Xander ,'Selfless'
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My mom's new plan to find me a wife is for me to fast for 21 Tuesdays. "I know you don't want to," she said, "but...you're going to have to."
If she could do it, she would, but I don't know what good my fasting will do if I don't believe in it. My first inclination is not to do it, but it could be a fun experiment. I also can't eat meat, though, and most of the dinners I can make easily involve meat.
Also Dr. Phil is on right now and he's "Live in NYC" and there was a woman asking for relationship advice and he says (and I paraphrase) "you are independent, competent,financially secure and have a career of course you don't have a man you don't have needs. You need to do something to show a man you need him and he can provide something for you."
I don't like Dr. Phil. I'm going to take a stand and say he's not good.
Actually, I know lots of people don't like him, but this is the first specific example of something suckworthy he's said that I've heard.
Huh, does tuesday fasting have some sort of religious import or she just trying to make you miserable in a new and inventive way?
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Huh, does tuesday fasting have some sort of religious import
Presumably, yes.
she just trying to make you miserable in a new and inventive way?
Heh. She really does have the best intentions.
Heh. She really does have the best intentions.
To make you miserable in new and inventive ways.
Okay, probably not, but seriously. Don't you think if she expects you to do this, she should at least provide explanation as to why?
(I offer knowing damned well that if it was my mother, the best I'd probably get is either "Because," or a "You wouldn't understand...")
She really does have the best intentions.
I have said many times that I don't want my epitaph to be "She meant well."
I don't know what good my fasting will do if I don't believe in it.
Belief is not always required. I'm not saying you should do it, but whether you believe in it might not matter to your mother as much as whether you do it. If she believes in it, that belief may not require your belief.
P-C, do you honestly believe that fasting for 21 days will have any effect on your love life?
I think you need to spend some time thinking about how important marriage is to *you* and about what *you* want from marriage. Not your mother, you. I'd go so far as to recommend that the next time you are tempted to discuss your marital future in terms of your mother's desires, just stop yourself and consider how you might rephrase it in terms of your own desire.
So do you want to fast for 21 days?
Belief is not always required. I'm not saying you should do it, but whether you believe in it might not matter to your mother as much as whether you do it. If she believes in it, that belief may not require your belief.
So I could just lie...
P-C, do you honestly believe that fasting for 21 days will have any effect on your love life?
No.