I am cracking up! My dh said, Hey wanna get married on Saturday? OK I said. So we hopped in the car, drove to Reno, and we got married in a chapel Elvis Presley style! LOL. Had dinner, gambled about $35, hopped back in the car and drove home. The funniest thing about it is when we were in the elevator, and dh was wearing his Navy dress uniform. One dude got in the elevator and said, Ahoy! Jump ship? Berry was sweating buckets during the wedding...I'd never seen anyone that nervous in all my life....and then he did the same thing four more times after that (c-section deliveries)
Quite a variety here!!! I'll add one: Last week in Colo we met a lovely homeschooling couple. (I invited them to join this Spot, BTW.) He knew he'd marry her the first time he saw her and asked his friend who was with him to be his best man. One minor thing--she spoke Spanish and he, English. After dating for a month, he proposed, through an interpreter, of course. "No" was understood in both languages. Refusing to take several "No's" as the final answer, he asked her to meet him at a major bus stop, downtown. He emerged from the bus with a bouquet of flowers, got down on his knees right there and proposed again. They've been happily married now for 17 or 18 years. Oh, yes! This all happened in Peru!
Through the years the only thing I've been put on the spot about is Santa, the Tooth Fairy, and Halloween. I've told Jeannie the truth about those first two from the start, and Halloween I've never really cared for.
We have never lied to our children about Santa, but I've yet to correct any assumptions they've made on their own. This is our compromise. DH would love to play up Santa, but we've agreed just to not mention him. I take that back, we did a study last Christmas on St. Nicolas and we talked about how many people believe he is Santa.
Jennifererix said this so well the other day and I dont' want to steal her thunder or anything but I feel the same way - I can't imagine childhood without Santa or the tooth fairy or Easter Bunny or playing dress up and pretending to be someone or somehting else and soliciting free candy from neighbors on Halloween. Of course my kids know the real reasons for the seasons as well. One day they will be grown and it will be a sad day in this house when we can't play santa anymore. And I know that to some that makes me "not normal".
Ahh.. the Easter Bunny. I forgot him. Last Easter time a friend was telling me her daughter asked if Jesus delivers the easter eggs and baskets before He goes to Heaven. It's too hard for some little ones to keep it separate. This girl was 6 at the time.
Sorry I haven't been back on, our internet was acting up. I'm in a lot of agreement with OhioGma belief-wise I think! I'm not joining in on the other thread, cuz I've already stated my beliefs or "abnormlities" on this thread. About novels: It's a personal thing. Have you heard the saying: Good, better, best, never let it rest. Until your good is better, and your better best. To us, there are a LOT of things that are better than reading novels/untrue stories. There are a LOT of really neat and very interesting REAL stories that we can read. We just feel that REAL stories are better. Reading and memorizing scripture would be the best. So, I don't sling tomatoes either, cuz I'm of the no Harry Potter, no novels, vegetarian stance! How weird is THAT?!!! So I'll never fling any tomatoes. If one hits you, it wasn't thrown by ME!
Deena, I never get the time to read for myself, but I have long wondered how people determine what is good or great reading. There was a book out some time ago called THe Lovely Bones. It was about a teenage girl who was raped and murdered by her neighbor. She was narrating the book from 'heaven'. It was gory, beyond sick, and I wondered about the mental health of the author. This book got incredible reviews! I read just a few pages and it turned my stomach, maybe because I have a daughter, but I can't see how anyone could get pleasure from reading this book. You could be on to something by avoiding novels...
Yeah Becky, that was supposed to be our first read for our mom's book club. I decided just based on the description that I had no desire to read it. I've not even bothered to check back with the club. If that's the sort of stuff they are reading, I'll pass.
The Lovely Bones is actually very similar to her non-fiction book about her true-life experience. It is called "Lucky." Well, obviously, though, she didn't die.
To add to what I said........... Psalms 1:1&2 says: "Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on His law he meditates day and night." To me things that are not of God are not something that should be dwelt on. Things that are not uplifting and helpful, or that do not help you have a closer walk with God should not be a part of what you do! To me, many novels (such as the one Becky mentioned!) and books and movies (such as HP) go contrary to the "meditating on it day and night" that this verse talks about! So, since I choose to be a Christian, I choose to TRY to follow completely what God has set before us in His book as blessed!
I love to read Agatha Christie murder mysteries. I love to read lots of different things. I do not think there is any way I could read the book Becky mentioned.
I just want to say about The Lovely Bones--this is NOT a book for everyone. It is violent and heartbreaking. But at the same time, it is that way to show the impact that the crime had on the entire family--even years down the road. I read it and thought it was excellent, but it was kind of along the same lines as a movie like "Saving Private Ryan"--once was enough. I just do not think that this book should be lumped with books that use sex and violence just for kicks. Those kinds I do not want to even read once!
I have heard of the book Becky mentioned but never read it. I don't think I would want to now. I do love a good mystery and don't think that conflicts with my beliefs. Again, flawed woman speaking...so take it for what it is worth. lol. I am not into gory.
I had no problems with the book from a Christian stand point. I just don't think I could handle it emotionally. I have a hard enough time watching Law and Order SVU
Here is a total threadjack. Have you noticed that SVU seems to be about totally random things now? I used to watch it pretty frequently, though there were some episodes I just had to switch off. The other night I watched it, and it was about a guy testing pesticides on apartment tenants. And dh watched one the other night that just appeared to be some random murder case. Maybe I missed the plot turns in the year we didn't have a TV.
SVU was always about women and girls as victims. I could never sit through that show. There came a day that I felt I was being convicted to stop watching L&O all together. What part of those series glorifies God? Not the language, the things they show now. I was a giant fan of that show, but this one day I felt I was being told to stop watching. Even the original, the best one of all- is full of gore and swearing. As for The Lovely Bones- if you are turned by my description, keep in mind I've barely described how horrible it is. The main character describes her blood leaking out of the trash bag the killer has her in, how it stains the floor; describes how a dog found her elbow. Of course, he rapes her first, before he kills her.
I've never watched L&O at all so I have no idea! I do love 24 and CSI although that has nothing at all to do with this thread! Sorry!
SVU stands for Special Victims Unit. If there is a rape or a child involved, it goes to them. Any crime that has a particularly psychological element also goes to them. The one about the pesticides involved a very sick child and them getting to the root of it.
