Best states for adoption if you're in a same-sex marriage?

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California - Second parent adoption is just filling out a form and paying a fee. You have to live there though.

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I hear California is great

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At what point do you think you should move in with your significant other or at least talk about it?

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How do you guys manage relationships when working long hours and also on weekends?

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Love is patient and kind.
Love is not jealous, it does not brag, and it is not proud. 
Love is not rude, it is not selfish, and it cannot be made angry easily.
Love does not remember wrongs done against it.  
Love is never happy when others do wrong, but it is always happy with the truth.  
Love never gives up on people. It never stops trusting, never loses hope, and never quits. 
Love will never end.
Humbled, convicted, but thankful. Our Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit love us this way!

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Anyone in DFW want to do something this weekend? Just moved here and I have no friends here 😢

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