Comments | plaguemachine: Built-Up Aggression Leads to No Good.

plaguemachine

Built-Up Aggression Leads to No Good.

Jan 09, 2010 15:37

Contrary to the beliefs of some, I am not an alcoholic. I drink, on average, four times a month and only on the weekends. Furthermore, when I do get drunk, it is only at night. There is no impulse in my brain that says, "It's noon on a Wednesday; lets get drunk." I'm a hard-working bitch, and I deserve to drink at the end of the week. You'll ( Read more... )

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silverannex January 10 2010, 00:54:54 UTC

Wow. This is great. I wholeheartedly agree with a lot of points you make here.

plaguemachine January 10 2010, 03:20:39 UTC

<3 Thank you.

crvcifix January 10 2010, 02:17:36 UTC

Apparently, marriage is the new dating. So much for the "sanctity of marriage." As for conversions... I can almost see where they're coming from. If I really believed in hell and what-not, I would certainly not want to see anyone I care about ending up there. But after the first few tries, they really ought to admit to themselves that it's never going to happen and either accept the person for who they are or find someone whose beliefs already align with theirs-- it's quite likely that even if they do convert, they're only doing so nominally.

plaguemachine January 10 2010, 03:20:16 UTC

Yeah...isn't it sad that a hetero couple can get married just after meeting, but homosexual couples who have been together for years have a hard time getting rights to marry?

I could see that. I imagine that idea that the love of your life will burn for eternity would be a pretty scary thing to have to accept. I think that part of loving someone is loving all of them and accepting the things that you may not like but cannot change about them. You can't change someone who doesn't want to change. I agree that there is a point where someone needs to assess whether spirituality is a deal breaker or if he/she can accept it.

I had a friend tell me once, when I was in a long term relationship in high school, that my partner was going to hell for being an atheist. I think that is crossing the line. This same person likes to say my beliefs are complete bullshit for contradicting hers in any way. I welcome differing ideas, but geez!

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plaguemachine January 10 2010, 22:31:19 UTC

I'm sure that some word argue that I am singling out Christians, because I mentioned them by name, but really, it's the preachiness that gets to me. Follow me or be damned.

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baileysummers January 10 2010, 12:44:20 UTC

I so gotta weigh in here ( ... )

plaguemachine January 10 2010, 22:47:20 UTC

1.) I lived with the in-laws for almost 8 years. Much of that time, we weren't married; so, I wasn't really quite treated as "part of the family." I didn't even get a key until a couple months before I moved out and only because TJ mentioned it and it was TJ's grandma's key and she died. Any time, TJ and I would have a fight, his mother would get in the middle of it. Apparently, she started telling people that I started all of the fights (couldn't be her son's fault, ever. No sir). Conversely, TJ was constantly worked to death no matter how bad he was feeling or how much work he had put in in his actual job; so, she was constantly treating him like he couldn't be a father to our son and insisted that I do everything. His dad isn't very friendly, and when he gets upset for whatever reason, likes to say some pretty terrible, snarky things. This is on top of the fact that up until she died last May we lived with TJ's overbearing hillbilly grandmother, who was convinced I couldn't do child-rearing without her. Home life was ( ... )