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An individual who is an active member of two or more religious institutions ran by different religions.
Miguel has been an active member of a local Zoroastrian church and a Falun Gong group for years. They are a multifaith parishioner.
by Vanguard 1998 February 28, 2021
Get the multifaith parishioner mug.When either you and or your partner makes food, or the two of you go out to a nice restaurant, and you and your romantic partner eat the meal together, by yourselves so you can enjoy each other's company and have a nice time together without being disturbed.
Natalie: How are you and Alexandra doing?
Zuko: We're doing pretty well. I took Alexandra out to Stoneforge for a romantic dinner last night; something we have not done in three to five months. We enjoyed it a lot.
Natalie: Good to hear.
Zuko: We're doing pretty well. I took Alexandra out to Stoneforge for a romantic dinner last night; something we have not done in three to five months. We enjoyed it a lot.
Natalie: Good to hear.
by Vanguard 1998 February 28, 2021
Get the Romantic Dinner mug.An individual or group that is actively involved in politics who deal with issues that deal with a lot of political topics that most politicians that are from the political mainstream won't deal with, and take positions on issues that most politicians will not take. Often times the odds of them being successful are slim, even if their positions are good ideas, or the topic is worthy of the government's time and resources, and they have a decent amount of support among the civilian population, because of the amount of opposition they receive from other politicians and or political groups.
Kailani: I heard that U.S. Representative Brendan Boyle reintroduced the STABLE GENIUS Act, which would require presidential candidates to have a medical exam, including a mental health examination, and publicly disclose the results before the general election.
Ian: I heard about that. Regrettably, after the house voted to send the bill to the House Committee on House Administration, they never heard back about it. I suspect the bill might have encountered a large amount of opposition because most of the political candidates don't want to publicly admit that they have a mental health issue.
Kailani: It was generally a good idea nevertheless. Brendan is a good example of a political underdog.
Ian: I heard about that. Regrettably, after the house voted to send the bill to the House Committee on House Administration, they never heard back about it. I suspect the bill might have encountered a large amount of opposition because most of the political candidates don't want to publicly admit that they have a mental health issue.
Kailani: It was generally a good idea nevertheless. Brendan is a good example of a political underdog.
by Vanguard 1998 March 2, 2021
Get the political underdog mug.Two ethical problems that arise when an individual asks someone out. They include:
-The assumption that if you ask someone out, then they have to say yes to the person who asked them out. However, this is not true as it is up to the person getting asked to decide. They should say no if they don’t like you to avoid causing both of you to suffer a lot of unnecessary pain down the line.
-The presumption by one or both of the people involved that it is acceptable to spread bad rumors about the other person if the person asking the individual out gets rejected. This leads to unnecessary conflict and distrust of each other which benefits neither of you. Just because it didn't work out does not mean that they are entitled to spread bad rumors about each other or that you two can't be friends anymore.
-The assumption that if you ask someone out, then they have to say yes to the person who asked them out. However, this is not true as it is up to the person getting asked to decide. They should say no if they don’t like you to avoid causing both of you to suffer a lot of unnecessary pain down the line.
-The presumption by one or both of the people involved that it is acceptable to spread bad rumors about the other person if the person asking the individual out gets rejected. This leads to unnecessary conflict and distrust of each other which benefits neither of you. Just because it didn't work out does not mean that they are entitled to spread bad rumors about each other or that you two can't be friends anymore.
Romantic entitlement causes a lot of unnecessary suffering to a large number of people. People should try to avoid making these presumptions about romantic relationships in order to reduce their own and the person they like's suffering.
by Vanguard 1998 March 3, 2021
Get the romantic entitlement mug.A major social problem that arises when an individual sets their romantic expectations and standards too high for decent people, who the individual likes, to be able to achieve. Normally it is fine to have some standards, but when descent people are unable to fulfill those expectations because of the large number of them and or because the expectations require extremely large amounts money and resources, require the individual to be in perfect physical shape that most people are not able to achieve, and or require the individual to be skilled at doing things that most people don’t know how to do that well, then the individual's expectations may be set too high. This is highly unethical to do, because extremely high standards tend to be very unreasonable and can prevent decent people from being able to get into a romantic relationship due to factors far beyond control.
Annabeth: Why is Emma so upset?
Lauren: She was in a relationship with a Johnny, but he dumped her because she supposedly didn't fulfill his expectations. The thing was his expectations were very unreasonable to begin with. He expects his partner to have flat abs, not to talk to other boys at all, and spend most of her time with him.
Annabeth: He sounds very inconsiderate. I am sure she will find someone better than him who knows how to treat their partner with respect. It sounds like Emma is another victim of the High Romantic Standards Dilemma.
Lauren: Agreed.
Lauren: She was in a relationship with a Johnny, but he dumped her because she supposedly didn't fulfill his expectations. The thing was his expectations were very unreasonable to begin with. He expects his partner to have flat abs, not to talk to other boys at all, and spend most of her time with him.
Annabeth: He sounds very inconsiderate. I am sure she will find someone better than him who knows how to treat their partner with respect. It sounds like Emma is another victim of the High Romantic Standards Dilemma.
Lauren: Agreed.
by Vanguard 1998 March 3, 2021
Get the High Romantic Standards Dilemma mug.When an individual has a massive crush on somebody and is driven to do a lot of the stuff they do out of a strong a desire to be with them someday, or, if they are already in a relationship with that person, to stay in a relationship with that person
Kayla: Mariah seems to have been working very hard lately. Even for her, she is doing a lot more hard work than she usually does. I wonder what is going on?
Carmen: May be she has been getting more sleep lately, or perhaps she is enjoying the type of work she has been getting assigned to do lately?
Isadora: No, I heard that she has a crush on Kozak and she really wants to impress him, so she is working harder than usually on a lot of the stuff she does in the hope that at some point she can ask him out on a date. I think she is experiencing lover's hope.
Carmen: I hope that works out for her. She could really use a good relationship after all the hard stuff she had to deal with over the years.
Kayla: I completely agree with you there.
Carmen: May be she has been getting more sleep lately, or perhaps she is enjoying the type of work she has been getting assigned to do lately?
Isadora: No, I heard that she has a crush on Kozak and she really wants to impress him, so she is working harder than usually on a lot of the stuff she does in the hope that at some point she can ask him out on a date. I think she is experiencing lover's hope.
Carmen: I hope that works out for her. She could really use a good relationship after all the hard stuff she had to deal with over the years.
Kayla: I completely agree with you there.
by Vanguard 1998 March 4, 2021
Get the lover's hope mug.When an individual gives you a lot of information on various things over a prolonged period of time, which they tell you not because you want to know about it, which often times you don't want to know about it, but because you need to know about it for the good of yourself and the individuals in your life who you care about
Earl: Max keeps telling me about a lot of different stuff they hear about, not only from the news from various sources of information. Some of the stuff they are telling me is interesting, while some of it is not that intriguing. Almost all of it though seems to shed some light about what is actually going on out there.
Nicolette: He is playing the shadow man's game. He is not telling you that information because you want to know about it; he is telling you that information because he thinks you need to know about it. You should listen to what he is saying.
Earl: I'll keep that in mind.
Nicolette: He is playing the shadow man's game. He is not telling you that information because you want to know about it; he is telling you that information because he thinks you need to know about it. You should listen to what he is saying.
Earl: I'll keep that in mind.
by Vanguard 1998 March 4, 2021
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