Posted on 11/13/2001 8:13:31 PM PST by FF578
I'm sure you are one of the smart ones; you're in this forum. And although I am a graduate of Auburn, it's really an accident of geography (was stationed in Montgomery in USAF) and I never got into the intrastate rivalry (grew up a Michigan Wolverines fan). I was just pulling your leg and have no enmity toward 'Bama, so you can ROLL TIDE all you want with me and I have no objections. I'm sure they'll rise again, although it might take a few years.
I have a feeling ole tippy was big time ticked over that display of inhuman assault.
Times are changing and I'm glad about that actually. Whoever has custody of the children should receive child support from the other parent.
What's truly sad is that this kind of selfish, prideful, and hurtful behavior results in devastating the child. That's a crime.
huh? I've never heard anything on the news about gays saving the day. Mostly I've heard about Todd Beamer and his conversation with an operator then the 'lets roll' comment before they rushed the cockpit. where have you heard about the gay thing?
Remaining in a marriage and seeking to heal *is* the better avenue...but many times affairs continue.
non sequitur
n. '(it) does not follow'; illogical deduction; fallacy; anacoluthon.
This original topic on this thread questions why the majority of women have been voting (liberal) Democratic. You come in here and make a ridiculous blanket statement about men in this country being too chicken to fight terrorists armed with razor blades, which is a blatantly stupid and insulting remark considering what we know about Flight 93 in Pennsylvania, and when I call you on it, you start spouting about how gay men are ruining this country?
The illogical thinking you clearly demonstrate is frightening.
From what I've seen, I think you're right. Once the vows are broken because one spouse strayed the other is usually a sucker if they stay. They are being exposed to deadly diseases, they risk losing their fertility. A cheater rarely reforms especially if they know they can get by with it. Often the cheater prefers to stay married because they haven't yet found what they're looking for, they'll keep looking until they find it.
A. 50% of America is liberal and supports economical welfare to people who refuse to work.
B. The other 50% of America is conservative and claims it does not support economic welfare at the expense of not protecting the sources of welfare, i.e. the industry and the workers who grow the economy... a noble deed of manly protection of "the Garden of Eden" if you asked me.
C. Within that 50% of America supporting the growing of the economy you have 75% of those conservatives who do not want to pay taxes for a military, prefering airline industry bailouts instead of ammo for the army. They whine the minute the economy turns sour, vote for Clinton twice, all because we waged an expensive Gulf war that cost them their jobs. Also most of them would hate to lose their carreer and college progress by bearing arms for the country. If not they do not vote at all.
D. Hence conservatives in America are not conservatives, because they are on army welfare. Worse, they do not even have the courage to vote. They want others to fight for them: arabs, Chinese and what not.
E. Hence America is mostly pro-welfare and to the left. The peace nicks protesting against Nam were not leftists, they also were "conservatives" who did not want to lose a career. Hence, after Nam, liberals were appaled when they saw that their revolution only served to prop up the careers of conservatives while true conservatives were appaled to see that they were betrayed by those calling themselves conservatives. I believe this is what some Nam Vets feel, because THE WHOLE COUNTRY GAVE UP ON THEM, not just liberals.
F. By extention, if we look at women's behavior, the propensity of women to vote for big liberal government follows this pattern. In addition the welfare state provides a bonanza for women, because women can crank kids, kick the men out, and get money from the government for that. Hence the women in America have found the government to be the greatest husband there is, not including the feminists who have successfuly transformed our local courts into man hating and bashing institutions, always convicting men to jail, seldom the women.
G. The gay movement and the nation-wide support of the gay movement goes hand in hand with this pattern where men do not look forward to be men, but to be women, wedded to the government with gay rights social contracts.
H. And yes, it is deplorable that muslim men with cutters were able to get their way, and isn't it ironic that a gay pilot was hailed a hero. It simply fit the pattern that America has come to accept: feminine pro welfare attitude rules in every dimention.
Often, when one partner has an affair, he or she will have others. The inclination to have affairs will not go away. The partner who has affairs has shown that he or she cannot resist the illicit love affair.
The innocent partner may rationalize acceptance of the love affairs from the standpoint of it is no big thing or not big enough to make me move out and face the prospect of being alone. The innocent partner may decide to also have affairs. But the damage is done to the relationship.
The partners may be able to work things out. Many cannot. It depends on the people themselves.
Cheating is definitely a sign of trouble in the marriage. And I think that they will continue cheating.
Churchill is reputed to have said: "if you are 18 and a conservative, you have no heart. if you are 30 and liberal, you have no brain." (paraphasing the great man)
So this makes me heartless but not brainless.
Many men (and some women) enter a marriage addicted to porn, for example. Doesn't matter if wife is a cute little babe and great in bed. The problem is inside the man. And then, porn just isn't enough for some men. The lure of the illicit....the forbidden is just too great, and some eventually succomb.
What we are seeing in the church is men who are hitting rock bottom with one-night-stand type affairs, confessing, and finally dealing with their porn addiction. Some, fortunately, begin to deal with the addiction before they hit bottom.
There are a variety of reasons why spouses "cheat"; just pointing out that dissatisfaction with the marriage, or spouse, is only one reason.
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