FMLA is 12 weeks for qualifying events, like birth of a child. I think that one parent can start it after the baby is born, then the other can after the first parent’s leave is exhausted.

This chart does not show that FMLA is unpaid leave. It only holds your job for you.

FMLA is only available to you if you have been with the same employer for one year. Been there for only 11 months? Better hope they’re merciful.

It also neglects if anything else uses up your leave, like if you need to use some because of pregnancy complications. The 12 weeks only replenishes after a year. So if you need to take off because of horrific morning sickness, that chips away at your FMLA. A lot of people may not have enough PTO for their prenatal doctors appointments, so this is another thing that can use up some available FMLA that you could have used after the baby is born.

Of the people that I did know using it, both would use it concurrently or at least with some overlap. However, if both parents were at the same employer for a year, were not contractors/temps/some other status that would make them ineligible, didn’t need to use any of their FMLA before the baby was born, didn’t want to use any of it together, and can bear the cost of losing that much income, sure, they can combined take off 6 months.

Mother, I crave the speech

I’m in Kentucky, where you can buy alcohol without a membership. My local Costco has a separate entrance for the booze, no card needed.

I used to miss him. I still do, but I used to, too.

If you dropped something in there, getting it back out again would be an adventure.

Light fraud, as a treat.

Who knew that fraud was an infinite money glitch?

Goodness gracious great balls of fire

I eat my candy with it

Oof I was hoping this was a joke about ordering a pizza from an app and the spouse didn’t like that they were only entering the security code and not the whole card number… Because the joke is about having the credit card saved. :(

I’m sorry this is happening to you. I had similar problems with my parents. (But I am not transfem, just queer.)

Do you live with your mom? How long will that continue? Are you financially dependent on her? I ask because depending on her temperament your strategy will need to be more careful if so.

You say she belongs to a religion, some flavor of Christianity. I’m sure you get stories about Christians misbehaving all the time. The next time she says something about a trans person doing something actually bad (like setting something on fire?), bring up Christian misbehavior. Ask her if that means all Christians are bad. (You could do this with really any group she respects or identifies with.) When she says no, segue that into saying that there are bad folks from every group but that doesn’t mean the group is bad.

When she complains about what she thinks is misbehavior but is really not, such as queer people making fun of religion, also turn that around. Has she made fun of atheists/other religions, or does she look up to people that do? Bring that up. She will likely double double down and say it’s different, but insist it is not.

When she complains about a non-issue, like a masc person wearing a dress, you can just reiterate about what not a problem it is. So if she says something like “Look at that man with painted nails… shameful.” You can say something like “I don’t see the problem, he looks like he’s just living his life.” You can disengage but not agree with her at any time… but if she keeps digging like “well he shouldn’t do that,” just ask “Why?” to things that don’t make sense. It will boil down to a core belief that you can choose to challenge or not.

Your other option is just to not really react. Just respond with the bare minimum, like “ok.” Look up gray rocking.

There will always be people that don’t like you, some for stupid reasons, some for petty reasons, and some for valid reasons. It really hurts when someone you care about holds a poor opinion of you, and it’s not because of something you did wrong. At some point though, if her opinion doesn’t lighten up, you will just have to accept that is how she is. But the same way you cannot control her, she cannot control you. You can choose how much your mom is in your life. (And if you are a minor, you still have some control over this. She will only know what you share with her and what she can find out herself. You can only give her the bare minimum if you wish.)

Good luck out there. It sounds like she wants what’s best for you but doesn’t know much about queer people so hopefully she will come around.

I KNEW IT

I’m a bit new to this. What is the plywood for?

Are genderqueer canine flurries corn dogs?

What, my first dialect of German shouldn’t be epic memer?

Goodbye

Would you look at the time? Loose butt hour.

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When I was enrolling my child on my benefits for a state job (in the USA), they needed me to provide a birth certificate.

In my private sector job, I only gave a name and relationship with no paperwork.

The fella next door blasted his music at 2am for the last time.