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| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4624 Registered: 8-2001 |
George and Georgette were afraid that having a baby would harm their marriage. It ENDED their marriage. . .for a very unusual reason, one that they never anticipated. What was it?? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 18 Registered: 7-2009 |
Was it their biological child? Adopted? Someone else's child? | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1523 Registered: 6-2005 |
Did George or Georgette die? Get divorced? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4626 Registered: 8-2001 |
Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 18 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 6:44 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was it their biological child? possibly Adopted? possibly Someone else's child? no Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1523 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 6:51 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did George or Georgette die? no Get divorced? yes | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 22 Registered: 7-2009 |
Ethnicity relevant? Parents' age? Child's age? Immigration issues? Financial issues? How long after they got the child did it end their marriage? At birth? During its childhood? During its teenage years? During its adulthood? | ||
| Bentarm (Bentarm)
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1705 Registered: 6-2001 |
Did the child end up in them finding something out about each other that they didn't like? Something that one of them had done in the past? In one of them doing something that the other didn't like? Did the child do something that resulted in them splitting up? Might adopting a puppy have had the same effect? | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 469 Registered: 9-2008 |
Wild guess: Did George and Georgette turn out to be brother and sister, making their marriage incestuous? And somehow, having a child caused this information to come to light? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4631 Registered: 8-2001 |
Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 22 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - 2:12 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Ethnicity relevant? no Parents' age? noChild's age? yes Immigration issues? no Financial issues? no How long after they got the child did it end their marriage? At birth? During its childhood? During its teenage years? During its adulthood?Bentarm (Bentarm) during infancy New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1705 Registered: 6-2001 Posted on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - 2:19 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did the child end up in them finding something out about each other that they didn't like? yes Something that one of them had done in the past? yes In one of them doing something that the other didn't like? yes Did the child do something that resulted in them splitting up? no Might adopting a puppy have had the same effect? no Rcs (Rcs) New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 469 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Thursday, July 30, 2009 - 5:20 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Wild guess: Did George and Georgette turn out to be brother and sister, making their marriage incestuous? noAnd somehow, having a child caused this information to come to light? no | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 29 Registered: 7-2009 |
The something one of them had done in the past, was it: Criminal/illegal? Dishonest? Unfaithful (i.e. cheating on their relationship)? Related to a prior romantic encounter before their relationship? Abortion? Gave a child up for adoption? Was it only one of them that had done something the other one didn't like? or both of them? Was one of them a registered sex offender who wasn't allowed be within a certain distance of children? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4635 Registered: 8-2001 |
Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 29 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Thursday, July 30, 2009 - 8:00 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) The something one of them had done in the past, was it: Criminal/illegal? no Dishonest? see next answerUnfaithful (i.e. cheating on their relationship)? yes Related to a prior romantic encounter before their relationship? no Abortion? noGave a child up for adoption? no Was it only one of them that had done something the other one didn't like? yes or both of them? no Was one of them a registered sex offender who wasn't allowed be within a certain distance of children? no | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 343 Registered: 6-2009 |
Was the baby both of theirs? Relevant why they originally thought it would harm their marriage? Was the baby conceived naturally? intentionally? or via sperm donor? egg donor? surrogate? artificial insemination? fertility drugs? | ||
| Kalira (Kalira)
New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 223 Registered: 2-2009 |
So it ended their marriage because one realized the other one had been unfaithful, correct? Was it the wife who cheated? the husband? Did the one who found out about the unfaithfulness find this out based on some genetic characteristic of the baby? Was this their first child? Did they think having a child would hurt their marriage financially? romantically? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4636 Registered: 8-2001 |
Kalira (Kalira) New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 223 Registered: 2-2009 Posted on Thursday, July 30, 2009 - 8:38 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) So it ended their marriage because one realized the other one had been unfaithful, correct? yes Was it the wife who cheated? irrel the husband? ditto Did the one who found out about the unfaithfulness find this out based on some genetic characteristic of the baby? no Was this their first child? no Did they think having a child would hurt their marriage financially? possiblyromantically? ditto | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 344 Registered: 6-2009 |
Missed me again. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 32 Registered: 7-2009 |
You said: Was it their biological child? possibly Adopted? possibly I interpreted this to mean that genetics, physical resemblance, diseases, & mode of conception were irrelevant. Correct? Did one of them have another child out of wedlock? If yes, did he or she know about it? If yes, did he or she slip up some time and mention baby's big brother or sister? Was the obstetrician, midwife, or babysitter the person that the cheating had been done with? And the truth came out when they encountered their past lover? Did the cheating happen before the baby was conceived? During pregnancy? After birth? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4638 Registered: 8-2001 |
Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 32 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Thursday, July 30, 2009 - 10:20 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) You said: Was it their biological child? possibly Adopted? possibly I interpreted this to mean that genetics, physical resemblance, diseases, & mode of conception were irrelevant. Correct? Did one of them have another child out of wedlock? no If yes, did he or she know about it? If yes, did he or she slip up some time and mention baby's big brother or sister? Was the obstetrician, midwife, or babysitter the person that the cheating had been done with?possibly but unlikely And the truth came out when they encountered their past lover? no Did the cheating happen before the baby was conceived? possiblyDuring pregnancy? ditto After birth? ditto | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 387 Registered: 10-2008 |
To be perfectly clear, because I think you missed a couple questions: Is it completely irrelevant where the child came from (both of theirs biologically, one of theirs biologically, adopted, found on the doorstep)? Did the revelation come from buying things for the child? Some specific childcare activity? Interacting with the baby? Talking about the baby? Or babies in general? Is it relevant why they were worried for their marriage in the first place? Was it just the general concern that a child will put a strain on any relationship? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 445 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did the revelation have something to do with what the baby looked like? Was the baby in perfect health? Relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4645 Registered: 8-2001 |
Gourami (Gourami) Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 387 Registered: 10-2008 Posted on Friday, August 07, 2009 - 6:50 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) To be perfectly clear, because I think you missed a couple questions: Is it completely irrelevant where the child came from (both of theirs biologically, one of theirs biologically, adopted, found on the doorstep)?yes Did the revelation come from buying things for the child? yopeSome specific childcare activity?yes Interacting with the baby? yopeTalking about the baby? no Or babies in general? no Is it relevant why they were worried for their marriage in the first place? noWas it just the general concern that a child will put a strain on any relationship?yes Alhucema (Alhucema) New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 445 Registered: 11-2008 Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 11:38 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did the revelation have something to do with what the baby looked like? no Was the baby in perfect health? probably not Relevant? yes | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 81 Registered: 7-2009 |
Did one of them smoke? Feed the baby too much junk food? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4646 Registered: 8-2001 |
Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 81 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Monday, August 10, 2009 - 12:11 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did one of them smoke? Feed the baby too much junk food? No, neither is guilty of these ultimate present-day sins | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 85 Registered: 7-2009 |
Ok, but something differed in their child rearing procedures? And it was something that would most likely make the baby unhealthy? And this bothered one of them enough that they divorced the other one because of it? Did they keep the baby out of sunlight(like they used to do, which caused jaundice)? Strongly disapprove of taking the baby out for fresh air? Let it sleep on its stomach (higher risk of SIDS)? Let it sleep in the parents' bed? Refuse to immunize it? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4647 Registered: 8-2001 |
Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 85 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Monday, August 10, 2009 - 12:32 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Ok, but something differed in their child rearing procedures? no And it was something that would most likely make the baby unhealthy? no And this bothered one of them enough that they divorced the other one because of it? no Did they keep the baby out of sunlight(like they used to do, which caused jaundice)? no Strongly disapprove of taking the baby out for fresh air? no Let it sleep on its stomach (higher risk noof SIDS)? no Let it sleep in the parents' bed? Refuse to immunize it? no | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 455 Registered: 11-2008 |
Was the baby's already born with poor health? Whatever disease it was, was it visible? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4648 Registered: 8-2001 |
Alhucema (Alhucema) New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 455 Registered: 11-2008 Posted on Monday, August 10, 2009 - 1:19 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was the baby's already born with poor health?irrel Whatever disease it was, was it visible? irrel | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 89 Registered: 7-2009 |
Was the baby's possible poor health the result of something the parents did? Didn't do? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4651 Registered: 8-2001 |
Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 89 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Monday, August 10, 2009 - 7:32 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was the baby's possible poor health the result of something the parents did? irrel Didn't do? ditto | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 478 Registered: 11-2008 |
Are the whereabouts of the baby by the time the, er, sin was committed, relevant? Was it committed before its birth? After? Relevant? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 479 Registered: 11-2008 |
Oh, and a really wild guess: Sex change relevant? | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 399 Registered: 10-2008 |
So the baby was ill in some way: did they get into a dispute while buying medicine? Administering the medicine to the child? Talking about the illness itself? Did they even get into an argument? Did they find they had irreconcilable differences? Did one say something hurtful? Do something unforgivable? Did they simply experience something unpleasant together? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4654 Registered: 8-2001 |
Alhucema (Alhucema) New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 478 Registered: 11-2008 Posted on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 2:01 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Are the whereabouts of the baby by the time the, er, sin was committed, relevant?no Was it committed before its birth? possibly After? dittoRelevant? no Alhucema (Alhucema) New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 479 Registered: 11-2008 Posted on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 2:02 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Oh, and a really wild guess: Sex change relevant? no Gourami (Gourami) Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 399 Registered: 10-2008 Posted on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 6:48 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) So the baby was ill in some way: did they get into a dispute while buying medicine? noAdministering the medicine to the child? no Talking about the illness itself? no Did they even get into an argument? see later answers Did they find they had irreconcilable differences? see later answers Did one say something hurtful? yes Do something unforgivable? yesDid they simply experience something unpleasant together? no | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4659 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: You're all OWT (on the wrong track)!! It might help to find out the time & place (esp. the former). | ||
| Dropofahat (Dropofahat)
New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 22 Registered: 8-2009 |
Does this take place in the current day? 1950-2000? 1900-1950? pre-1900? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 137 Registered: 7-2009 |
US? Western Europe? Eastern Europe? East Asia? Southeast Asia? Middle East? Australia? Northern Africa? Southern Africa? North America? South America? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4665 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dropofahat (Dropofahat) New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 22 Registered: 8-2009 Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 7:29 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does this take place in the current day? yes. I'm not sure how far back it could be, but my GUESS is around 1990 1950-2000? 1900-1950? pre-1900? Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 137 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 7:42 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) US? Western Europe? Eastern Europe? East Asia? Southeast Asia? Middle East? Australia? Northern Africa? Southern Africa? North America? South America? It's probably an industrialized country | ||
| Dropofahat (Dropofahat)
New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 27 Registered: 8-2009 |
This is going to sound a little weird, but these things can get weird... Did the baby have normal genital characteristics, and one of the parents (of the same gender as the baby) had something genitally "odd" (maybe one ball, or a deformation)? And the other parent commented how the baby's genitals were "normal", inadvertently revealing that they had seen "normal" opposite-sex genitals before, which means they had cheated? Whew! Wow, I kind of hope I'm way wrong... | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4667 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dropofahat (Dropofahat) New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 27 Registered: 8-2009 Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 9:16 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) This is going to sound a little weird, but these things can get weird... Did the baby have normal genital characteristics, and one of the parents (of the same gender as the baby) had something genitally "odd" (maybe one ball, or a deformation)? And the other parent commented how the baby's genitals were "normal", inadvertently revealing that they had seen "normal" opposite-sex genitals before, which means they had cheated? no Whew! Wow, I kind of hope I'm way wrong... You are! Think of reasons why something would have to happen after 1990 (or so). | ||
| Dropofahat (Dropofahat)
New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 28 Registered: 8-2009 |
I don't know, I can't think of child-care activities only available post-1990 that could somehow reveal infidelity by a parent. Wait... is a baby monitor relevant? Like an overheard phone call? If not... Is babysitting relevant? Breastfeeding? Baby monitor? Waking up in the middle of the night? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 141 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is the reason it had to happen after 1990 due to a change in technology? If so, the Internet? Widespread use of computers? Email? Genetic engineering? In vitro fertilization? Is it due to a legal change? Was a law passed that changed something? Was a law repealed? Is it due to a medical discovery? or change in practice? Perhaps the baby's medical condition was unknown before 1990? Or untreatable? Or it was back when childhood vaccinations still contained mercury? Is it due to a cultural change? More widespread acceptance of something? A certain movie, book, tv show, or news story coming out? Election of a certain politician? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4669 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dropofahat (Dropofahat) New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 28 Registered: 8-2009 Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 9:36 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) I don't know, I can't think of child-care activities only available post-1990 that could somehow reveal infidelity by a parent. Wait... is a baby monitor relevant? yes! You did think of it!!!!!!! Like an overheard phone call? If not... Is babysitting relevant? no Breastfeeding? no Baby monitor? yes Waking up in the middle of the night? no Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 141 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 9:38 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the reason it had to happen after 1990 due to a change in technology? yes. See aboveIf so, the Internet? no Wide nospread use of computers? no Email? Genetic engineering? no In vitro fertilization? no Is it due to a legal change? no Was a law passed that changed something? no Was a law repealed?{no} Is it due to a medical discovery? no or change in practice? see abovePerhaps the baby's medical condition was unknown before 1990? no Or untreatable? no Or it was back when childhood vaccinations still contained mercury? no Is it due to a cultural change? no More widespread acceptance of something? no A certain movie, book, tv show, or news story coming out? noElection of a certain politician? no ************* SPOILER *************** George & Georgette were afraid that having a baby would harm their marriage by making it less romantic, making them less able to focus on each other, etc. Little did they suspect that the baby would end their marriage because, when Georgette & a friend were in the baby's room & Georgette was talking about her past infidelity, George had the baby monitor on & heard the whole thing.This comes from a novel. Please check out my new puzzle!! |
