Landshark...
Posted on 02/18/2016 7:14:59 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew
Hey there, honey. It's me, Cheryl. I just got the "save the date" announcement for your impending nuptials. Looks like you're planning on a November wedding. That will certainly be a beautiful time of year to get married, and I am glad to see you so excited and full of hope. You deserve some happiness.
Here's the thing, though. I've been watching you with this guy Donald for a while now, and I'm concerned. I know how loudly he professes his love for you. He's taken you to some amazing parties and promised you an incredible future. After the way you were treated by the last guy, it must be exciting to have found someone who seems to put you on a pedestal. I can understand why you think he's the one you've been waiting for.
But I have to be honest — I am worried about you. When I look at you with him, I see red flags everywhere. I just don't trust the guy. So I'm going to take a deep breath and tell you what I think you need to hear, whether you want to or not. It's what your parents would say if they were still around (may they rest in peace).
Don't Expect Him to Change
First, you need to remember what your mama always taught you: you cannot fix someone. What you see is what you get, and a wedding isn't going to change that. So if he gambles too much now, he'll gamble too much then. If he insults and calls people names and uses foul language now, he'll do it then. If he lies now, he'll lie later.
He never asks you what you think, but tells you what you ought to think.
He may say he will clean up his act after the wedding, but he won't. You only need to look at the way he treats others now to know how he will treat you later. If you think he will be better with you, you are wrong.
Second, marriage is not supposed to be a dictatorship, but a two-way street. I have watched you around this guy and it seems you are always in the shadows and he is in the forefront. He never asks you what you think, but tells you what you ought to think. He makes all the decisions, and if you disagree with him on something, you are stupid.
You know, you are your own person, with your own history and identity and worth. You had a life before him. But he doesn't seem interested in that. Instead, he wants to start from scratch and remake you in his own image. That is not love but narcissism. I am afraid if you marry this guy you are going to lose yourself forever.
Third, I know that our politically correct culture has been oversold on the value of sensitivity. But that doesn't mean you should throw the baby out with the bathwater. Gentleness and sensitivity are good things. So are thoughtfulness and caring.
In fact, sometimes strength is exhibited best in the exercise of restraint.
Yes, you want someone who is strong and who will stand up for you, protect and defend you. But a man can be strong as well as sensitive. The best men are both. In fact, sometimes strength is exhibited best in the exercise of restraint. But restraint isn't anywhere in this guy's vocabulary that I can see.
Look, I know you were bullied and abused by the last guy. But the answer is not to yoke yourself to another bully. Please don't make the same mistake again. It's not too late to reconsider. You are beautiful and smart and have so much to offer. You've just had a rough run of it lately and have lost your confidence. But you deserve so much better.
This guy—he doesn't really care about you. He doesn't want to serve you; he wants to lord over you, put you on his arm and parade you around to all his friends, a new trophy added to his collection. Don't let him do that to you. Don't be his trophy. Be the independent-minded, thoughtful, intelligent, and self-respecting woman you were brought up to be.
And, hey, when you're ready, there's someone I'd like to introduce you to. His name is Ted.
Love,
Cheryl
Marry Kasich!
Correct! And when Trump wins, he will have been chosen by the people. Like him or not, at least he’s won’t be an establishment plant like Jeb or Rubio.
bad optics
She doesn’t understand a damn thing about Cruz’s record running for Senate, what he has done having been there or how he is handling his campaign.
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Landshark...
Sorry I disagree and who are you to claim Trump is unprincipled? Trump is exactly what America needs. Someone who will fight for American interests not politically correct wussiness. Its not just about Obama. GW Bush was nearly as bad as was Clinton as was Bush I. All have betrayed us and Trump is what Washington DC needs and if not that he is what they deserve. Its not as if any of the candidates can fix Washington DC the way it is. I want to see Washington DC cringe. I want to see it in pain. I want to see it busted and bruised and the politically nonsense burned in the public square. Trump is the only candidate that can defeat the whole rotten machine exactly because he will not be controlled. He will transform Washington DC and I can not wait to witness the spectacle of it.
No - we should elect a freshman senator with no executive experience, questionable birth status, who just happens to have a HUGE messianic complex, and is clueless about the economy or how it works.
Just because we’ve already done that. TWICE. Let’s do it again, because it worked so well the last two times!
I’ll take the third option: anyone but Jeb.
I've seen you around, and you seem like we agree on most things.
But you do realize this post is *begging* for one of my satires, where I make it about advising the conservatives NOT to allow the GOP-e to commit adultery on them one *MORE* time?
And to point out, that, unlike most women who get cheated on, we actually have to end up paying for the unfaithful GOP-e's illegitimate children, in addition to helping him out of trouble, again, and again, and AGAIN?
Think of Trump as a form of Tough Love. An intervention.
Trumpets have not had a cherry for quite some time. They just believe he can restore what once was. We shall see.
Well . . . I don’t exactly think of Senator Cruz as GOPe. Do you?
here - this is just federal cases 169. but there is an untold number of state and local cases
Fortunately for us, the Framers *did* believe that only seasoned, principled, established citizens should be involved in politics.
Unfortunately for us, they included these requirements as conditions to VOTE.
And we have thrown that away. Hello Obama, and do you feel the Bern?
Voting for Trump is making omelettes out of all the eggs the Socialists have broken...let's hope someone else brings some veggies and cheese.
I expect lawsuits. It is how businesses resolve disagreements.
LOok TruMp folks... let’s get real here.
When you read this, I want you to simply accept, you are either part of God’s plan, or you are Satan’s mouth-piece from hell.
Circa 1988 or 89, I don’t remember which exactly...
I saw Donald Trump squeeze a new tube of toothpaste from the top rather than the bottom.
I know, I know, but this is important. We simply cannot elect a man like this.
I know also that you are intelligent people and there-by must agree with me.
If you don’t, you are the devil’s spawn.
Over and out...
Indeed.
Do you REALLY think Trump is more dishonest, more narcissistic, more of a liar than the current Republican leadership?
No. I think Trump is more dishonest, more narcissistic, and more of a liar than Senator Cruz.
yeah and make money.
“Rafel Oliveras and Lopez De Victoria who live in Puerto Rico filed a lawsuit last year. The duo claim “Candidate Donald Trump publicly disgraced and discriminated against Hispanics by wholesale comparing them with murderers, rapists and known gang members.†The couple wants him barred him from seeking the office of President of the United States all together. Good luck, with that one.”
“The most recent lawsuit was filed in December by Federick Banks — who says he is an American Indian Witch. He also sued the CIA director.”
Ok then.
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