Someone reached out to my wife to attend stake women's conference. It's been talked up for weeks. So all morning, she gets to attend gospel classes. I'm not sure of the topics, but doubtless to include:
-- Dealing with feelings of inadequacy
-- What to do if your husband is into porn
-- The importance of motherhood.

Anyway after a full morning of enlightenment, the sisters will get treated to a buffet lunch.

I'm trying to envision a similar conference for the men and it's not happening. Now we do get the occasional 7 a.m. Stake Priesthood meeting or the general priesthood meeting. We are also taught why what we are doing isn't good enough and about the evils of porn. But somehow it's not same. And definitely no buffet afterwards.

Hi Paul, I've been to those Lecture/Luncheons.

I couldn't wait to get home. It may be a luncheon, but it's no picnic!

They "get" to attend gospel classes?

Those topics sound very tedious to me. Surely your wife has better things to do than listen to such tripe?

And im sure the so called "buffet" lunch will be a standard Mormon affair. Either not enough for everyone or too much jello/funeral potatoes.

This is exactly the type of thing I would choose to sit out in the church.
Then again Im a man and im not very socially inclined.

Those all sound horrible, I don't know how they "have it good."

Yeah, sounds like a blast. Those women should be grateful they get a luncheon of soupy casseroles with a possible side of food poisoning after listening to absolutely riveting topics about how they should be grateful to be in a cult that actually appreciates and elevates the women instead of giving them equal rights and treatment.

By golly, I want to go instead of writing thoughts about John Locke's An Essay concerning Human Understanding and be told what a super special spirit I am and how people I can't stand love me. Sounds like a swell time.

Would love an update when she returns.

The topic was was Helaman 5:12. Building on the "Rock of Your Redeemer, Who is Christ."

Interestingly, her mom's stake also had a women's conference. The topic of which was service.

Well, women in TSCC are given plenty of tools to keep their men in line. It's one of the perks of being the child raiser and all around house slave.

They only butter women up because they know their lives in the church suck. The rhetoric is a consolation prize for having to be the breeder and slave while your husband gets the real power.

Nobody, men or women, has it good in the church.

Relief Society luncheons almost always mean a sign-up sheet so the women contribute all the food and then clean up afterwards.

Spot on, want2bx! An interesting experience happened this past week on this topic. I was sitting in a waiting area and this woman and her mother came in and sat down a few feet from me. The woman apparently was a relief society president in her ward and she was telling her mother about an evening meeting at her house that involved a group of relief society women. They were planning for the "birthday" celebration of the relief society that is coming up, and the woman was telling her mom that the planning meeting lasted over 3 hours and no none wanted to leave because they were all oohing and ahhing over her newly remodeled kitchen. The woman told her mom that it's a new policy that the church doesn't allow the women to cook in the ward building's kitchens anymore because you have to have a food handler's permit. They can warm up food in the ward's sacred stoves and ovens that they have previously prepared with their unhallowed,non-food handler's permit food, though! "The Thought Makes Reason Stare!" So, they are going to prepare the food at her house, clean up, haul it over to the church, warm it up there and also clean up there, and decorate beforehand. I thought: "If these dummies really want to celebrate this slavish organization, they ought to at least get some gumption and demand that it be catered by those who DO have food handler's permits!" All I can say is: "I Stand All Amazed"!

Thanks Paulk,

"The topic was was Helaman 5:12. Building on the "Rock of Your Redeemer, Who is Christ."

In other words:

Pray, pay and obey.
Fulfill your calling.
Bow to your husband.
Pay your tithing,
Do what you're told, when you're told and how you're told.
Never, EVER, question anything. The profit (prophet) will never leave you astray.
Pay your tithing.
Do service ( For members only and only when you are told)
Make lots of babies.
Pay your tithing.
Wear your garments at all times.
Make sure hubby wears his all the time.
Pay your tithing.
Go to the temple often.
keep your temple covenants.
Pay your tithing.
Dress modestly at all times.
Make sure your 3 year old girls shoulders are covered.
Obey the W.O.W and let everyone know that you are.
Pay your tithing.

Ugh! Gospel lessons for hours then a "lunch" you had to cook for yourself to contribute. That's as much fun as a toothache.