Vivinavi : Los Angeles : (United States) Los Angeles

• 金持ち
• 2021/11/04 (Thu) 09:06
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In California, new construction of swimming pools is prohibited by law due to the lack of water, so
properties with pools are scarce.

• mega
• 2021/11/04 (Thu) 14:39
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It depends on the type, but someone I know said they went with solar because of the $ 500 electricity bill.

• 名無し
• 2021/11/05 (Fri) 09:02
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If you're looking to buy a house, ask an agent, it's accurate
It varies from city to city, or maybe you're too smart to ask an agent ？.

• 倍金萬
• 2021/11/05 (Fri) 10:50
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＞ Mr. Double Goldman, please tell me

why me ？ have I told you before about the Swimming Pool at my house ？ long story, as usual,

I have lived here since 1971 in this hot shitty Valley (San Fernando Valley) in 1971 and have lived here ever since. Since then - I've moved from apartment to 2BR, to 3BR, to 4BR, to 3BR, and back again in the Valley. And my current house and the house before that had a heated pool that I took care of for a total of over 20 years. However, both houses have gas heaters, so I don't know anything about electricity or anything related to it. In addition, the underground pipe from the gas meter to the heater in the current house is a galvanized iron pipe, and gas leaks from the rusty middle of the pipe, so we don't use the gas heater at all.

As for the gas usage in our previous house, the cost of gas was about $30 a month when we did not use the pool heater, but when we used the heater two or three times a month, the cost went up to about $150 a month. The cost of electricity is not so high as the cost of gas for the same amount of heat, and I think the cost of electricity is not ridiculous.

As for the poolman, we had a poolman for a few years after we moved into our current house, and at that time we were paying about $80 a month. Now it's probably $100 or more. Since I am retired, I have since cut off the poolman and gardener and now do everything myself. It's a great way to exercise my body in my old age.

If you know the specs of the electric pool heater, you can probably calculate the electric bill from the power consumption （ Watt Hour ） figures. Heated Pool does not mean that the entire pool is heated like a public bath or hot spring, but only that the pool is cold enough to make you shiver at first when you enter the pool on a cold day, but after you swim a little and your body gets used to it, it becomes much more comfortable than if it were not heated. I had a Jacuzzi by the pool at my old house and the warm water flowed through it to the larger pool （ I think they are all built that way ） so when the Jacuzzi warmed up like a hot spring first, I enjoyed the open air bath style, "Oh, that's nice hot water". I was enjoying it.

• 貧困層は持っているものまで奪われる
• 2021/11/05 (Fri) 10:59
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If you don't use it, just do the Heated pool work and
don't turn it on.

• 恐縮の極みです
• 2021/11/04 (Thu) 12:57
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＃ Enagic has sent you an online purchase in your name but no payment has been made,

Normally when you shop online, they just send you the product and
you don't pay later.

Whenever you shop, you have to type in your card number and other information
or it will not be processed in your shopping cart.

• ワクチン義務化
• 2021/11/04 (Thu) 14:46
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It is a scam and should be ignored.

• SK
• 2021/11/04 (Thu) 16:23
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Topic Posted by. Sorry if you are offended. But I am having trouble with a bill that I really don't remember.

I called Enagic again today and they hung up saying that a filter was purchased from Enagic's online site in my name in October 2019, but no payment was made, and if I don't pay now they will send a validation.

I asked for management's phone number, but they said they could not give me their contact information. I am sorry to the Enagic fans, but I am sure that I was really disgusted with the way Enagic handled the situation.


＞ And why do you think I'm paying for the filter on my own ？ There is maintenance and such

As I mentioned at the beginning, I spoke with an Enagic representative who told me that it was purchased online under my name. As I mentioned at the beginning, I spoke to an Enagic representative who told me that it was purchased online under my name and that it was a filter.
Indeed, the letter I received did not give any details about what the product was. ？ I was curious because it sounded like they knew that the invoice didn't have the name of the product. Also, as I mentioned at the beginning, I used Enagic reducers until last year. As you said, it is not bad by any means, but the filters are expensive, so I changed to something else. What I am saying here is not that the product is good or bad, but that I need some advice regarding a bill from 2 years ago that I don't remember coming now. Sorry.


＞ Do you send goods when they have not been paid for ？
＞ Normally when you shop online you just send the goods
and do not pay later.

I really agree. I have repeatedly told the person in charge that I have completed my filter purchases and payments through eBay, that I have not used the Enagic site at all, and that I have not received a confirmation email or invoice from Enagic in the two years I have been using their site. I asked them why they sent me the product if I had not paid, but they ignored me and told me that I had not paid and that they had your name and address and that if I did not pay they would send me a validation by mail.

＞ Please refer to the notice from the KC Agency.
Thank you ！ Mucho, were you here in 2006 or so ？ I remember that you were here at that time. It was around the time when the soliloquy topic was just starting to appear. It's been quite a while since I came here, and I missed it because it is still going on.

• 名無し
• 2021/11/05 (Fri) 09:32
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So ～ if you look at the contract again ？
it might be a contract to change the filter once a year ？ and you have to change it.
If the water purifier is used without changing the filter forever and there is a health hazard and a court case, the water purifier seller will be in trouble
In Japan, there are plenty of such contracts. Duskin, for example.
If so, they send you a filter and you pay for it later.
Actually, someone else must have received it. ？

Also, in your post ＃ 1, you never said that you bought the filter from that company.
read it again.

• jo
• 2021/11/05 (Fri) 10:25
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I am just guessing, but it is possible that ・ ・ ・
the credit card you used to make the purchase on Ebay may have been used by someone else.
You might want to contact the vendor or individual who sold you the filters ？
especially on Ebay, where there are many private sellers.
A method of buying something using someone else's credit card and mailing it to a different address than the cardholder.
without the cardholder's knowledge ・ ・ ・ .
You may want to check with the Enagic representative for details such as when the purchase was supposed to have been made by you ？ since it may be that your name and card were actually used ・ ・ ・.
Hopefully this will be resolved soon ・ ・ ・.

• FXLV
• 2021/11/04 (Thu) 16:44
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Is it wrong to leave yen in a Japanese bank account ？ If you don't have a bank account in Japan, I thought the best bank to do that over here. With FX, you mean shorting dollar-yen for a long time. If the dollar appreciates, you will be charged interest every day.

For US FX brokers, Forex.com, OANDA, or IG. You can also open offshore if you are OK with high risk.

> The only foreign exchange investment at my current brokerage is ETFs

Where is this ？ There is TDAmeriTrade that can do both stock trading and FX, though I would not recommend it for FX.

• FX円
• 2021/11/05 (Fri) 09:18
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I am not a resident of Japan, so I cannot open an account in Japan.
I thought there was a Japanese Yen ETF on Fidelity's page, but I can't find it now. I thought there was a Japanese Yen ETF on the Fidelity page, but I can't find it now. It seems that only investment in foreign currency is available.
I will try to open an account with a FX broker with a small amount.
Thank you very much.

• 渡る世間は鬼ちゃんばかり
• 2021/11/02 (Tue) 06:30
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You could try putting a translation app on your phone and use that to explain it.

• 名無し
• 2021/11/02 (Tue) 09:34
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I'm trying to make a reservation for the day I want to go
but
I can see the reservation I took to go later


I don't know if you want to make a reservation or you already have one or you are trying to add one ？
I don't understand your Japanese
. If you can see the reservation you took, why don't you just show it ？
I don't understand why you have to show your annual pass. I just think it's self-explanatory that you have to show it ？
If you can prove your ticket, why not ？


Disney's page says
Once you make a park
Once you link your account, go straight to the park Main Entrance for admission. ！ And it says

• Magic Key
• 2021/11/03 (Wed) 15:33
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Nice to meet you ！
When I had the same situation before, I updated the app and that solved it.
I hope you have the latest version of the app ？
After that, you can try signing out again and signing in again.
I remember having a similar situation the first time I used it, but after that I have been able to use it without any problems.
I'm glad if I can be of some help. I hope you can solve the problem ☆.

• 倍金萬
• 2021/10/31 (Sun) 10:15
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Aun,

I also got sidetracked and talked about something not directly related, but some people are recommending Tethering/Hotspot because Topix is "trying to buy an i pad to watch videos". However, the capacity of Tethering/Hotspot is low and it is not possible to watch many Japanese TV dramas frequently. In any case, there is no low-cost way to watch videos, so I don't know if they still sell them and the price is much higher than a WiFi only iPad, but there was an iPad with cell phone functionality sold. This would allow you to set up a second cell phone number and be ready to go. The price of the iPad is about 1.5 times more than the regular one, I believe.

• 倍金萬
• 2021/10/31 (Sun) 10:28
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I just looked on Costco's site and there it is, an iPad with cell phone capability.

https://www.costco.com/new-apple-ipad-pro-11%e2%80%9d-128gb-with-cellular-(3rd-gen).product.100651145.html

But it's getting expensive, it seems like a few years ago a plain iPad was under $500.

• 阿吽
• 2021/10/31 (Sun) 13:10
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Mr. Double Vine,

Terhering is Wifi transfer through a contracted device, while hotspot is direct Wifi reception from a contracted company (or transfer from a hotspot device), not through a contracted iPhone itself. If you have data unlimited, tethering is "supposed" to have no limit. I am able to watch videos in this form and have not incurred any hotspot fees, nor have I reached the limit and had my data throttled. I watch at least 50 hours a month in the car.

If I were in your shoes, I would try using a wifi enabled device.

• 阿吽
• 2021/10/31 (Sun) 13:36
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I just connected my laptop via tethering from my iPhone and was able to watch videos normally.

• 倍金萬
• 2021/11/02 (Tue) 12:48
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Aun,

I used to think that Tethering and Hotspot were "exactly the same thing", but I just looked at the settings on my Samsung Galaxy and it seems that they are both used for communication between the phone and computer, but Tethering uses a USB cable or similar to connect wirelessly, while Hotspot uses a Bluetooth or other wireless connection. I just checked my Samsung Galaxy's settings, and it seems that both are used for communication between the phone and the computer, but Tethering is used for wired connection via USB cable, etc., while Hotspot is used for wireless connection via Bluetooth, etc.

http://www.differencebetween.info/difference-between-tethering-and-hotspot#:~:text=Comparion%20between%20Tethering%20and%20Hotspot%3A%20%20%20,%20%20Unlimited%20%203%20more%20rows%20

So, in your case, it seems that you want to connect your iPhone to your iPad, so it would be more of a Hotspot connection.

• 倍金萬
• 2021/10/23 (Sat) 11:02
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Although each US cell phone carrier advertises that their cell phones "work" when travelers take them abroad, they are in effect paying a minimal fee to the carrier in that country, and as a result, the call/data capabilities in that country should be set to a minimum.

Therefore, smart travelers don't rely on the telecom company's service and find a free WiFi environment, especially in urban areas, where they can communicate as much as they want. In my case, however, I travel only in the suburbs, rural areas, and mountainous regions of Shikoku by foot, so I use my cell phone only to make reservations at lodgings. Most of the hotels are "minshuku" level private houses, which do not even have WiFi.

• 倍金萬
• 2021/10/25 (Mon) 10:32
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As I mentioned in another topic, I thought the merger between Sprint and T-Mobile was 50/50, but in reality, T-Mobile seems to have swallowed up Sprint.

I mentioned this somewhere, but when I went to a T-Mobile store and asked them to change my SIM card, they told me that if I switched my account to T-Mobile, they would give me $ 70 per month, and I thought it was a good deal, so I agreed. Today I checked my new credit card account and found that Sprint charged $ 101.11 in September and $ 70.00 from October. This amount includes my wife and I's two phones (2 Lines). Well, I guess it will go up eventually.

The service has not changed much from Sprint's time as follows.

$ 70.00 for 2 Lines

includes all applicable discounts and promotions. Taxes and fees included.

Talk&text
Unlimited

High-speed data
Unlimited 5G&4G LTE with 100GB of Premium Data

Mobile Unlimited mobile hotspot data at max 3G speeds after 5GB.

Unlimited 5G&4G LTE with 100GB of Premium Data,

What am I supposed to make of this? Is it unlimited up to 100GB, or is it unlimited with very slow speeds after 100GB? Well, we don't use our phone line much since we use almost 100% of our data under our home WiFi, and even when we were on Sprint, we used at most a few hundred "mega-mega" per month.


There is another topic discussing Hotspot/Tethering capacity, but our account is capped at 5GB, which we don't use at all. It is useful. However, the data speed in Japan seems to be 3G and sometimes video does not run smoothly.

• むっちゃスロー
• 2021/10/28 (Thu) 13:05
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Double Kim Man,
I am not asking for information on out-of-country connectivity for the SPRINT line that is being discontinued. I am posting this because I thought it might be my personal phone model, and I wanted to know how other T-mobile users and other carriers are using it in Japan.

Before Corona, I used to travel back and forth to Japan every 3 months for work, so I used to rent pocket Wi-Fi before I went with Sprint, then I bought a Japanese pocket Wi-Fi and used the data carrier of my choice.　But when you have even one more device, you have more things to charge and manage, and it gets complicated.
When I switched to Sprint, my data was crisp and unlimited and very convenient.

I don't want to have to worry about recharging my pocket wi-fi again, and I don't want to be stuck with T-mobile, which has cut back on service.
AT&How is the WIFI connection speed in Japan for T and Verizon users?

• 倍金萬
• 2021/10/29 (Fri) 11:02
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＞ I am not asking for information about your connections outside the country

Well, I am very sorry about that. I have a bad habit of blabbing to people everything I know.


＞ I wanted to know how other T-mobile users and other carriers are doing in Japan

I was with Verizon before I switched to Sprint. I brought my Verizon phone to Japan and the connection was not so good. Moreover, Verizon/AT&T charges a fee for the use of their phones in Japan. Also, I imagine that the current 3 major carriers (AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile) are all Softbank, whose coverage ・ and communication capabilities in Japan are a step lower than those of the other 3 carriers. And I am assuming that the data speed is still 3G. If you have a definite opinion that this is not true, please let me know here.

＞ It's a hassle to worry about charging pocket Wi-Fi and having to carry it around

That's true. However, if you are going to upload your own videos to YouTube while traveling in Japan, I think you will have to rent a paid pocket Wi-Fi. If you can get a good Wi-Fi connection at the hotel where you will be staying, that would be the best choice, but I would not recommend renting a pocket Wi-Fi.

• 倍金萬
• 2021/10/29 (Fri) 11:47
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＞ Verizon/AT&T charges a fee to use a phone in Japan


When I brought my Verizon contract phone to Japan 5 or 6 years ago,

I was charged cents per minute for calls over ? I had to pay cents per minute if the total minutes of the call exceeded 5 minutes, and for data, I had to pay for the amount of data over a certain number of megabytes.

• 探し物はなんですか
• 2021/10/27 (Wed) 08:16
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I don't know which manufacturer, but
can't you find any parts from their website?

• 倍金萬
• 2021/10/27 (Wed) 09:12
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We also put a lot of things on top of the oven

so we sacrifice one of the iron wire shelves in the oven and put it

on top to prevent the conduction of high heat.

• 阿保代表
• 2021/10/26 (Tue) 08:45
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You should apply well in advance ？
so you won't miss the deadline.

• inclusive
• 2021/10/24 (Sun) 21:26
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I am a mother of a child with high functioning autism.

I don't live in the South Bay, so I can't give you specific school names, but
I would suggest that you look for a school that has an "inclusive education" class
where developmentally disabled and normal children study in the same class.

My child was also in an Inclusive education class.
There were more teachers and assistants than usual, so they were very attentive, and
many of the staff were trained in special needs
and were used to dealing with them.
I think there were more students with developmental borders ？ than usual.

Once you have a school district, you should be able to get a free
assessment for developmental disabilities at the special education department of your school district.

If you believe that he/she has a disability, it would be best to start medical care and education as soon as possible.
If this is of any help to you.

• inclusive
• 2021/10/24 (Sun) 21:54
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Sorry, just to clarify, this is an addendum to the above.

By "school district" I mean the public school district (School District™). I don't know the process for private schools, as I have no experience with them.

In our family's experience, the process was
apply for admission to the school district → assessment → the school district staff recommends a school ・ class that is appropriate for your child.

Rather than pinpointing "this school ！" on your own, you may want to consult with the school district first.

• ぴこぴこ
• 2021/10/25 (Mon) 06:33
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> Mr. inclusive
Thank you very much for your kind attention. I am very grateful for this information as I did not know about it. I immediately contacted the South Bay Area School District by e-mail.

• 横から失礼いたします
• 2021/10/14 (Thu) 09:09
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My question is,
Even an American husband can receive fertility treatment support in Japan?

Yes, you can. A friend of mine is in the exact same situation as you, but her husband is American （ and has a high income ）.
The American husband is considered to have no income in Japan and was able to receive all the support for infertility treatment.
My friend successfully gave birth to a child in Japan through IVF.
I hope things work out for you, too, Topi.

• コウノトリ
• mail
• 2021/10/14 (Thu) 22:10
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I'm sure you are anxious about a lot of things.
I also had IVF with my American husband in CA when I was 36. After waiting 3 months for an appointment at a Japanese hospital, （ we went to a government subsidized hospital ） with a letter of recommendation from my doctor, but we had many problems before the treatment, so we gave up even though the treatment cost was very cheap. The main reason I decided to go to the US was that the pregnancy rate was definitely higher there. I was also told that in Japan, more than two fertilized eggs could not be placed at once. In the U.S., you can do the 4.5 month oil injections at home by yourself. In Japan, you have to go to the hospital. In Japan, we were recommended to do various fertility treatments instead of IVF right away, （ but this process seemed to take more than a year ） I wanted to do IVF right away because of my age, so that was another reason why I chose the US. I think everyone's treatment is different, but if the most important thing is the result of getting pregnant, I feel that the success rate is higher in the US.
Insurance in the U.S. is complicated and basically doesn't cover you, but the medications and other things were covered by insurance.
We are praying for you to have a child.

• Choko
• mail
• 2021/10/15 (Fri) 12:48
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I am also currently undergoing fertility treatment. By the way, I am of advanced childbearing age.
I have been trying the timing method and taking fertility drugs for about 5 months, but have not been able to conceive until now.
If I am unable to conceive at the next ovulation timing, I am considering two artificial insemination cycles, and if that doesn't work, two in vitro fertilization cycles.
I was quoted about $1500 per cycle for artificial insemination and $15,000 per cycle for IVF. But it seems to vary depending on age. Of course, this is an amount not covered by insurance.

I am thinking about getting some more estimates from different places, but
I would love to know if you have any recommendations or if you have actually had success here ！

Sakura ＞ I am also very interested in the topic. I am also very interested in the topic, so I commented.

• 青丘
• 2021/10/15 (Fri) 20:08
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My first daughter was conceived normally, but then I had an ectopic pregnancy and had to have a fallopian tube removed, and another fallopian tube was also blocked, so I could not ovulate and could not conceive for 5 years.
Clomid took 13 eggs, and the first 4 eggs that were fertilized with sperm were placed in the uterus.
The doctors told me it was difficult to get them to stay in the uterus, so from the time I got home until my next doctor's appointment, I spent the entire week in bed with a pillow under my buttocks and my butt elevated except for toileting, showering, and eating. I was very careful not to stand up and walk around, as I was afraid that if I stood up and walked around it would flow. So my husband took care of my 5 year old oldest daughter, prepared meals, did all the laundry, etc.
Three of the four eggs we put in eventually flowed, and only my daughter, who somehow managed to hang on, grew scrupulously, and after three months she was able to go to a regular OB/GYN.
The rest of the eggs were frozen for a year and then discarded.

Actually, IVF allows you to choose the gender.
We had an oldest daughter and wanted a boy, but the doctors forgot and combined the sperm with the egg without separating the sex of the sperm.
I am glad it was a girl because my sisters are very close now.

In my case, I succeeded the first time, but I have a friend who tried so hard she could buy a whole house, but it didn't work and she gave up.
It is very hard mentally.

Husband's cooperation is essential.

I did it 24 years ago in Philadelphia, so I don't remember the cost.
Sorry.

• Rie
• 2021/10/20 (Wed) 22:21
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My grandfather on my mother's side was adopted. But for us grandchildren born 50 years later, it doesn't matter, and the most important thing is not blood or mitochondria, but the memory of having a grandfather and a mother who gave us a happy childhood. Thanks to those warm memories, I will be able to live forever.

So, even if you don't have children, you can still have a warm family, and there are many children who need a kind father and mother.

I hope to become a full-fledged Foster Parent in a few more years (once my daughter is independent). However, the more I learn about Foster Parenting, the more I think I can't adopt every child. I can't keep up with my knowledge of inheritance, and I don't think I can co-mingle my only daughter with the "others". Japanese parents would be surprised. However, I would like to do my best as much as possible until as many children as possible turn 18. It's just a dream for now.

Now that I'm 18, I'd like to say "goodbye ～ and good luck in your own way from now on ～. It is not a relationship of "send me a card for Christmas ～," but an act full of a precious sense of mission that will be passed on to their grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren, so it is not an easy thing to start
.

In the 50s-70s, white families took in many Korean War orphans, and while there may be arguments about religious ego and convenience, I don't think it is something that the average person can easily do. I'm sure everyone here on the board has encountered people who are "of Korean descent but white at heart". Angelina Jolie may be controversial because of her publicity, but I still think it's great that she takes in children whose birth parents were unable to raise them for various reasons and raises them with love and care. Also, she has done a great job of spreading the word that a family can be a respectable one, even though they are of different races. Even if I had her kind of fortune, I ask myself if I would have the capacity to distribute and give that much love, even though we were in our twenties and had our hands full raising a single child.


So, if you and your family are not strongly opposed, please keep in mind the option of domestic or overseas adoption.