Posted on 07/12/2024 8:34:42 PM PDT by Morgana
Tell me then, o Wise Ascended Master who sees through the Catholic Church’s BS, what is the best, most purpose-filled life for a man?
Describe it to me, so that I may live vicariously though your exalted blissful existence! Tell me what life I should have aspired to, instead of 21 happy years of marriage with 5 loving children.
That said, just when I think my contempt for Big Med can’t grow any greater, there’s this...
I won’t print the rest of what I’m thinking.
There is no movement to protect fertility. Dangerous ground.
Good for you, that’s what made you happy. Each needs to find there purpose that makes them happy. Not every marriage is good ,nor is every one bad. The key is iron clad prenups something most young men can’t afford the council for or have the premarital assets to make one worth the legal fees for. In the USA this is the only way to protect yourself from a court system set up to screw men over.
My current GF is half my age so still very much in child years in her mid 20s. Hence the desire for male birth control to be legal here. I have a 26 year old from my first wife while I was in the service who is a model in Las Vegas like her mother was. So I have no desire for another biological heir. For me travel and adventures far off the beaten path make me smile I chose companions now who can appreciate those things as well. They also need a decent food sense nothing worse than having to deal with picky eaters while abroad vegans are right out.
That is WELL above the normal or recommended dosage.
It’s not just about fertility.
It’s about health and well-being, of the individual and public.
None of which appear to be on Big Med’s radar.
It’s a thing...
https://www.nm.org/healthbeat/healthy-tips/can-ibuprofen-reduce-menstrual-flow
Don’t get me started.
Which is why I think pregnancy is totally a woman’s responsibility and the support afterwards.
Concomitantly I think men have no claim on children not born in wedlock. None.
Get the state out of the picture open some orphanages and people will think more about their behaviors. Particularly as society begins to judge it negatively.
“Tell me what life I should have aspired to, instead of 21 happy years of marriage with 5 loving children.”
You lucked out. Too bad there are no guarantees for a happy ending like yours.
I agree. However fertility is a huge public health issue. I speak to parents who put their daughters on these major medications. Fertility bis seen as a curse and infertility as desired.
Twisted.
People react differently to drugs..I’ll be damned.
Big med is treating a normal bodily function in females like a disease.
With no regard to the future fertility, health, mental health of the patient.
Parents who listen uncritically to the crap providers are peddling are not taking care of their daughters.
The relation between primary dysmenorrhea in adolescents and body mass index
...Comparative research found that women with > 27.5 kg/m2 body mass index (BMI) had significantly increased risk of dysmenorrhea compared to normal controls [8]. Increased odds of dysmenorrhea were reported in underweight and obese participants [9]....
Mrs gitmo and I recently had our 62nd anniversary.
I’m starting to suspect she might be The One.
The best birth control is the baby pill method. Hold a little pink baby aspirin between your knees. Stop throwing your legs wide for every Tom, Jose and Hamza. Keep your pants on.
Likely a work of fiction like most of these articles are. Easier to hand your kid a box of condoms. I find it hard to believe even evil PP would jump straight to an IUD when there are a dozen other options.
Hard to believe? See FReepmail I just sent you.
Thanks. Part of the reason I was so snarky is that I believe learning and practicing the Catholic faith is why our marriage is happy.
Everyone knows the no birth control thing. But here’s what else it teaches:
* it’s a sin for spouses to withhold sex from one another, except by mutual consent. How many modern marriages could have been saved if only the wife got sternly reminded of THAT in the confessional?
* No fornication means women aren’t creating pair bonds with many other men, so when you marry she bonds to you and you alone.
* No birth control means women’s hormones and sex drive are naturally regulated instead of artificially thrown off by the pill. It also means kids that—despite what the modern world says—bring joy and life to the household.
* Marriage isn’t pitched as an idyllic fairly tale...it’s pitched as a vocation of sacrifice. So the proper expectations are set in the beginning.
* and finally, all that said, it’s completely voluntary, and no one has to get married unless they want to. You want to go monk mode? Knock yourself out!
Yes, the US laws are idiotic and have been used to destroy men financially. Yes, feminism has made a mess of everything. Yes, all the problems in modern marriage exist.
But don’t be so dismissive of Catholic teaching without understanding the whole picture. In my opinion, it does an excellent job of balancing male and female wants and needs and ordering everything for the good of the couple and of society.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.