Posted on 03/26/2015 8:25:50 AM PDT by Salvation
Mine had three-quarter length sleeves and a high neckline. Good article, Salvation.
They can marry their daughters in New Jersey...or sons i guess
We did the same thing with our daughter. She was a summer child. She was either going to be the youngest in her class or one of the oldest. Unless you really think your child is some kind of prodigy (and too many parents think their child is), why would a parent place that kind of pressure on a child?
We consider it one of the best decisions we ever made.
Maybe she will come back to other traditions, from childhood, eventually, too
Case in point, an uncle of mine.
He married a woman who had been divorced, and had a daughter by the prior marriage. Together they had another daughter and a son.
My uncle was given carte blanche to discipline the boy, and the turned out to be one of the nicest, most decent, honorable, educated professional men you’d ever want to meet.
His wife would not let him lift a little finger where the girls were concerned. “They are MY responsibility, and I will discipline them!” He was really not permitted to be involved in that aspect at all.
Of course both of the girls were complete train wrecks. Many serious issues growing up, and one of them died quite young.
For some reason women these days tend to get claws-out defensive about their daughters, which is not good.
I spent two summers, many years ago, working in a beachfront store.
What has been seen, cannot be unseen.
We have a family Christmas tradition where we sing "Happy Birthday" to Baby Jesus...every time we do it I wonder if they even know who Jesus is :(
No ...I do not.. but whoever paid for it deserves a large round of applause
Marriage is a covenant between a man. a woman and God.. a threesome that is meant to be "until death do us part
DING DING DING, we have a winner no more calls please, we have a winner.
Post of the day.It was told my wife and I during pre Cana and at the wedding.
My wife rules the roost - only because when I try to exercise my God given responsibilities, I get yelled at and told I’m wrong. So, I say a prayer, generally not fight about, and talk to my children quietly about whatever the issue of the moment for her is at that time.
I’ve talked to my pastor, and that seems to be the right course of action for now. Pray
I don’t know if this is a Catholic Caucus or not but as a Protestant, I agree with the premise. I have long maintained that the best of judge of a daughter’s attire and its modesty is the father. Mothers might get carried away by the fashion style but Dads know how young men would perceive the attire. After all, they were once young men themselves.
LOL...I had that happen. 200 yards of open sand to get to the water. Saunter, walk, jog, RUN, throw down towel to stand on and cool feet.
Never occured to me to just go back to the car and get my sandals.
I think you are wise to hold her back. I had to do that with one of my sons in third grade. Would have been much better if done earlier.
I second your post.
God sees everything anyway.
I was raised like that, as well.
Such as by saying, "If you go out of the house dressed like that, I'll break your leg!" or words to that effect. I remember even our college professors in the 60s saying things like, "Put your legs togther, girl!" when girls would come to early class and sprawl out in their seats.
Congratulations on your marriage!
I was so delighted by Catherine Middleton's modest wedding gown. Great role model.
The fault is the churches'. Most RCCs do a good job of requiring pre-Cana or premarital instruction, but the Protestants have really dropped the ball on this issue. Churches should hesitate or even refuse to marry a couple unless they show an understanding and acceptance of the Christian values of matrimony.
Just read your next post. So it seems the pastors in your area are trying to do the right thing!
Hope your daughter's wedding not only brings her and you lasting happiness, but also brings the couple back to the fold. Especially when they have children.
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