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Post by wvugurl26 on Sept 13, 2017 17:00:18 GMT -5
I've met some people who admit to being a drunk. It didn't make them change but yeah I know a few who have admitted it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2017 17:08:49 GMT -5
Dear Captain Awkward,
First off, I want to let it be known that we are a family of Christians; I believe there is only one true God and that to be saved it must be through Jesus Christ. I have raised both my children “Paul” – 19 years old – and “Mary” – 24 years old – to be strong in faith and put their trust in God.
However, I fear for my daughter’s life. She recently confessed to me (this past summer) that she is seeing someone, let’s call him “Jim.” Jim is not who I want for my daughter and I worry that their incompatibilities and differences will lead to her being hurt.
One, his family is Catholic.
OH NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! NOT CATHOLIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was raised Catholic, my husband is from a Southern Baptist family and his grandfather was the founding preacher at many small churches in the area that they grew up. On the day my husband told his grandparents that we were engaged, he had a stroke. Now I'm not saying that is what caused it, because there were other things that made him high risk, but apparently engagement announcement put him over the top! DH's family did attend the wedding in a Catholic church, after much discussion about what they would not do. No they did not have to kiss the ring of the priest, or be forced to take communion (we did not have a mass anyway). We did have drinks at the reception though . They couldn't take communion, could they? Catholics have closed communion. My daughter went through a huge rebellion when she was about 20. (Insert ironic emoji, whatever that is.) She became Catholic. My ex and I were divorced, but I had been Catholic for two years of my life Never mind that I had been Presbyterian for about 20 and a Methodist for another 10 or 20. It was "all" my fault. Once a Catholic, always a Catholic. Lol. I told him, "If this is the worse thing she ever does, you aren't going to get a lot of sympathy from anyone." She gave up Catholicism when she married, but she missed it. She likes the ritual, and Presbyterians aren't into rituals. So she blended the two and created her own brand. Lol. Not only does she go to Saturday mass, but her kids often go with her. The two oldest have been confirmed. They actually get to decide for themselves when they are old enough, but right now they go to mass on Sat. and Presbyterian church on Sun. They seem to handle it just fine. It was the closed communion that prompted her to have them become confirmed; she didn't want them to feel as if they are on the fringe. However, they send their kids to a very conservative, fundamentalist private school. They had to be interviewed and present letters from their pastor. Believe it or not, they were very skeptical about my daughter's faith. This is a person who "had" to get married because she wanted to have sex with her now-husband at age 22. That's exactly how she phrased it. She not only goes to church, but she's very ecumenical about it. She does Catholic mass, Baptist Sunday School, and Presbyterian church service. The Baptist Sunday School is because the Presbyterian church is just so small. My nine grandchildren make up about 3/4 of the kids there. The school is really good and she/the kids love it. But I just want to shake my head at the backward notion that Catholics are not Christians. Big sigh . . .
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 13, 2017 17:26:34 GMT -5
Someone has got to be making up these letters.
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Post by chiver78 on Sept 13, 2017 17:40:12 GMT -5
<poof!>
nevermind.....don't want this to veer into RD territory.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2017 18:17:38 GMT -5
<poof!> nevermind.....don't want this to veer into RD territory. Not sure what RD territory is. I'm guessing "religious debate." I was just giving an anecdote (or two or three or four) about my daughter. No debate. She's ecumenical, remember.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Sept 13, 2017 18:19:56 GMT -5
Holy crap they need a collapse long post feature or have someone who can do a Cliff Notes version for those of with short attention span.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Sept 13, 2017 18:21:00 GMT -5
Dear Captain Awkward,
First off, I want to let it be known that we are a family of Christians; I believe there is only one true God and that to be saved it must be through Jesus Christ. I have raised both my children “Paul” – 19 years old – and “Mary” – 24 years old – to be strong in faith and put their trust in God.
However, I fear for my daughter’s life. She recently confessed to me (this past summer) that she is seeing someone, let’s call him “Jim.” Jim is not who I want for my daughter and I worry that their incompatibilities and differences will lead to her being hurt.
One, his family is Catholic.
OH NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! NOT CATHOLIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A Catholic, atheist, alcohol drinking, undereducated white devil rapist!!!!! You forgot American.
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Post by chiver78 on Sept 13, 2017 18:33:19 GMT -5
<poof!> nevermind.....don't want this to veer into RD territory. Not sure what RD territory is. I'm guessing "religious debate." I was just giving an anecdote (or two or three or four) about my daughter. No debate. She's ecumenical, remember. you're good. it was just a question, but it was a little more into Catholicism than gets to stay on the open boards without getting moved to the "religious discussion" forum.
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Post by swamp on Sept 13, 2017 19:08:00 GMT -5
I was raised Catholic, my husband is from a Southern Baptist family and his grandfather was the founding preacher at many small churches in the area that they grew up. On the day my husband told his grandparents that we were engaged, he had a stroke. Now I'm not saying that is what caused it, because there were other things that made him high risk, but apparently engagement announcement put him over the top! DH's family did attend the wedding in a Catholic church, after much discussion about what they would not do. No they did not have to kiss the ring of the priest, or be forced to take communion (we did not have a mass anyway). We did have drinks at the reception though . They couldn't take communion, could they? Catholics have closed communion. My daughter went through a huge rebellion when she was about 20. (Insert ironic emoji, whatever that is.) She became Catholic. My ex and I were divorced, but I had been Catholic for two years of my life Never mind that I had been Presbyterian for about 20 and a Methodist for another 10 or 20. It was "all" my fault. Once a Catholic, always a Catholic. Lol. I told him, "If this is the worse thing she ever does, you aren't going to get a lot of sympathy from anyone." She gave up Catholicism when she married, but she missed it. She likes the ritual, and Presbyterians aren't into rituals. So she blended the two and created her own brand. Lol. Not only does she go to Saturday mass, but her kids often go with her. The two oldest have been confirmed. They actually get to decide for themselves when they are old enough, but right now they go to mass on Sat. and Presbyterian church on Sun. They seem to handle it just fine. It was the closed communion that prompted her to have them become confirmed; she didn't want them to feel as if they are on the fringe. However, they send their kids to a very conservative, fundamentalist private school. They had to be interviewed and present letters from their pastor. Believe it or not, they were very skeptical about my daughter's faith. This is a person who "had" to get married because she wanted to have sex with her now-husband at age 22. That's exactly how she phrased it. She not only goes to church, but she's very ecumenical about it. She does Catholic mass, Baptist Sunday School, and Presbyterian church service. The Baptist Sunday School is because the Presbyterian church is just so small. My nine grandchildren make up about 3/4 of the kids there. The school is really good and she/the kids love it. But I just want to shake my head at the backward notion that Catholics are not Christians. Big sigh . . . If you aren't catholic you aren't supposed to take communion, but it's not like the check ID
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Post by empress of self-improvement on Sept 13, 2017 19:31:28 GMT -5
I've met some people who admit to being a drunk. It didn't make them change but yeah I know a few who have admitted it. Me!! But I have changed. Blackouts tend to do that.
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 13, 2017 20:00:53 GMT -5
I've met some people who admit to being a drunk. It didn't make them change but yeah I know a few who have admitted it. Me!! But I have changed. Blackouts tend to do that. 🤗 hugs
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Sept 16, 2017 13:33:25 GMT -5
I hear the sound of the TLC producers calling for a reality show on this one. I think if even a small portion of it is true, it's awesome.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Sept 16, 2017 13:47:35 GMT -5
I hear the sound of the TLC producers calling for a reality show on this one. I think if even a small portion of it is true, it's awesome. The real Duggers or whatever their name is.
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Post by Opti on Sept 16, 2017 19:45:43 GMT -5
I hear the sound of the TLC producers calling for a reality show on this one. I think if even a small portion of it is true, it's awesome. The real Duggers or whatever their name is. I think it sounds more like something Steve Bannon might have done, had he been female. (He certainly looks like he's lived that kind of life ... )
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Sept 17, 2017 14:00:52 GMT -5
Just for laughs, I went to Captain Awkward's website. Dang, that's fun. It's the People of Wal-Mart meets the old Penthouse Magazine Letters.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Sept 17, 2017 19:03:36 GMT -5
There's a depressing website for those who were cheated on called Chump Lady.
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Post by Opti on Sept 17, 2017 20:21:46 GMT -5
There's a depressing website for those who were cheated on called Chump Lady. Looks informative though and almost like a support group for those who have been through it if you look at the comments.
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 17, 2017 20:37:13 GMT -5
Can't imagine wanting to relive that humiliation
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Sept 18, 2017 6:58:58 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't want to relive that experience again by reading about other dumpees! NO THANK YOU!
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Post by toomuchreality on Sept 23, 2017 13:52:00 GMT -5
Just for laughs, I went to Captain Awkward's website. Dang, that's fun. It's the People of Wal-Mart meets the old Penthouse Magazine Letters. And now I find myself following y'all over, so I can check it out. Thanks! LMAO
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