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The 2030 World Cup has been awarded to Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina.

Let me break it down piece by piece, for people who may not be familiar with the system.

So, 2030 was supposed to be the 100th anniversary of the first ever World Cup, which was held in Uruguay in 2030. In honor of the occasion, Uruguay submitted a joint bid with Argentina, Chile and Paraguay. However, Europe was arguing that it's THEIR turn to host again. And Morocco has been wanting to get in on the action for a while, and with their success in the last World Cup, their bid finally started being taken seriously.

Anyways, FIFA decided this would be a good compromise for everyone. Basically, they didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. Now, what does this mean?

South America is only scheduled to host the opening matches. This means that after their first match, teams will need to fly across the Atlantic to play their remaining matches.

Additionally, the rules of FIFA state that the same confederation must have a 2 tournament gap before being eligable to host again. This means that the only confederations eligible to host the tournament in 2034 are Asia and Oceania, which opens the door for a potential joint Australia & New Zealand bid. This also means however that in 2038, the tournament can only be held in North America, which means we'll most likely see the U. S., Canada or Mexico hosting again, which are the only three nations in CONCACAF that meet the necessary criteria to host.

In short, it's a huge mess!

I've been hanging out with a female friend I've known for about 30 years. We're both in our 40s. Neither one of us is married, but she has a daughter from prior relationship. One night when we were hanging out, she asked me if I was going to church the next day since it was a Sunday.

This opened up a conversation about religion and what we each believed. I explained I grew up going to church, played bass guitar in church for the kids, etc. I explained that I hadn't been to church in a long time, but I still consider myself Christian.

I asked if she was Catholic since she had mentioned that before, and she confirmed she was. I said my dad's side of the family is Catholic (mom's side is more protestant) but the only time I went to mass is when my paternal grandmother took me one time.

She asked if I had been baptized. I said the funny thing about that is I have memories of being baptized at a very young age, but for some reason I have memories that I wasn't baptized for some reason.

We then talked about the schools we went to. My parents sent me to Baptist school until jr. high and high school when I decided to go to public school while my sisters went on to Catholic high school. She asked why I didn't want to go to Catholic school. I said it's not that I didn't want to go. I chose public school, because a lot of my friends at the time were going there.

Do you think she was gauging whether we are religiously compatible?