I feel compelled to post this.

My daughter shared with me something that her TBM mother posted on FB. I laughed, but in a "I'm laughing because on one level it's funny but on another level it's actually making my skin crawl" sort of way. Seriously, this kind of thinking just takes my breath away. Wow. And I quote:

"Traveling home. Lunch. Wendy's. Flagstaff AZ. Full restaurant. People watching. Cute young families interacting.
Then young father walks in; clean cut; 3 kids; middle daughter hugs her Daddy and the look of her love for him and his love for her priceless.
He kissed her numerous times before setting her down They just radiated a pure goodness that no other family had and love that was divine.
Mom walks in minutes later. Confirmed. Lines of her temple commitments obvious. Eternal families . . . Beautiful to partake of. . .
It was in their countenances and their actions. So clearly evident to see a love that will last forever. Thanks for that precious moment. So grateful to experience moments like that."

I honestly can't think of anything to say about this, except that I am sorry, yet again, that I raised my children in such an environment. So Glad to be out!!!!!!!!! (and glad that at least ONE of my children found the exit as well)

There is nothing quite like saccharine and smug mixed together to make you laugh and dry-gag at the same time.

'Lines of her temple commitments obvious.' She's really going for the literary award, isn't she.

Good one for the collection.

Yeah, that's what I thought. It sounds a bit like Howard Cosell,
with the short, cryptic lines.

Like copy for a commercial.

And of course, she makes it obvious that none but a Mo father could love his daughter with such a "divine" love.

What a tool.

(I'm really irritated with smug, pompous, self-righteous religionists today.)

I am going to barf. Was she referring to the fact that she noticed her garment lines through this women's clothing? Am I understanding this correctly? How creepy is that? It's sad that people make the assumption that someone is honest and decent based on trying to view their underwear lines through their clothes. My last boss was a bishop. His "Mormon Smile" was alway visible through his white dress shirts. He embezzled several million from our company and skipped town. The rest of us employees were left jobless. It's funny how gullible TBM's are. They think garments actually mean someone is trustworthy and honest.

and the "love that dare not name its name" line.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/30/2012 01:05AM by Rebeckah.

I was going to write, "you know, all I got out of this is that she was perving on some other chick's underwear," but not until someone else pointed it out first. Thank you :)

I'm picturing a scenario where at the last second, the father leans over and a cross dangles out from his neck and the TBM mother has to retract everything she just noticed.

"Oh....never mind then."

Something very similar happened to my husband and I in St. George Utah. It is only similar in that something happened in a restaurant that completely ruined the appetite!
We were eating in Arctic Circle (we don't have one where we live and we like their food). Anyway, three obviously polygamist women came in and went to the counter to order. A girl of about 12 or 13 was with them and dressed like one of the women (same exact dress). Since I know that polygamists don't have a lot of lunches out of the hole in which they live, I found myself thinking that it was nice that one of the women was able to take her daughter on the lunch outing. I mentioned it to my husband. After they sat down, we could hear their conversation (they were arguing quite loudly). I don't remember exactly what the remark was but it was clear at that point that the 12-13 year old was the latest wife, not a daughter of the woman dressed like her. Then again, she could have been both!! GAG GAG GAG!!!

Until now, I thought the "Stepford Wives" was a fictional story.

Barf is right. Imgaine checking on garment lines as strangers enter where you are. How stupid. They live in a world so foreign to most people. They see one Mormon family showing love and they think that is an indication they are in the right cult. Sickening.

Barf is right. Imgaine checking on garment lines as strangers enter where you are. How stupid. They live in a world so foreign to most people. They see one Mormon family showing love and they think that is an indication they are in the right cult. Sickening.

Countenance! Mormons use it like it means something like aura. That is not what it means!

countenance |ˈkountn-əns|
noun
1 a person's face or facial expression : his impenetrable eyes and inscrutable countenance give little away.

It bothers me so much!!! They also use it against us exmos, like our countenance has fallen.

I also think it is very creepy that she checked out the woman's underwear.

One thing that made me go "hmmmm" about the church was seeing my cousin's and her exmo husband's family. There was more love and respect there than in any family I have ever seen. They are atheists and raise their kids that way. Jesus is a fun fairy tale.

The woman who posted this on facebook disgusts me.

My kids adore me. My daughter says "your the best", "I like you", "I love you daddy" all the time. My kids rest their heads on my shoulder when we're sitting together. I'm clean cut (in the army), usually underspoken and I have that nice-guy affect. My wife is still TBM and her "temple committments" show through her shirt...
...And I've resigned from the church.

I've become a better dad since resigning. I'm funnier, more tolerant, less controlling and dogmatic, happier, more affectionate, more open, and more understanding. There is less stress in our home not trying to push daily dogma doses...the only ritual we do is blessing the food, no kneeling in family prayer, no family home evening, no scripture reading, no indoctrination. The kids are all getting straight A's, are proud of themselves and know that I am proud of them, and they express the freedom to ask anything, no taboos, and be anything they want...no canned answers.