I see. I do really like detective shows but mostly I serioulsy LOVE the BBC type stuff. Agatha Christie, Sherlock Holmes and things like that. I can certainly do without the gore. It is the mystery aspect I enjoy.
*Smiling* It doesn't look like we have any truly "normal" people on this Spot, does it? I enjoy some mystery,too. Maybe, like someone said, "Normal is just a setting on our dryers!"
I took my daughter to her tumbling class tonight at the YMCA (the Christian gym)..... the dance instructor had "SEXY" in big gold letters across her chest on a cropped top with pants that are basically extreme hip huggers. I asked, "Is this the class for the 3-5 year olds?" "YES!" "Oh." (Then, under my breath, because I had used up all of my guts earlier in the day)...... "Good thing they can't read!"
Jenn...you are so funny. I can't believe that lady would wear that. A friend of mine said that a girl in her dd's 3rd grade class wore a hat to school that said *itch. Her mother bought it for her. I am not sure if she was told to remove the hat but my friend's dd said she still had it on at the end of the day.
You know what's sad? Even though the C in YMCA stands for Christian, I have not really found any of them that really uphold to the term. It's like it's just in the title, and not really practiced or actually used anywhere in the business. I worked for a YWCA (again...C for Christian) and we had some Atheist's on our board of director's.
Jennifererix I didn't know S-baby was in tumbling! Samantha is but Grace refuses to take a class. Long story short - she wants to wait until she is 6 so she can be with the big girls. Anway.....that was very tacky of the teacher to wear that to a little kids class.
We have a passion in common! I rail about this often. I am also the mother of three future men and I cannot stand how men are portrayed on TV and the movies. You are right, they are either complete dolts or they are gay. I can't think of one version of a strong manly man that is on any show at this time. Have you read the book, "The War on Boys"- it is maddening.
I thought the C in YMCA was for Catholic. Was it at one time? I have found in my experience that the name really needs to be YMA and just drop the C. lol. I have read their little thing they post on the importance of family and all that. I think it is watered down and worded to please a mainstream polictically correct world. I never even think of the Y as a Christian anyway. I don't mind my kids going to the Y. Just another wordly organization like any other.
LOL...I figured the YMCA was already doomed many years ago with the song by those guys that dressed up like Halloween. I forget the name of the group. lol.
Well, they "DO" pipe in the local Contemporary Christian Music radio station over the PA in the work out room, the halls and so on..... The people are REALLY nice..... They pass out and make available for free many Christian things, such as the Christian yellow pages and other publications..... But it is not like you are walking onto a Christian Campus, this is for sure! When I was 8 I thought the Village People rocked! hahahahahah! Dayng I am OLD!
YMCA's differ. Ours has two branches, at each end of town. The south branch is very relaxed, and full of younger people,while the north branch has an older clientèle. I prefer the north branch for that reason- no young guys walking around like they're Rambo. I just reported the aquatics director today, because you can't get her to return calls or emails. I don't know what her problem is, but I hope they get it straightened out.
I support my hubby's military career 100%. Yes there are bad days but I will never tell him to get out because we never see him. I hear alot of negitive talk from some of the wives. We do everything as a family, from grocery store runs to extra activies. Like someone else on here, DH and I are not always 100% giving to each other but we are 100% commited to each other. I don't know how many couples we have know that have divorced and it was mainly due to cheating on one or both sides. I can trust my husband to go on the boat or some other deployment and not worry about what he is doing. Okay I do worry but not in the cheating part. We just got cable and everyone around me has had it since the day they moved here. We CAN live without but since we can now afford it why not enjoy it for the winter since we will be stuck in side most of the time.
Cheating. Another reason some people think we are weird. My husband doesn't oogle and drool over other women and apparently my redneck neighbors who think we are starting a cult don't think that is normal. These guys will drool, talk smack and go out of their way to stare at a young girl or lady right in front of their wives. Disgusting and totally vulgar! My husband doesn't go out to bars or strip clubs. My husband actually prefers my company to that of loud drunk women and rednecks. Imagine that! For some reason the fact that we are totally committed to each other and respect each other and the fact that my husband isn't a nasty, disgusting pig of a sorry excuse for a man really seems to bother these people. Good thing we keep our distance. I'm sorry we were ever friends with them to begin with. To me they are the one who ae not normal.
Before DH lost his job, he worked in a store with 4 other married men. They would spend a lot of their off time hanging out at the store playing games. One of them would even lie to his wife about how much he had to work so he could be there pretty much open to close, 7 days a week. They would often ask DH to hang out with them. He loved to play games, but many time just wanted to come home to see us. They just couldn't understand that. They didn't understand why he wasn't there on his days off. Most of his gaming time happened after his shift was over... at midnight. So we were all in bed, anyhow. They made fun of him so much over it. Like, why in the world would he have any desire to be with his family?
