Posts by idymae

sighing, I think that's an excellent idea!  Thank you so much!  She hasn't told me to back off yet, she just laughs about the fact that I want her to eat healthy.  I think she'll take things well.

Do I have to outright say, "I was wrong"?  I thought that by admitting I don't know everything, it was clear I was admitting I was wrong.

Anyway, you missed the point of my post.  I just wanted to find out how everyone felt about it.  There is no need to get fussy.  I thought this post had come to a nice close; let's leave it at the fact that I understand that I need to be more understanding and have much to learn as I age.

I'm not saying that this man's complaints about the splinter makes him "good" or "bad".  I'm only saying that they weaken my view of his character.  If he cries about a splinter, who's to say he won't cry when things get rough in a marriage?  I guess only his wife will know!  I wish him the best.

I guess I was brought up around some rough and tough guys because my whole family is filled with men who don't cry.

This kind of behaviour wouldn't fly in England.  I think I'll move out there because it sounds to me like America has raised a bunch of sissies.  Thank you all for your input.  Have a great rest of your day.

Did I mention that her 8 year old was listening to all of this and sat quietly in the back seat the entire trip?  So, you're telling me that it's acceptable for a high school graduate to act up like that?  I don't know about you, but my parents raised me to behave, especially in front of guests and I plan to raise my kids the same way.

hkellick, these things happen.

Anyway, when I spoke to his mom, apparently he cries and whines about every little thing.  I just don't think women find that attractive...we want to feel like our man can take on the world and handle it with courage.  If a splinter is going to stop him, how safe does that make us feel?

As a society, we need to look at Christianity and its principles just by itself, not at the people who practice the religion.  It's easy to get tripped up by a Christian who sins because we simply assume that Christians should be perfect "angels" all the time.  Christianity is a deep relationship between a man (or a woman) and God, it's not for us to judge where that person is in his or her faith.  I know it's hard not to think badly of a person who continues a sinful premarital sexual relationship and KNOWS it's bad.  I've had trouble with my thought process on that all of my life, but I'm learning that Jesus did not judge, so neither should we.

rachelrobin, I've seen homosexual couples with adopted children waltzing into church regularly on a Sunday morning thinking that's okay.  I've seen people go to church drunk.  There are lots of things that people do that go against the Bible's teachings.  We, as Christians, just need to love all people, no matter where they are in life, no matter what they believe, and no matter how they act.  I simply try to be the best example I can be.