With Valentine's Day around the corner, singletons may be rewriting a list of qualities they are looking for in a prospective partner. They could do worse than asking six-year-old Blaire and nine-year-old Brooke what makes good boyfriend material.
Without further ado, I give you the new rules of dating—no less than 30 prerequisites the girls have set out for their future boyfriends, presumably not in order of importance (courtesy of Elite Daily):
1. nice hand writing
2. cutness
3. likes parents
4. not living with parents
5. good maners
6. good artist
7. dresses well
8. takes you to nice places
9. nice place
10. likes children/wants children
11. nice jewlery
12. listens
13. don’t pick your nose
14. no kissing on first date
15. marry some one who respects you
16. smart
17. good cook
18. has a good job
19. always happy
20. clean
21. respect diffrent religens
22. last name not weird
23. very fun
24. makes you laugh
25. eats healthy
26. takes care of body
27. doesn’t tatle tale
28. brushes teeth and floss
29. likes YOUR job
30. take care of pet
Aside from the somewhat worrying fact that girls this young are already thinking about boys in boyfriend terms, Brooke and Blaire have kind of nailed it.
While some items are sweet and laughable (#4, #13, #27), others show that the girls have their priorities in the right place (#15, #21, #30).
Uncannily lifelike in nothing but a pair of "tighty whities," a statue is haunting some students at a women's college in Massachusetts.
According to an article in the Toronto Star, a petition is circulating Wellesley College to have the statue of a sleepwalking man scrapped from campus.
The petition, with more than 650 signatures, claims the statue is a “source of apprehension, fear, and triggering thoughts regarding sexual assault.”
But it seems like a case of potato/potahto between students and officials.
“The very best works of art have the power to stimulate deeply personal emotions and to provoke unexpected new ideas, and this sculpture is no exception,” wrote President H. Kim Bottomly and museum Director Lisa Fischman in a joint statement.
They further claim the statue has "started an impassioned conversation about art, gender, sexuality and individual experience." A conversation alright.
“This could be a trigger for students who have experienced sexual assault,” said student Bridget Schreiner.
I don't know about you, but the idea of a nearly naked man with his arms outstretched like he's coming to get me doesn't strike me as the least bit artistic. He is realistic, though, with that part-zombie, part-somnambulant pose, and maybe that's part of the problem.
What Justine Davis is going through right now is unfathomable. Not only is she grieving the loss of her young child while on vacation in Cuba, officials will not allow her out of the country to bury her son.
According to an article in the Toronto Star, Davis is being held in a Cuban hospital following a tragic road accident that killed her three-year-old son, Cameron, over the Christmas holidays.
But that was only the start of a nightmare for the mom, who was forbidden from leaving the country while officials conduct an investigation, despite having pressed no charges against her.
A petition urging the Canadian government to intervene on her behalf has been gaining momentum.
“I just don’t know what more they want from me," Davis said from a Havana hospital. "As for the immigration release—nobody can tell me anything ... They’re deciding whether they want to charge me or release me. I’ve prepared a eulogy for him and it’s going to be really psychologically damaging to miss his funeral.”
The circumstances of the crash are disturbing. Toward the end of Davis's vacation, the car rental company swapped her jeep for a scooter. Although both she and her son wore helmets, they were thrown about nine metres when they collided with a truck.
Her son died at the scene. His funeral is scheduled for this weekend.
Officials in Cuba dug their heels in, despite pressure from the Canadian Embassy.
“The Canadian Embassy should be pounding on the prosecutor’s office and saying, ‘Either charge this woman or let her get to her kid’s funeral,’ Toronto immigration lawyer Guidy Mamann. "You can’t keep her waiting. It’s inhumane.”
It seems lobbying efforts have succeeded. At the time of writing, Cameron's father Michael Sifontes confirmed that Davis has now been released.
“The Cuban detectives came in and made her sign something that said she’s free to go," said Sifontes. "We don’t get excited until she’s on the plane.”
A foundation has been set up to offset costs of embalming and transportation costs (to the tune of $9,500). Click here to donate.
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