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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Sunday August 04 2019, @11:48AM (7 children)

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Sunday August 04 2019, @11:48AM (#875459) Homepage
    Legally recognised in Finland (where we first lived together, in the noughties), and in Estonia. Doesn't give us any particular rights (such as inheritance in cases of intestacy), apart from residency for the westpondian leech milking my EU citizenship status!

    And since you asked, you may congratulate us on our 21st anniversary last week!
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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday August 06 2019, @01:25AM (1 child)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday August 06 2019, @01:25AM (#876266)

    Found 0 sentences matching phrase "Westpondian" [glosbe.com]

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    • (Score: 3, Informative) by tangomargarine on Wednesday August 07 2019, @06:11PM

      by tangomargarine (667) on Wednesday August 07 2019, @06:11PM (#877174)

      I'm guessing they mean "West of the Pond", i.e. across the Atlantic, i.e. American

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  • (Score: 2) by Rupert Pupnick on Wednesday August 07 2019, @02:23PM (1 child)

    by Rupert Pupnick (7277) on Wednesday August 07 2019, @02:23PM (#877075) Journal

    Not to be judgmental or anything, but over here we’d say you were naughty in the noughties.

    • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday August 07 2019, @03:27PM

      by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Wednesday August 07 2019, @03:27PM (#877105) Homepage
      Ahhh, when we were young... ;-)
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  • (Score: 2) by fraxinus-tree on Sunday August 11 2019, @07:18PM

    by fraxinus-tree (5590) on Sunday August 11 2019, @07:18PM (#878941)

    Cohabitting without marriage. Not legally recognized here (Bulgaria) and generally easier and better for the partners and their children.

  • (Score: 2) by Arik on Friday August 16 2019, @06:48AM (1 child)

    by Arik (4543) on Friday August 16 2019, @06:48AM (#880927) Journal
    "Doesn't give us any particular rights (such as inheritance in cases of intestacy), apart from residency for the westpondian leech milking my EU citizenship status!"

    Wierd, in Sweden it's called 'sambo' and as far as I understand it's the nearest equivalent to what we Westpondians call 'common law marriage,' with attendant inheritance presumptions etc. I'm surprised Finland would be so different on that.

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    • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday August 16 2019, @07:43AM

      by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Friday August 16 2019, @07:43AM (#880936) Homepage
      Rumours of Sweden's influence over Finland are greatly exagerated. Helsinki was nothing but a group of fisherman's wooden huts when the Swedes were last relevant.
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