Common sense requires every woman who opts out to have a strategy for opting back in, when and if she wants or needs to.
"The commission will clearly need to take the necessary time to assess the indicative list of proposals for opting back in that the UK has outlined.
Nick Clegg, who has agreed with the initial opt-out, is pressing hard for Britain to opt back into a large number of measures covering to the European arrest warrant (EAW) and Europol.
Even if we were able to successfully opt back into those measures that protected our country from these global threats, the UK would be placed at risk for the period during which negotiations for opting back in were taking place – and this is likely to amount to years rather than months.
Instead of eating the last chocolate iced, I opted for deprivation, slinking back to my desk to eat a bowl of oatmeal.
To get back to Shela, I opted for a donkey ride in the night, holding the waist of a young man who directed Lola (our donkey) with a pair of reins and a "tsk tsk tsk", along the path of a moon-bright sea, through a forest, and then into the quiet maze of the sleeping village.
"I got knocked back by Westminster, so I opted for Middlesex as I knew I could meet their entry requirements and it felt like a safe choice.
"When I first 'died,' I went looking around Facebook's help pages, but alas, they don't seem to have a 'I'm not really dead, could I have my account back please?' section, so I opted for filling in every form on their Web site," Mr. Thulbourn said by e-mail.
As for me, I opt for the ferry back to Cuxhaven the next day, feeling privileged to have walked out across part of the planet where comparatively few dare to tread.
I opt for "Betty," go back to closet, read "Betty" aloud.
Looking back, I might opt for a different college major.
