Clicky Poll About Proposed Name- RESULTS NOW VISIBLE
Feb 20, 2015 13:58:59 GMT -5
Post by wordsy on Feb 20, 2015 13:58:59 GMT -5
We want to be sure that people feel they can express their opinions, so we are setting up a clicky poll for you to rate your opinions on Then Comes Family.
Please see detailed explanation here:
The admins have a name proposal for your consideration and comment, please. We are not opposed to another poll, but we really like an option that was proposed during the last discussion. renbee proposed “Then Comes Family” by saying, “It speaks to the process of starting a family, but also I think a lot of us have found "family" on these boards." We agree, and let us explain.
As we mentioned in our vision statement, there exists in our society a set of expectations for our adult lives: first comes love, then comes marriage, and then, as the rhyme goes, comes the baby in the baby carriage. After that? The “happily ever after” complete with social-media worthy perfection.
In reality, the process is nowhere near that simple. Life is not what we are taught to expect, but the reality is that what happens next is family. Deciding to spend the rest of your life with someone is the beginning of becoming that family. The shared experiences, traditions, and memories create a family, no matter the eventual size or path you take to get there.
Many people still have fairytale expectations when they get married. Unfortunately, happily ever after rarely lasts long. Oftentimes disappointments, death, divorce, and too many other circumstances crumble the fairytale, and you face a new normal.
Then Comes Family allows our community to change and challenge those norms by accepting and embracing all family dynamics, exactly as they are.
We know what reality looks like—the over 140 boards in our forum illustrate just a few of the infinite descriptions for those family realities. In the search for inclusive language, we had to recognize that some couples may find that their family is finished with just the two of them, whether by choice or by circumstance, and what that conclusion means for them. After soliciting advice from members of that community, we think that Then Comes Family best reflects and respects the diversity of both the journeys and the outcomes for our community.If you are on Tapatalk, use the three dots in the upper right corner and then select "web view." You should be able to see the poll and vote once you make this switch.
If you are mobile and cannot see the poll, first scroll up to see if it's up there, then if not click your browser menu in the upper right corner and check desktop view. You'll be able to see the poll and vote.
Please see detailed explanation here:
The admins have a name proposal for your consideration and comment, please. We are not opposed to another poll, but we really like an option that was proposed during the last discussion. renbee proposed “Then Comes Family” by saying, “It speaks to the process of starting a family, but also I think a lot of us have found "family" on these boards." We agree, and let us explain.
As we mentioned in our vision statement, there exists in our society a set of expectations for our adult lives: first comes love, then comes marriage, and then, as the rhyme goes, comes the baby in the baby carriage. After that? The “happily ever after” complete with social-media worthy perfection.
In reality, the process is nowhere near that simple. Life is not what we are taught to expect, but the reality is that what happens next is family. Deciding to spend the rest of your life with someone is the beginning of becoming that family. The shared experiences, traditions, and memories create a family, no matter the eventual size or path you take to get there.
Many people still have fairytale expectations when they get married. Unfortunately, happily ever after rarely lasts long. Oftentimes disappointments, death, divorce, and too many other circumstances crumble the fairytale, and you face a new normal.
Then Comes Family allows our community to change and challenge those norms by accepting and embracing all family dynamics, exactly as they are.
We know what reality looks like—the over 140 boards in our forum illustrate just a few of the infinite descriptions for those family realities. In the search for inclusive language, we had to recognize that some couples may find that their family is finished with just the two of them, whether by choice or by circumstance, and what that conclusion means for them. After soliciting advice from members of that community, we think that Then Comes Family best reflects and respects the diversity of both the journeys and the outcomes for our community.
If you are mobile and cannot see the poll, first scroll up to see if it's up there, then if not click your browser menu in the upper right corner and check desktop view. You'll be able to see the poll and vote.