AWESOME! From the stairs and platform to jump on top of the poor victim, to the railings to keeping her from escaping, the all white "gardener's bed" is the ultimate addition to your S&M dungeon. Done in white as a stark contrast to the black leather of the rest of your dungeon, this can easily be the centerpiece of a tasteful "play room", with the optional bed step, t
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Yeah, dad is easy compared to my wife(TBM as well) but we are getting there. Honest, open communication is a stranger in most homes, unfortunately. But it keeps the therapists in business!
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I have two rules in my house. Tell the truth, no matter how painful, and respect yourself and others. It is appropriate not to blather your unkind, hateful thoughts into the world, but when you speak, speak the truth. And true friends won't lead you anywhere, they'll follow your crazy ass or tell you your stupid, because you do the same for them.
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I was at my dad's recently and we were talking about the TSCC, as we do almost every time we see each other, and he is telling me about all of the egyptologists who are saying the Book of Abraham facsimile's have been proven to be just like the prayer scrolls, and that it is further proof that JS was inspired. He went on to say that there were many things that weren't even translated because JS
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Yes it is.
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Going to church is not that bad if it means free room and board. If your parents are OK with you pretending and leaving after sacrament, go for it. As a person who has some really messed up relationships with his parents, let me tell you, do everything you can to be honest but loving to try and keep those relationships in place. If the bishop gets nosy, set an appointment, take a deep breath,
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Im in middle TN too. murfreesboro for me
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My wife is here now. She takes what she wants and leaves the rest. Unfortunately, appearances are important so she puts herself under undo stress to keep us going every week to look the part, although because I will not lie to people, there is not much appearances left. If she is willing to read things like how to stay mormon, she will get there.
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on the last update the husband changed his mind about the black and white of the situation, and said he agrees she could be female and supported her giving money to her. Good for him, but man is there a lot of ignorance out there.
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umm...sorry, no more godhood, now TBM's just aspire to be LIKE god. and you are never, ever, ever, getting a planet. It has never been taught nosiree bob.
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In reading the comments section of the Crafty Girls Workshop form another thread, I finally realized why most mormons bug me so much. When any of the comments asked questions or were less than 100% upbeat positive and glowing about her oh-so-asinine project, her answers always ended with: "Thanks for stopping by!" This phrase tells us three things: 1) The blogger assumes yo
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Ok! so overuse of !!!!!! in all the comments is mandatory. And if someone is not absolutely 100% bubbly and upbeat about her oh so terrific idea she will always say: "Thanks for stopping by!" Which is mormon code for: "Get the fuck out and don't come back!!!:):):)"
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good idea
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There is no way to not offend her, she is trained to be offended when anyone questions, or says anything not positive and uplifting about TSCC. Tell her your personal reasons for never joining, encourage her to go to mormonthink.org(which is run by mormons) and tell her the reason you will not pursue a relationship with her is because it is a no win situation and you care for her too much to hav
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As a former judgement dealer, I use humor, wit, and honesty, to defuse and embarrass those who foolishly judge me in public. It is especially satisfying when they do not realize what I am doing until several hours later.
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When my dad did this to me I bore my testimony to him. That after years of prayer, scripture study, church, and listening to the spirit intensely, god spoke to me in a still small voice and told me it was not true, that he(god) did not care where I worship, or if I worship at all, in fact, he would prefer I do not spend the rest of my life suicidal because I cannot KNOW the nature of him. He wo
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Tell her truth and let her go. Tell her the facts because she deserves to escape if she can. Go because even if she does leave and you end up together there are YEARS of emotional pain and angst ahead of you.
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"Only the elect will remain" This event was prophecied by JS!!!! He IS a prophet, he IS a prophet!
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Just to give you hope, since I have changed how I interact, I am now in the "good ol' boys club" at my job. I was told this by someone who was not in it, I did not realize it on my own.
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I was the same way. I always did my own thing and did not hang with the crowd. I changed it around by letting other people know what I enjoy doing and inviting them to do it with me. Now I have a good group of guys and girls that just like to do the same stuff I do. Being raised mormon REALLY screws up your interpersonal relationships, because they are all founded on a single belief, and if
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I went to the mormon elementary school there. Is it still open?
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I love your posts Anagrammy!! You are so much more eloquent than me.
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She promises to visit me. I told her I still know the handshakes so I can get in, and my crazy TBM family will re babtize me if I resign and we get a second chance in spirit prison, so I am covered 9 ways from Tuesday. I am so glad to not carry that anymore!
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My wife is oblivious. All mormon topics are currently off limits.
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So I just posted this on another thread, and it made me realize how much of a WTF moment it was. When GBH taught that families and work came before church in a 2003 priesthood leadership conference. He was just admitting that all the bullshit we have telling you to do for eternal salvation is just that, bullshit.
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On June 21, 2003 Gordon B. Hinkley taught in priesthood leadership meeting that the fourfold responsibilities of priesthood holders are "first, responsibility to family, second, employers, third, the Lord's work, and fourth to ourselves. This represented a massive shift in emphasis, before your church responsibility came before everything. I believe this has led to many members realizing
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The biggest change, even bigger than the changes to the endowment, was when they told the members church was third, not first. Work was put first. That was the change event that has led to the current exodus and will lead to the eventual abandonment of almost all of the original doctrine.
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to number 2. Women will have the priesthood outside of the temple by 2020.
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NO, i decided 10 younger than you so my kids are still at home, and my wife was going to choose the church over me...then she decided I wasn't the devil incarnate. But if that is not the case for you it us never to late to start over. i just would not be in a hurry, it can be depressing to change decades of behavior, even when you know it is better. hang in there. there was a good post about
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Now I know why the CEO of my company was irritated when I made him go first the other day. rotfl
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