assembly.

🧑‍🍳🧑‍🍳🧑‍🍳🧑‍🍳🧑‍🍳: Lemon fromage, because hygiene and gelatin work.

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[gentlyepigrams]

Here I am about to rant about the enshittification of medical care in the United States.

As a certified old, I remember (from my childhood) when you, or your parent, could just call your family doctor and go in the same day. Not to urgent care, which didn't exist yet, but to the actual doctor, who would make room in the schedule if they needed to, or sometimes, if you were very lucky, see you specially on the weekend so you could avoid going to the emergency room. This happened to me with a bad UTI when I was in college; the doctor had been treating me for years and was the partner of the doctor who had delivered me.

Part of the problem here is that most doctors don't have small practices where they can work that way any more. They're employed by giant clinic groups that handle all the scheduling and billing. These groups are generally for-profit and to make money, schedule doctors super-tightly and pass off a lot of care to nurse practitioners and medical techs--who are great people, and often super helpful! no shade to them--to keep the assembly line moving.

Because of the massive overhead requirements (like electronic records), the hassle of dealing with insurance, privacy laws, etc. etc., it's apparently, according to doctor friends in my age group, nearly impossible to run an old-style practice of the sort I grew up visiting. The money just isn't there. Hence: "concierge service", which is paying what it now costs to run a small practice, which is a lot more for the consumer.

I lived in England in the 80s and had a chance to experience the NHS. It didn't work well for us: my mom had an experience where the local doctor didn't read her chart and prescribed a medication she was allergic to. Also it was hard to get an appointment! So my parents switched us to private insurance for the few years we stayed and it left me meh on "socialized medicine".

Then I grew up and had to deal with medical insurance myself, from the perspective of chronic illness, and watched doctors move into these giant clinic systems. I started having to make appointments months in advance for every doctor I saw, with near-term sicknesses referred to urgent care in the practice system (not great for someone with chronic illness and drug allergies).

I had always known that I was lucky to get the health care I got, that people who had less than I did needed more help, and that single-payer health care was the way to get that, especially for people who couldn't get insured. And of course, before Obamacare, people with "pre-existing conditions", aka any kind of medical history, could be priced out of the medical insurance market.

But what I figured out in the last 10-15 years was that my experience as an adult with my doctors, who are collectively great people, in the giant clinic setting was basically duplicating the NHS experience I had in the 80s, except we pay an arm and a leg through insurance deductions, co-pays, deductibles, etc. Plus, if we want super-personalized care from a doctor like the one I grew up with, hundreds of dollars a month in concierge care money.

All the money from this set of changes is going into the pockets of billionaires who have big money stock investments in insurance and health care companies, and the executives who run insurance and health care companies. And a tiny bit to people who own index funds and small amounts of stock, but they're not getting the bulk of the money, nor do they control the direction of insurance or health care as industries.

Where the money isn't going: our doctors and their staff, who are workers just like the rest of us, and in the case of the ones with medical degrees, probably paying an arm and a leg in student loans for the privilege of spending the last few years getting yelled at for not prescribing horse dewormer and telling people to wear masks and every other terrible thing that's happened to them since 2020.

I can't blame any doctor for wanting to go the concierge route. But the system that's pushing them in that direction, that asks them to deal with complex cases, aka scared sick people, in 15 minutes? That's all bullshit. If that's what we get, we ought to just pay for health care through our taxes and let the government negotiate prices with health care companies and drug companies (note: Medicare is limited in how much leverage they can exert on drug companies in price negotiation by law; look it up and tell your reps to change that!) and just let everybody go to clinics for free or very low costs for care. Super rich people are going to do something like concierge medicine anyway but we can make life better for everybody else and spend less money doing it.

It'll never happen, but a girl can dream.

Medical care in America be like:

*Pays from every paycheck for premiums*

*Pays at the point of service for co-pays and deductibles*

My doctor: For your benefit, my practice is switching to limited-patient concierge service! Simply pay me $2,000 per year for the right to simply make an appointment!

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➵ park sunghoon x f!reader

➵ summary: coming back to your home country for seoul uni and being partnered up with your ex on an assignment wouldn’t be so bad—if it weren’t for his 3 year old child who he has no idea about.

➵ genre: exes to lovers

➵ featuring: ryujin, chaeryeong, wonyoung, karina, heejin, jungkook, hoseok

➵ warnings: none. just some angst but mostly fluff and crack

➵ taglist: open! send an ask to be added

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➵ baby squad assemble (profiles 1)

PROFILES

@XIA0SGF - y/n’s main. she was a student in ucla majoring in political science but is now returning back bcs of her parents (plus she misses her home)

@slayqueen123 - y/n’s priv. only her five friends and cousin follow it. its a rant space.

@chaerchaer - chaeryeong’s account. she and y/n have been friends since childhood bcs they were neighbors. is a self certified romcom critique. besties4life

@JANGW0NY0UNG - wonyoung’s account. she and y/n met during sophomore year in hs. is the mom of the group and head of events committee in seoul uni. a goddess.

@girlieryu - ryujin’s account. she met y/n through a discord server and have been close ever since. she is also in seoul uni and y/n introduced her to her other friends. claims to be dating y/n.

@prettiestboy0 - sunoo’s account. certified gossip girl and gretchen. also y/n’s friend from hs. they met through y/n’s ex sunghoon who sunoo’s friends with. is trying his best to be neutral but failing miserably.

@rikiniki - niki’s account. pro genshin player in beef with y/n over best dps. y/n is planning on adopting him. first met y/n through his sisters friend. (yeji is his sister, chaer is her friend.)

@babymommy - y/n extra priv. she uses it to post baby pictures just to be safe.

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The doctor, the board-certified geriatrician and founder of the medical practice for which this evening was a celebration, felt like he already had to get away. What started in his head as a likely awkward but mostly harmless evening among his employees wherein he’d have to smile, nod and thank some people for money before faking a headache and excusing himself had turned - less than an hour in - into something for which he was completely unprepared. He knew the girls that had forced themselves upon him last weekend - Randi, Amelia and Marisela - would be there. He knew he’d have to face them, maybe resist some advances (which he was, like, totally prepared to do!). He knew he’d also have to face Melissa, his new Office Manager over whom he’d developed the most unhealthy of obsessions and who seemed to be slowly - perhaps unwittingly - pulling him into some sort of orbit; breaking out from the gravity of that would be harder. But so far he’d run into none of them yet - Randi, Amelia, Marisela or Melissa - but had nevertheless found himself sitting at the bar absolutely surrounded.

It was from the bar that he needed to get away...

These girls, all these new worker girls, were like a swarm. They were a swarm, in fact. There were dozens of them here tonight and they were on every side of him as soon as he stepped into the dark club, escorted in by the five beaming young women who’d driven him here: Shanette, Josie, Lakshmi, Stephanie and Julia, holding onto his shoulders and arms, guiding him in. Then there was Bessie, Silvia, Emily, Kori, Lexi. Nadia, Katarina, a whole bunch more: a crowd of girls he barely knew, fawning over him. There were others on the dance floor, or milling about, all casting glances his way. Even previous employees of his, Brittni, Bobbi, Aubrey, others: they were all so...affectionate, touchy-feely tonight. Or, like Cynthia standing alone over there, looming with a coke, casting him thirsty glances. It all made him uncomfortable. Was he the only male here tonight?? No...no. There were some others. Some of the construction workers, a small smattering of them skulking around the corners, for the most part keeping to themselves.

But, mostly, this was a party for his girls, and the doctor’s appearance set them all to buzzing, excited. If he’d been bathing, swimming in the pooled perfumes of five girls on his ride, then entering the party was like opening the gates to an ocean. The assembled women, the whole workforce of Far Horizons Medical Associates, were here ready to let loose, drinking and excited. Some of them were already dancing. There was a reckless energy in the air, huge possibilities. New to the abilities they were just discovering, on his appearance they made no efforts to contain the pheromones that they found could just pour from their bodies. They let them loose unchecked, filling the place quickly, heavily. He’d had just one drink and already his head was spinning as he sat at the bar surrounded by bodies, female bodies, each one more voluptuous than the next. And all of them smelling like…ffffuck. He’d been doing his best to be strong all week, to keep his head above water, but suddenly he felt like he was drowning.

Dinner? Were they going to have dinner? There were tables set up, an area that looked ready for a buffet, but no food had arrived. So in the meantime he was mired waist-deep in a cocktail hour, seated at a barstool, currently talking to Katarina, a new hire for whom he’d ordered a vodka, straight. She was blonde, straight-haired and pale, a new mom by her description, Eastern European by her accent. She was thin but a tight, long-in-the-sleeve, low-cut-in-the-bust and high-to-the-hip black dress showed off a surprisingly hippy figure with shockingly big breasts. Shanette, taller, bustier and more curvaceous still, stood close to the side behind him, squashing his skinny right shoulder with her huge, soft left tit.

“Omigod, Dr. J, look around,” Shanette laughed, as she waited for her Espresso Martini from the bartender, “besides maybe a couple of the servers, I think you’re the shortest person here!”

The doctor, privately shivering, didn’t know what to say. He glanced around, from one statuesque beauty to the next, and had no argument. How in god’s name did this happen..? He started to chuckle, but the laughter died on his lips.

Seeing the doctor not answering, not responding to her teasing, Shanette just laughed deeper and became bolder, straightened up taller so her breast came to rest fully on his right shoulder, pressing against his right ear. How does that feel, little man? she thought to herself, as once again he said nothing, Pretty good I bet.

“Oh my gawd look how quiet and passive and adorable he’s being! Co za mała kochanie!” Katarina crowed, falling into her native Polish, as she leaned in, arms squashing her big breasts between them. She saw his eyes drop for a second to her bloom of cleavage before he quickly looked away. “Haha so vulni..! I just want to take him home and nurse him!” she giggled.

“Omigod I said the same thing on the ride over!” Shanette laughed, as her left hand found its way to the left side of his head, pulled his head sideways more firmly into her tit, “Me too!”

“Haha how does that sound, niemowlę??” Katarina cooed, leaning in closer still to her new employer, this frail little man who to her was strangely just dreamy, “Want us to take you home so you can have two mommies?” Katarina had been hooked up with this job by the same people who’d helped her emigrate, back when she was pregnant, and had been told a little bit about what was to happen, what this guy represented, the purpose he’d serve. But she’d never found herself this bold before, with other men. And something in the air was making her extra feisty. But this guy doesn’t mind, does he?

“Yeah how would you like it…” Shanette purred, her voice reverberating with giggles through her chest, “…if one of us just tucked you into our bra, snuck you out of here?” She was looking down at him, petting his thickly disheveled hair, admiring the subtle streaks of gray. “Should we do it?”

Katarina snorted, had to put down her drink on the bar. ”Oh my god don’t even joke about it!” she said to Shanette, reaching out with one hand to caress his left cheek, “I haven’t pumped in four hours. Remember...I’m a mommy with twins. I’m already so full...I might burst!”

Inhibitions down from booze and pheromones, the doctor’s gaze was pulled back to the apparently milk-swollen boobs of Katarina, her voluptuous bulge of creamy cleavage, the subtle pattern of blue veins. The soft warmth of Shanette’s breast against the right side of his face was overwhelming his senses and nearly all his reason.

There was talk of Katarina’s vodka, talk of “pump and dump”, an offer of a White Russian and…

“Uh, excuse me,” the doctor said, the first thing he’d said this whole time, “ I need to, uh, get up...”

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Spellbound (We Are Entranced)

A Max Mayfield Character Study Throughout Season 4

Getting up in the morning was hard. It'd been that way for almost a year now. Max would wake up and wish she hadn't. She'd like to sleep forever. It was peaceful there; you know, if you don't count the nightmares.

Yet, her alarm clock still drew her out of bed. Every. Single. Morning.

Dressing in a dirty shirt she'd worn twice this week and a jacket on top, Max headed down the hallway into the living room. At least, that's the best word for it. A shitty trailer is more accurate.

Beer bottles littered the space, but she didn't pick them up. Not this morning; Max didn't have the energy.

Grabbing two Tylenol, she placed them in her mouth before swallowing them down with some water from the sink.

Her mother was nowhere in sight, and when Max checked the bedroom, she found it empty. Lord knows where she was at seven in the morning.

She was probably drunk. She'd been that way recently. Ever since Neil left, that is.

Grabbing her red bookbag, Max made her way out the door. She wasn't hungry enough for breakfast. She was never hungry.

Max watched as Eddie Munson sped away in his van, rock music blaring. Too bad she couldn't drive. Instead, Max had to take the bus. At least she had her Walkman and Kate Bush to keep her sane.

Hopping off the crowded bus, Max rolled her eyes as someone called her name. She didn't want to have a conversation this early in the morning.

"Max! Max!" Taking off her headphones and turning around, she realized the voice was of Ms. Kelly. "Where were you yesterday?"

"Oh, yeah. Sorry. I forgot it was Thursday," Max mumbled.

"Well, I'd like to see you today. Come straight after lunch, okay?"

Nodding, Max walked away, placing her headphones back on her ears.

The assembly was... painful. Not only cringey (specifically Jason's speech) but also very... personal.

Entering the gym, Max wandered toward Mike and Dustin. She instantly huffed as she overheard Dustin and Mike arguing about who has a better girlfriend. Of course they were.

"Look, I'm not saying that my girlfriend is better than yours." Yes, you are, Max thought. "It's just that Suzie's, like, a certified genius."

"You do realize El has saved the world twice, right?" Mike countered.

"And yet you still have a C in Spanish."

The music stopped, and over the microphone, someone screamed, "Let's hear it for our Tigers!"

The crowd cheered, but all Max could pay attention to was Lucas. He stared directly at her as he ran into the middle of the court, and she glanced away. It hurt too much to look at him, even when he waved at her.

Out of the corner of her eye, Max saw him frown.

She hated it.

If Max was going to be honest, she totally zoned out. That was until Billy was brought up.

"Think of Jack. Think of Melissa. Think of Heather. Think of Billy ."

He did not just bring up Billy. Max caught Lucas's sympathetic eyes, and she turned away from his gaze. She couldn't do this.

Max decided to zone off once again. She needed to ignore everything. Before she got hurt again. She paid attention when Dustin and Mike somehow didn't know how a tournament works. How do they not know this basic information? They really are nerds.

After lunch, Max made her way to Ms. Kelly. In the hallway, she caught a glimpse of none other than head cheerleader Chrissy Cuningham heading out of her office. That's... weird. Why was she there? Not only that, but she looked... uncomfortable, upset.

Sitting in a chair across her desk, Max listened to her Walkman. It was the last thing keeping her grounded. Music did that for her.

Ms. Kelly's muffled voice came from outside the music. "Can you remove your headphones, please?"

Taking them off her head and clicking the button, Max responded with, "Sorry."

"A 'C in English and a 'C- in Spanish," she said, clearing her throat.

"Yeah."

"Well that's not normal for you," Ms. Kelly said sadly.

"If you say so...."

"How's your mom holding up?"

Max stared at the floor. "She's fine...." She paused. "I mean, she hates the new place, which is, like, yeah, it's terrible, but... she's fine."

Max wanted anything but to be here. She'd instead be forced to go to Hellfire than have to talk about her emotions. Nevertheless, here she was. She was sharing her feelings and talking about her family life. God, she would give anything in the world to leave.

"Is she still drinking?"

Max swallowed hard. "Like, yeah, a little, but... Well, she's working two jobs. So it's not easy."

"Must not be easy for you either with your stepdad gone."

"It's kind of better, honestly."

"Better how?"

"He was an asshole. So there's less... assholery."

"Are you sleeping better?" the woman asked gently.

"Yeah, fine," she lied.

"So no more headaches?"

Max shook her head.

"Nightmares?"

Max flashed back to the one she had last night; Billy being impaled by the mindflayer, its tentacle deep inside his chest. She remembered her screams as she called his name.

"Nope."

Ms. Kelly looked at the floor. She knew. She knew Max was lying.

"Max. What you've been through, what you're still going through, it's a lot for anyone," she said as Max fumbled with her headphone cord. "And it's okay to not be okay. But I can only help you if you're truthful, if you open up to me."

"Yeah, I... I know. I'm- I'm being open."

Ms. Kelly sighed.

"I'm being open," Max repeated, though her face said otherwise. Jesus, why did she have to be such a bad liar?

She was so relieved when Ms. Kelly finally excused her.

Exiting the office, Max didn't even notice Lucas until he called her name.

"Max, hey."

Goddamnit. She wasn't in the mood to try and hold a conversation with him. "Are you stalking me or something?"

"Oh, no, I- I just wanted to give you this." He handed Max a piece of paper.

"What is this?"

"A ticket to the game."

Max turned her head towards him and rolled her eyes. Then, marching away, she became frustrated as he followed.

"Listen, I know you never want to go to my games, but this one is kind of a big deal," Lucas continued.

"A big deal?" Max scoffed. "Lucas, you really care about this?" she questioned, still walking.

"Yeah- I- I do. Maybe you should find something you care about too."

Max paused. What did he just say? She stopped, spun around, and glared.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

Max saw his face turn to ' oh shit' and paused.

"You're just... It's- it's like you're not even here anymore," Lucas responded hesitantly. He looked so nervous. God, all she did was make things worse for other people. "It's... it's like you're a ghost or something."

Looking away, Max felt a wave of guilt and anger wash over her. "A ghost? Really?"

"Max, I know something's wrong," he said.

"...Yeah, right... Yeah, something must be wrong with me because I broke up with you."

Lucas shook his head. "No. That... that's not what I meant."

Max had heard enough. "Lucas, look, people just change, okay? That's it. I've changed. It's that simple." She was so annoyed. So sick of him trying to fix her or something.

Before she entered the bathroom door, Max handed Lucas the ticket back. "Good luck."

She didn't wait to see Lucas's face. As Max hurried in, she quickly pulled out her bottle of Tylenol. She desperately needed them—needed something to calm her.

Max popped down two of them. Suddenly she heard the awful sound of vomit from a stall behind her. Turning around, Max saw a cheerleader's skirt.

"Hey, are you alright?" she asked.

"Yeah- yes... I'm... I'm fine." Chrissy? Chrissy Cunningham?

"Okay, um... you're sure?"

"Please, just go away." The girl sounded awful. Still, there wasn't anything Max could do for the cheerleader. She wasn't about to snitch on her.

Sighing, Max left the dull restroom, hoping Chrissy was okay.

Max was so glad to leave school. So relieved it was Spring Break.

Earlier that day, Dustin had tried to convince her to play D'n'D with him. Hell no.

As Max climbed onto the bus, she clicked on her Walkman, and Running Up That Hill blasted through it. She found it almost therapeutic—an escape.

It blocked out the obnoxious teens who screamed and yelled in the back, which always seemed to leave her deaf.

Her mom still wasn't back once Max entered her trailer, giving her more time to herself.

Walking into her room, she plopped onto the bed and sighed. Everything seemed so bleak. The single window in Max's room offered little sunlight, leaving her in darkness. It was fitting, though. It's kind of what her world felt like at the moment. cold. Empty.

How was she going to make it through this year? Max didn't think she would. Surely something would prevent her at some point. Things weren't looking up for her. They never were.

If Max could take some more pills, she would. But she'd overdosed at school once. Max couldn't walk in a straight line, and her words slurred together. She wasn't sure how she managed not to pass out that day. No one found out about it. Thank god.

Max must've stayed on her bed for hours because the next thing she knew, it was night. Checking her clock, she realized it was eight. Lucas should be done playing his basketball game right now.

Max really didn't want to, but it felt wrong not to listen to the radio and hear the outcome. So she sat up and tuned in. Instantly, she listened to the announcer.

" After a tragic year for our town, the Tigers have brought home the conference title for the first time in twenty-two years. " Another man continued, saying, " And what a great game it was, Allen, ending with a dramatic buzzer-beater from benchwarmer Lucas Sinclair! "

Lucas?

Max couldn't listen to the rest. She wasn't about to listen to people talking about him. Turning it off, she sighed, hanging her head.

Outside, a dog started barking. The owners never fed it, so Max had decided to take on that responsibility.

"Alright, alright, I hear you."

Standing up, Max made her way out of her bedroom.

Her mom was passed out on the couch, and Max wondered when she'd arrived. How'd she not notice the sound of the front door opening? Not only that, but how didn't she hear the TV? Whatever.

Cleaning up the empty beer bottles and fetching some chicken, Max strode out the door to the dog.

A second later, Eddie's van sped into the trailer park and halted in front of his house.

He drives like he's being chased or something.

Suddenly, Max spotted none other than Chrissy Cunningham hop out the door and follow Eddie into his trailer.

It took Max a second to fully realize why she was with him, but it all made sense once she did. First, the vomiting went to Ms. Kelly, and now to his house. Chrissy was going through something, so she probably resorted to drugs.

The dog barked once more, so Max continued to feed it. Chrissy and Eddie were none of her business.

When Max finally ran out of chicken, she walked back into her trailer.

That's when something... weird happened.

The lights and TV started to go crazy, and even though she knew it was most likely a coincidence, she couldn't help but wonder... No, it couldn't be. Max didn't want to believe it.

Max heard a scream. Eddie's scream. Sprinting towards the window, she saw him slam open the front door and book it into his van.

She knew he always sped, but this was different. He looked terrified. His driving was more erratic than it usually was too.

Deep down, Max knew something was wrong. She just knew it. Still, it was none of her business. After all, she tended to overthink stuff.

As she slept, nightmares plagued her mind. It'd been nonstop for the past few days. Not only that, but these were different than the usual ones she'd been gifted with after Billy died. These were so realistic, downright terrifying.

Max knew something was wrong.

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Mini Fanfic #720: Beach Text (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)

Samus: Hey there, beautiful~ (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

Chun-Li: Lol Why hello my Lovely Bounty Hunter~ ( ꈍᴗꈍ)

Chun-Li: How are you today?

Samus: Pretty good. The gang and I just left the Smash Beach a few minutes ago.

Chun-Li: No way! Really? Li-Fen and I has just arrived there not too long ago.

Samus: Oh crap. Seriously?

Samus: If I'd knew you guys would be here sooner, I could've convince my group of dorky friends to stay a little longer.

Chun-Li: Don't worry, Sammy. You didn't know at the time.

Chun-Li: Plus, the beach is already crowded as it is.

Chun-Li: So the chances of us bumping into each other would probably be below 45% at least.

Samus: Yeah. You made a good point there....

Samus: But speaking of which, how you guys enjoying the beach so far?

Chun-Li: We're having a great time already. We made sand castles together and now we're watching the waves pass by while eating some ice cream.

Chun-Li: Also my little flower says 'hello'.

Chun-Li: Mother and Daughter Beach Time.jpg

Samus: You two are too precious and adorable for your own good.

Chun-Li: Says the Certified Mom of her own huge family~

Samus: Touché.

Chun-Li: So what did you guys did at the beach earlier?

Chun-Li: You know, before you just noticed that we just arrived here.

Samus: We were chilling and relaxing for the most part. We even helped Luigi gain more confidence in himself by showing off his bod.

Chun-Li: You're talking about Mario's younger brother, right?

Samus: The very same.

Samus: Luigi Protection Squad Assemble!.jpg

Samus: The dumb poses was all Daisy's idea, in case you were wondering.

Chun-Li: Lol Awwwwwwwww!~ That picture was so cute and hilarious at the same time!~

Chun-Li: Wait. Luigi Protection Squad? What's that?

Samus: It's a group Ness and Dedede created a while back.

Samus: It's basically about making extra sure our precious Green Bean is protected, loved, and appreciated.

Samus: Cuz we love him like that.

Chun-Li: Awwwww~ That's so sweet~

Chun-Li: I would like to meet him someday.

Samus: You definitely should. He's a sweetheart. He just needs to have more confidence in himself.

Samus: You're welcome to join our cause if you want.

Chun-Li: I would be honored to join. (✿^‿^)

Samus: Sweet.

Samus: Hey, you think I can text you back once we get back home?

Samus: My phone's battery is already getting low. Forgot to charge earlier.

Chun-Li: Sure thing. I hope you guys have a safe trip home.

Samus: We're walking to a Burger Place right now. But we will.

Samus: I hope you and Li-Fen have more of a great time at the beach today.

Chun-Li: Thank you.

Chun-Li: Oh and Sammy?

Samus: Yeah?

Chun-Li: ( ˘ ³˘)♥( ˘ ³˘)♥( ˘ ³˘)♥

Chun-Li: I love you~

Samus: Love you too, Beautiful~ (｡•̀ᴗ-)

Chun-Li: ( ꈍᴗꈍ)

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5:34 p.m. Few Miles to Big Bang Burger........

Samus: (Smiles Softly at the Recent Text Message Chun-Li Sent Her While Blushing)

Daisy: D'awwwwwwww!~ (Immediately Gives Samus a Teasing Smirk on her Face) Is our tough Bounty Hunter getting all flustered already?~

Luigi: (Starts Smirking at Samus as Well) It would be pretty adorable if that were the case right now~

Samus: (Immediately Starts Looking Away from the Couple While Walking and Pouting) Shut up.....

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The Price Of Arbitration.

Arbitration Matters.

Content

Keep It About The Youngsters: Informing Your Children Regarding Divorce 1

Welcome To Kids First Arbitration.

Do Not Be Reluctant To Contact Us.

Supervised Or Sustained Contact.

At Mediate UK 90% of customers that go on to joint mediation have the ability to reach an agreement with arbitration. The conciliator will certainly ask you to check out all the options that you have, they will certainly assist you discover possibilities of concession and look for a means to move you both ahead. Mediation centres on arrangement as well as compromise and if those 2 aspects show up, there is every hope of an arrangement. For you to be able to get to a contract, you must both have a will and a wish to reach an arrangement. In such circumstances, the mediator will certainly look for the trick that unlocks a means forward.

If you are a solicitor as well as wants to refer clients for Household Mediation in Portsmouth or South East Hampshire please contact us. " In my view the debates for the proposition that the 1995 Act does not apply to mediations about cross-border kidnappings have the side". 11.35 The option of embracing a MIAM style technique in Scotland has the advantage of making parties knowledgeable about the schedule of ADR as an alternative to court. Nonetheless, study by the UK Government published in 2015 recommended that the applicant just went to a MIAM in 19% of situations. 11.32 The benefit of utilizing ADR is that as discussed in the introduction to this component, it may be quicker, more affordable, extra versatile and less stressful than litigating.

Keep It Regarding The Youngsters: Telling Your Kids About Divorce 1

The well-being of the child must be the court's top priority when choosing. Restricted actions order-- stops a person doing something with or to a youngster, for instance to stop a parent taking a kid abroad, or from picking a kid up from institution. The court will certainly encourage you to reach a contract, yet if you can not it might be essential for the court to release an order.

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Investor-State Mediation - Developments, Opportunities & Challenges.

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To benefit one of the most from mediation, you must assemble an agenda, which details the points you desire to talk about during the arbitration process. If https://mediationeurope.net/germany/areas/ is tight, or you are on a reduced earnings, there might be neighborhood law groups near to where you live. Lots of have regular lawful surgeries, where you can review your situation with a qualified solicitor. If this happens, the conciliator will sign the required court type as well as the instance can then be heard by a judge or a magistrate. If you are not qualified for lawfully assisted mediation you will certainly be expected to pay ahead of time before each arbitration session. Payments can be made in cash money at the office, by card over the telephone or online. Please do not quit me having contact with expanded member of the family who are very important to me.

Welcome To Youngsters 1st Mediation.

The moderator will be independent, even if they run from a solicitor's workplace, as well as won't take sides. Mediation can assist you and the various other moms and dad resolve problems without going to court. Requesting a court order typically takes longer and also might be more expensive and also difficult. Arbitration might just be a chance to talk with somebody independent about your parenting circumstance.

In some cases arbitration is not effective and also in such situations, the moderator will certainly discuss what other choices are readily available to solve the conflict, such as settlement. During the preliminary arbitration session with your ex-partner, the moderator will certainly discuss the guideline and what is expected of everyone in the mediation space. This info is documented completely in a paper called Contract to Moderate. After having experienced the file, you and also your ex lover will be asked to sign it, if you accept the terms. In the previous four months you attempted arbitration but it had not succeeded. An approved mediator has to validate this and also validate that mediation is not the very best method for you to resolve your conflict.

Do Not Be Reluctant To Contact Us.

Make it easy for me to take things I need when I hang around with my other parent, such as institution work, PE sets, garments, publications, video games, phone etc . Don't make me feel guilty regarding hanging out with my various other moms and dad. Child assessment supplies children the opportunity to place their sights onward within a neutral environment in a way which ensures they do not really feel responsible for making decisions. If you are represented by a solicitor at court it will certainly be more costly, with most household solicitor firms pricing estimate upwards of ₤ 5,000 for your situation.

Monitored contact can be through a kid contact centre or at the home of an additional person, or under the supervision of one more person. Education i.e. which school the child will go to, gain access to for the other parent to info concerning efficiency, moms and dad's evenings, participation and so on . Presently any individual who intends to claimLegal Aid, will just be able to get access to Legal Aid if they attend a MIAM, with an approved family mediator, unless there are extraordinary cases of evidenced domestic physical violence. At Children 1st Arbitration Plymouth we believe that most people, if provided the best assistance as well as possibility, can reach their own remedies to the issues as well as or difficulties that they are encountering. Family members mediation is a way of fixing conflicts which arise in the past, throughout or after separation or separation. Required to sort Monetary concerns consisting of Home, Pensions, assets, financial debts? Helping you reach arrangements that serve to both of you and will certainly permit each of you to proceed with your life.

Monitored Or Sustained Contact.

This is done by speaking through and exercising all concerns surrounding your divorce or separation, whether it be before, during or after the occasion. Now that you have actually acquired a much better understanding of the expenses involved in the separation/divorce process in regard to arbitration, you may be feeling unclear and overwhelmed. This area lays out the complying with steps that you need to currently require to aid you in going ahead with separation and also mediation. If you do not certify, nonetheless, our trained moderators will be able to help you in working out how to pay these costs in a manner that is best for you. We are an award-winning company with seasoned arbitrators approved by the Family members Mediation Council.

If you concern an arrangement, your mediator will certainly need to create this up, and there is normally a charge for this. You probably have actually thought this, yet divorces are constantly less expensive if you can avoid court. If the proposals are approved by you both, these are then written up by the family members arbitrator right into a Parenting Plan or a Memorandum of Understanding with an Open Financial Declaration. Family members arbitration is very organized as well as adheres to a specified process. By going to arbitration, it can aid you and your ex-partner get a divorce quicker. This is generally since you are communicating, whether it be in shuttle bus or in person. Your separation schedule quite depends upon just how you as well as your ex-partner work together.

The Length Of Time Does A Collective Separation Take?

There are most likely to be expenses included, as you can not get legal help for household issues unless you have suffered domestic physical violence, or very hardly ever-- your situation is "extraordinary". Mediation relies on 2 individuals intending to solve their disagreement, despite the fact that they have extremely various perspectives at the beginning of the procedure. Some programmes are created to aid you gain abilities that will assist you negotiate in a calm as well as favorable way. Figure out as long as feasible regarding each kind of service so you can choose the one that finest fits you as well as your situation. If you continue with arbitration, it typically accompanies the other parent over a number of sessions.

What is an example of mediation?

The definition of mediation is a process of negotiation in a relationship to resolve differences. When a couple is divorcing and they work with a neutral third party that helps them resolve divorce issues and divide up assets and property, this is an example of mediation.

If there is a threat to life or the safety of the person making the court application, or their family or their residence is at danger. If the court application you are making, is linked to a matter which is already in the household courts and also in which you are entailed. Household mediation is a completely voluntary procedure, so no person is mosting likely to make you participate in.

You or your wife, partner or ex-partner can not access an arbitrator's office, because among you has a special needs. Nonetheless, it needs to be remembered that if the arbitrator can give the appropriate lodging, after that you will certainly both still be called for to participate in the conference.

If you make an application to court, you will require to have had a MIAM for an approved arbitrator to be able to sign the relevant certificate to allow your situation to be listened to. Depending upon the scenario as well as ages of the kids, the Cafcass Officer might talk directly to the youngsters to get their sights and input. The plan should work for both moms and dads-- if it doesn't, there is little motivation for both moms and dads to either consent to the plan or apply it consistently. mediators Ireland ex pats is versatile to cover anything that you desire covered as moms and dads. There are particular things that a court takes into consideration when deciding what's in a child's benefits. The court considers all the scenarios of the situation and not simply the checklist, yet it's the starting point. When choosing whether to make an order, the court must think about whether it would certainly be much better for the welfare of the youngster to make an order than not make an order.

The arbitrator will certainly likewise review with you what you wish to achieve and also address any type of inquiries that you may have regarding the process. We after that established totally free initial individual meetings which will certainly last about half a hr for both of you to learn even more regarding mediation without incurring any significant costs. We generally write out and after that talk with your ex-partner to engage them in the mediation process. If you are just talking about youngsters's matters then 2-3 joint sessions is typically enough to deal with matters.

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Nonetheless, if a joint arbitration session has happened then there is a ₤ 45 cost including VAT for the solution to finish the kind. The arbitrator will certainly after that prepare a written agreement tape-recording the decisions that you have made together.

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Family Mediation

Family mediation is an entirely voluntary procedure, so no person is going to make you participate in. If mediation europe mediators Italy ex pats features come to an agreement, your mediator will certainly require to compose this up, and also there is generally a cost for this. https://mediationeurope.net/inheritance-wills-and-probate/ have presumed this, but separations are always cheaper if you can prevent court. To make them lawfully binding, you would certainly after that need to take them to a household lawyer.

When the woman was five years old the connection between the parents started to crumble, as well as it became apparent that treatment was required.

In the initial session, the conciliator will stress that the mediation process is confidential which what is said throughout the arbitration is legitimately fortunate.

There was mediationeurope.net ex pats Greece mediators service ideas signed contract by the parents about their roles and obligations.

Sadly, just one baby girl was birthed, yet at first this did not create an issue, as Michelle, Angelina, Matthew and also Teddy all played an energetic part in the youngster's life.

Generally talking an organization is a possession, so it needs to form component of the financial disclosure. Solicitors can verify the Form E disclosures as that forms part of their duty. If one celebration has a huge cash amount of inheritance in a savings account and the pair are having a hard time to meet their needs progressing from the properties of the marital relationship, it is not likely that a court will disregard the inheritance. While they might not concur it is a property of the marriage to be shared, they can adjust the split of the marriage assets to offer even more properties to the celebration without the inheritance. If so, after that indeed, you may be able to utilize this to begin mediation.

Family Mediation To Aid Deal With Property And Financial Disputes And Household Disputes Including Youngsters.

If both celebrations concur, you could participate in a preliminary conference on financing to discuss your broader aims and also goals. This can help comfort those with worries or concerns about their financial future.

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The arbitrator offers a recap in a file called an 'Open Financial Declaration' as well as it is this file that can go into court, if required. In mediation, you will complete your very own disclosure as finest you can. It is rather typical for customers to leave the first joint mediation with a listing of action points to be completed before any succeeding meeting. For instance, if you jointly have a residence either it need to be sold, or one or various other of you can stay and in some way fairly make up the other for relinquishing their passion. Mediation allows you to take a look at the choices in regards to the effects for both of you, as well as, obviously, the kids. Our company believe that you are the very best individuals to make these decisions; you are the ones who will have to cope with them. If you possess a service, a great deal of idea will certainly need to be offered as to just how this can fairly be valued.

What Training Do Kent Family Mediation Service Moderators Have?

This is mostly because you are connecting, whether it be in shuttle bus or in person. Your separation timetable very much relies on how you and also your ex-partner interact. To profit the most from mediation, you need to assemble a program, which lists the factors you want to review throughout the arbitration process. If this takes place, the mediator will authorize the needed court type and also the case can after that be listened to by a judge or a magistrate. It is necessary to understand the distinction between a 'household arbitrator' as well as a 'Lawful Aid Firm certified family conciliator'.

Interaction e.g. concurred times that, the various other moms and dad can call the child and so on . There are brand-new changes that now apply to moms and dads that wish to utilize the brand-new Government Child Maintenance Solution. These new modifications have actually affected the application, collection and settlement of child support upkeep. Currently anybody that wishes to claimLegal Help, will just have the ability to obtain access to Legal Aid if they attend a MIAM, with a recognized household arbitrator, unless there are extraordinary cases of shown residential physical violence. This is an initial appointment to talk about alternatives with a family members moderator complying with separation. Arrange an appointment with a family mediator for a MIAMS appointment. List complying with separation-- steps to take when you need to exercise a monetary settlement.

Can Children Participate In Family Mediation?

Yet, it is the court that needs all pension plans to be valued by way of a CE, so you should purchase one and upgrade the pension plan that's been disclosed as quickly as you are able. Without a full disclosure, your arrangement could be tested at any type of factor in the future. The openness, sincerity as well as stability of each disclosure is essential. No matter what the equilibrium is, what matters is that you have actually disclosed it openly and willingly. It is essential for both parties to see the openness of an open disclosure. In arbitration, we deal with the basis that both celebrations are going to in a voluntary ability. If you want to see a record that is not revealed, you must ask.

What makes a successful mediation?

In a successful mediation, all interested parties work cooperatively toward a settlement or fair resolution of their dispute, with the help of a neutral mediator who facilitates the process.

Family Mediation can be free for those who are eligible forLegal Help. This will certainly qualify clients to free legal help from a Family members Solicitor or Separation Lawyer, in addition to having a contract written cost free.

# 21 Family Mediation & Kid Arrangement Situations.

The moderator has a task to assist you consider the stability of any agreement reached. Completing the forecast budgets can help you strategy and also be re-assured that the arrangement you are getting to is a feasible one relocating forwards. Yet it is not vital as well as you can just say you have actually considered this or show a top-level expenditure figure for the documents we produce. When doing Types E, these are generally exchanged between lawyers in advance of any type of settlement on settlement as they require to be ratified and also concurred.

If the propositions are accepted by you both, these are then written by the family conciliator into a Parenting Strategy or a Memorandum of Understanding with an Open Financial Statement. Family mediation is really organized and complies with a defined process. By mosting likely to mediation, it can assist you and also your ex-partner get a separation quicker.

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day 6: pets | ethan/bryce x mc

pairing: ethan x mc & bryce x mc

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author’s note: this fluffy fic was inspired by the john mulaney bit where he jokes about american politics and compares it to a “horse being loose in the hospital”. i took it literally! hope you enjoy - i still think it might be a dumb idea but i’m hope it makes you laugh!

Spencer’s phone buzzed in her scrubs pocket, taking her out of the intense reading she was doing on Ms. Martinez’s file.

EMERGENCY. MEET AT THE SIDE ENTRANCE OF THE BUILDING. BE SNEAKY. Sienna’s text in the group chat came as a shock to Spencer. She’d never seen a message quite that serious from Sienna before.

She power walked down the hallway, trying to make it to the elevator unnoticed. Just as the doors opened, Dr. Ramsey rounded the corner.

She stepped in calmly, then mashed buttons as soon as she was safe. “C’mon, c’mon close,” she muttered to herself, clicking the close door button repeatedly.

“Hold the door, rookie,” he called, and they locked eyes through the slit of the closing doors.

“Sorry,” she mouthed, tapping her watch and shrugging.

His eyes narrowed, but before he could say anything, the elevator’s numbers lowered, quickly bringing Spencer to the first floor.

She blew air out of her cheeks. Avoiding Dr. Ramsey since the night they’d nearly had sex at the convention had been hard, but worth it for Spencer’s sanity. She couldn’t take much more of the “will they, won’t they” sexual tension between them.

The doors opened, and she snuck out the side door, almost running into the back of Elijah’s wheelchair.

The whole group was assembled, talking in hushed voices.

“What’s wrong? I came as fast as I could,” Spencer panted, eyes darting between her friends’ concerned faces.

“We have a huge problem,” Sienna frowned.

“Okay, bring me up to speed. What can I do to help?” She said, already putting her game face on, ready to rack her brain to help Sienna diagnose a patient.

“There’s a dog loose in the hospital,” Sienna grimaced.

She squinted her eyes, confused. “Is this a prank? I really don’t know if I’m in the mood to joke around, guys.”

“Unfortunately, Sienna isn’t lying. I saw the dog when his owner brought him in,” Jackie said, her arms crossed firmly across her chest.

“You’re telling me a service dog is roaming around, not listening to his owner? Did they lie about him being a service dog?” Spencer wondered aloud, trying to piece the story together.

“No, he’s definitely certified,” Elijah said, shrugging. “I asked to pet him and his owner’s mom declined. She said he was working.”

“I guess she knew taking his vest off wasn’t a great idea,” Landry added, eyeing Sienna.

The door behind them opened, revealing Bryce. “Thanks for including me. This is the most action I’ve gotten all week. Appendectomies just weren’t cutting it today,” he grinned.

“Okay one, weak, and two, thanks for finally joining us,” Jackie rolled her eyes.

“I can’t help that I’m not in your roomie group message,” Bryce shrugged.

“Can we get back to the story, please?” Sienna asked quietly, worry written across her features.

“Okay, so you took the vest off the dog, he thought he clocked out, and he’s just doing what a normal dog would do?” Spencer said, rotating her wrist so that Sienna knew to speed it up.

“I’m not that careless, Spencer. His owner is here for a routine checkup for her epilepsy. He was looking kind of sad while I was going through her chart with her mom, so when they went back for an MRI I thought it’d be a good idea to let him be free for a few minutes,” she said, regret written on her features.

Spencer’s look of disapproval prompted her to continue. “I know it was so dumb of me. I didn’t see him as a service dog on duty, just a sad pet that wanted to take a break and play. I need everyone’s help to find him.”

“Where’d you lose him?” Bryce asked.

“Well, I was near the construction… you don’t suppose he managed to go back there or down the stairs?”

“Let’s hope not,” Landry said nervously, wringing his hands in front of him.

“Okay, we’ll split up in pairs to look for him. It’ll definitely be quicker that way,” Spencer said.

“Elijah and I will check the ER,” Landry volunteered, already heading towards the door, Elijah tailing him.

“Jackie? Sienna? You okay with taking the next couple of floors while Bryce and I look through the labs, the construction, and any other restricted areas?” Spencer asked.

“You got it, boss,” Jackie smirked, walking inside.

“I guess it’s just you and me,” Bryce smiled, his hand on the small of her back, coaxing her towards the door.

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“Goddammit, where is that dog?” Spencer muttered, frustration creeping into her voice.

“Hey, if you look on the bright side, we’re kind of like Mystery Inc. and we’re looking for Scooby Doo,” Bryce said, as you both jogged down the hallway, peering into the labs.

“What, did you say that because you want me to say you’re Fred?” She laughed, glancing back at Bryce’s smirk.

“And you’re my Daphne,” he said before checking the largest lab on that floor.

“I’m definitely not Daphne. Sienna is more of a Daphne-type than I am,” Spencer smiled, running into the elevator. “I’m definitely Velma.”

“I guess that makes me Shaggy, huh?” He said into your ear, and you became acutely aware of the heat from his body.

“So who’s Fred now?” She said, pushing a numbered button to head towards the wing under construction.

“Elijah, hands down,” Bryce chuckled, his arm propped up on the bar on the wall of the elevator, his skin grazing her scrubs.

“What about Landry and Jackie?” She said, glancing at his face, so close to her own.

“Probably the people they unmask at the end. They’re too competitive to have everyone’s best interests in mind,” he shrugged.

“Awe, that’s no fair. I wouldn’t guess a scalpel jockey would understand our competition,” she teased, turning to place a soft kiss on his jaw.

He leaned in with his eyes closed, but Spencer put a finger on his lips. “We’re getting distracted. We gotta find this dog first.”

“What’s its name anyways?” He said, stepping out into the hallway as the doors opened.

“Huh, good question. I’ll ask,” she said, typing a quick text to Sienna.

She replied immediately. I don’t know. I know she said it, but I was so focused on the patient’s charts and the mom being so stern I forgot.

“Sienna doesn’t know the dog’s name,” she said to Bryce, and he shrugged.

They slipped into the construction side unnoticed, eyes scanning the hallway. Spencer already had a distraction ready in case he wanted to check the rooms and stumbled across Naveen.

“Here, boy,” Bryce called repeatedly, making kissing noises.

“I don’t know if that’s going to work. He should only respond to his name, right?” Spencer mused.

The golden retriever bounded around the corner before they scan the rooms, mouth open, tongue hanging out the side of his mouth.

Bryce eyed her up and down. “I told you so.”

He ran to meet the dog, and fell on the ground, cuddling the wiggling ball of fur as he happily lapped the side of Bryce’s face. “Hey, boy, awe, you’re so good,” he laughed, scritching behind his ears.

Spencer enjoyed the sight of the hot surgeon and cute dog playing for a few more seconds before texting the group.

“Okay, so Sienna’s going to meet us with his vest, and we’re sneaking him back into the waiting room on this floor. The mom should be showing up there soon since they’re almost done with her brain scans.” She shoved the phone back in her pocket.

Bryce laid on the ground, spooning him and completely ignoring her. He hugged the dog to his chest, kissing his head.

“This is really cute, Bryce, don’t get me wrong, but we have to bring him back right now,” she said, extending a hand to him.

He grabbed it, and pulled her down on top of him. “Bryce! We have to go –”

He pressed his lips to hers, cutting her off. She sighed contentedly against his lips.

She knew she was falling for Dr. Ramsey, but she couldn’t see him defying the rules to be with her. Even if she was just fooling around with him and didn’t plan on anything serious coming from it – regardless, Bryce made her feel good.

Things were much more simple with him than with Ethan.

She pulled back, and he gazed at her, smirking. “You have to admit that was smooth.”

“Alright, if it’ll get you to get up any faster, then yes.”

They stood up, walking with the dog towards the entrance. Sienna burst through the clear tarp, followed by the rest of the gang.

“Hi doggy! We’re gonna get you back to your owner now. Please don’t tell them about this,” she whispered to him, clasping the buckle on his side, fastening the vest to him.

“Okay, now if that’s over, I’m gonna get back to my patients,” Jackie said, and stalked off without another word.

“Me too,” Landry said nervous, scuttling away.

“I’m happy Horse is back safe. Hopefully they haven’t noticed –” Elijah said, but Spencer and Bryce were quick to cut him off.

“His name is Horse?” Bryce asked.

“You’re telling me there was a Horse loose in the hospital?” Spencer asked.

“That’s what his name was! I remembered it being weird, but I forgot it was the name of another animal,” Sienna said, smacking the side of her head with the palm of her hand.

“Is there a story behind it or something?” Spencer was dumbfounded, and Bryce couldn’t stop laughing at the situation. HIs laughter was infectious, and before she knew it, she was doubled over, and Elijah and Sienna followed soon after.

When they caught their breath, Elijah explained.

“She named him when she was young, before the seizures started. Her parents sent him off to be trained as a support animal so they wouldn’t have to get another dog.”

“On that note, I’m gonna head back to my patients.” Spencer headed off, waving at her friends.

She knew that she couldn’t avoid Dr. Ramsey for much longer, and the situation stressed her out to no end; Regardless of it all, she still had the ability to laugh, so she knew she was going to be okay.

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How to Explain Financial planners to Your Mom

Lots of will agree that finding the best financial planner is an essential thing. Great financial suggestions makes a substantial difference in one's financial future, specifically when it concerns items like estate management and retirement preparation. Sound financial preparation will mark the distinction in between making ends satisfy and financial flexibility, or having the ability to retire early or resolving the golden years." Discovering the best financial planner can be a chore. Here are some pointers to get the best financial planner possible.

Be prepared when browsing for a financial planner. People require to know what they desire from their financial planner and what they do not desire. Does a individual want a fee-based planner or a commission-based planner ? Because they are not earning a commission, a fee-based planner takes a percentage of the quantity invested and there is frequently no dispute of interest. On the other hand, a commission-based planner might Leamington IFA bombard clients with sales pitches for products that will get them a large commission.

Individuals need to figure out why precisely they require a financial planner. Are they checking out life insurance or are they searching for financial investment suggestions for a big portfolio? Some people are looking to start developing a retirement plan so they can be set throughout their golden years. Knowing what an private requirements and having the ability to articulate it is the primary step in success with finding a planner. There are 2 various kinds of planners - basic planners and professionals. A general financial planner will be able to help with everything from shared funds to life insurance arrangements if an person is looking for a number of financial preparation choices. Nevertheless, if an person is only interested in mutual funds, for example, it is beneficial to speak to a planner that concentrates on investing, not one that deals with estate planning. Constantly ask what that financial planner's expertise is.

Always interview a number of prospective financial planners. Even with a recommendation from a relative or buddy, individuals need to understand if this professional is right for them. By talking to multiple candidates, people can compare strengths and weak points and assemble adequate research study to make an accurate decision.

When in the interview procedure, there are a variety of things to try to find. A need to is qualifications. Remember that while a great financial planner has the ability to generate income, a bad planner is just as likely to lose it. According to the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), all financial planners need to be certified or signed up which details requires to be public knowledge. Likewise, examine their credentials and experiences . Yes, a planner backed by years of experience will always be a better option than a newbie. A minimum of 5 years is ideal. Look at certification as it will deem if they are qualified for the task. Whatever the qualifications, ensure they are qualified in a number of topics, consisting of financial investments, tax planning, insurance coverage, retirement planning, and estate planning.

Many will agree that finding the ideal financial planner is an important thing. Good financial suggestions makes a substantial distinction in one's financial future, specifically when it comes to items like estate management and retirement preparation. People require to determine why precisely they require a financial planner. If an individual is looking for a number of financial preparation alternatives, a general financial planner will be able to assist with whatever from shared funds to life insurance coverage plans. While a excellent financial planner is able to make money, a bad planner is just as most likely to lose it.

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Surrogacy in Kenya has always been the center point of numerous child-seeking couples across the globe. Yet, according to a recent bill proposed before Kenyan legislators, gay and lesbians couples would be abstained from having children through surrogate moms.

The proposed law, dubbed the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill, 2019, and enacted by the National Assembly last November, aims to help individuals, such as intersex people and couples who are unable to bear children due to infertility, find surrogate moms.

To keep homosexuals and lesbians out, Kenyan lawmakers changed the bill's wording from "husband and wife" to "couple," which refers to a man and a female who are in a relationship that may be regarded as a marriage.

Anyone found guilty of utilizing a surrogate mother to have a child faces a fine of not more than Sh5 million ($50,000) or a five-year prison sentence or both. Before finding a surrogate mother, a certified medical doctor must confirm that an individual is infertile, according to the bill.

This bill may become the biggest setback for the Kenyan surrogacy industry: Gaurav Wankhede

As per renowned surrogacy specialist and the name behind surrogacy agency Kenya, Gaurav Wankhede,  this bill may come as a major setback for thousands of Kenyan gays and lesbians, along with surrogate mothers, who carry pregnancies for heterosexuals, gays, lesbians, single women, and single men who want to start a family through websites like Surrogacy agency Kenya.

The proposed law, which is the first of its type in Kenya, also makes it illegal to profit from surrogacy. This means that surrogate mothers will no longer be able to carry children for anyone whose infertility has not been proven by a doctor.

According to Gaurav Wankhede Kenya and its citizens needs to raise their voice against any such law that aims to relinquish their rights of forming a family.

What does the proposed law say?

Clause 23 of the law states, "Any person who violates the requirements of this section commits an offense and shall, upon conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding Sh5 million ($50,000) or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or to both."

Surrogacy activities in the country would be overseen by a special directorate under the Health Ministry. A surrogate mother must be at least 21 years old and have at least one kid, according to the measure.

Consensual same-sex sexual interactions are considered "acts of indecency or unnatural offenses" under Sections 162 and 165 of the Kenyan Penal Code. Adoption is likewise prohibited under the Penal Code for gays and lesbians.

The bill was passed in November, only four months after the U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten announced the birth of their twins.

Gaurav Wankhede states that despite pressure from the LGBTQ community and Western countries, Kenya, like most African countries, has refused to acknowledge the rights of the LGBTQ population.

For example, during a joint press conference with then-US President Barack Obama at the State House in Nairobi in 2015, President Uhuru Kenyatta angrily rejected his visitor's demand for the protection and promotion of gay and lesbian rights in the country.

Kenyatta stressed that, while the two countries "common a lot," LGBT rights were not one of them. On the African continent, homosexuality is regarded as both wicked and against African culture.

In July 2021, a group of 27 multinational corporations including Microsoft, Google, Barclays, Standard Chartered, IBM, PricewaterhouseCoopers, American Express, and Burberry demanded that Kenya fully recognize gay and lesbian rights in exchange for billions of Kenyan shillings being injected into the economy.

Several civil rights organizations, including the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Coalition and UNAIDS, according to Gaurav Wankhede, have chastised lawmakers for continuing to pass laws that discriminate against the LGBTQ population.

The National Assembly's Health Committee, which sponsored the surrogacy bill, gathered input from a variety of major stakeholders in the health sector, including the Intersex Persons Society of Kenya, which has a population of 1,524 people according to the 2019 Census. The Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (GALCK) was, however, conspicuously absent from the committee's public hearings.

The proposed bill is still on the table and you can stay tuned to this space for any further updates and developments in the same regard.