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Old 07-29-2008, 03:18 AM
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Ele - I always thought they were waiting with kids until Morry gets the tenure at University, so they are financially secure, that´s why the "ass kissing" of the neighbours, the guy was a member of a board which decided about it. That´s why Betty was so upset when the dinner went wrong and left, cos it meant no tenure in the future, meaning no kids.
Ah, tenure. I always understood '10 year' and I couldn't get it to make sense
Now I gotta know what that means and then I think my previous theory is right out of the window.

And thanks for the new thread! Great title

ETA: Ok, now I know what 'tenure' means. And of course it's what Katka said that kept them from having children
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