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  Disfellowshipped/disassociated – How did your parents handle it?

  by Richard_I in

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  to those who were disfellowshipped/disassociated – how did your still-in parents handle it?.

  i don’t want to fade, so i am thinking about disassociating soon – i don’t care if i’m playing by the org’s rules, i just want out.. however, i am concerned about how my parents will react.

  i don’t want them to become super depressed or whatever due to me leaving the org.. i don’t want them to be hurt by my decision to leave the org, but i feel like there is no way of avoiding this..

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  My parents became convinced that I left because of the ban on oral and anal sex. I wasn't even aware of the ban, having left some time before that particular edict. However, years later when the ban was lifted, my momma eagerly took me to one side to explain that "if a man wanted to treat his wife like a homosexual" then it was now OK. At this point I had no intention of discussing my private life with anyone, let alone my mother, and she then became deeply offended that I was deeply offended.

  Nuts, just nuts..
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  Who would you like to be the next President of USA?

  by Iamallcool in

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  any takers?.

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  Boris Johnson.
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  Shunning Eventually Hurts the Shunner More Than You

  by snugglebunny in

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  this is worth reading.

  basically it seems to be referring to the "mean girl" syndrome where girls who were once part of an in-crowd are suddenly ostracised by their peers, the feelings of despair that overwhelm them.

  however, social aggressors usually finish up with deep seated problems of their own.

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  After my DF'ing I decided no-one was going to put me down just because I no longer held the same religious convictions as others did. When my parents remarked how difficult the situation was, I told them that it was their rules that were causing a problem, not mine.

  Eventually I did get some small degree of satisfaction when one witness told me that I needed reminding that it was they who were shunning me, not me shunning them. I just walked away, feeling much stronger.
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  Shunning Eventually Hurts the Shunner More Than You

  by snugglebunny in

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  this is worth reading.

  basically it seems to be referring to the "mean girl" syndrome where girls who were once part of an in-crowd are suddenly ostracised by their peers, the feelings of despair that overwhelm them.

  however, social aggressors usually finish up with deep seated problems of their own.

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  This is worth reading. Basically it seems to be referring to the "Mean Girl" syndrome where girls who were once part of an in-crowd are suddenly ostracised by their peers, the feelings of despair that overwhelm them. However, social aggressors usually finish up with deep seated problems of their own. Similar studies have shown that ostracised persons can actually rise emotionally above those who once shunned them.

  https://www.healthline.com/health-news/children-those-who-exclude-also-get-hurt-030913#3

  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0146167209358882
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  Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?

  by minimus in

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  so much is said regarding men , in a negative way.

  shaving commercials are now lecturing us as to how bad we really are.

  men should be less masculine.

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  1.7% According to the Williams Institute with a similar number identifying as bisexual

  They sure get a lot of media attention for such a tiny proportion of the population doncha think?
  
  
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  What’s Your Favorite Song and Musical Group?

  by minimus in

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  i love soul , r @ b and funk.

  one of my favorite songs is al green’s let’s stay together.

  i love the philly sound and tom jones still has it!.

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  Seen this lady a number of times.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0RfTsZvk4M
  
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  Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?

  by minimus in

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  so much is said regarding men , in a negative way.

  shaving commercials are now lecturing us as to how bad we really are.

  men should be less masculine.

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  Historically, traditional masculinity comes with a heteronormative assumption, which “may ostracize some gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender-nonconforming individuals from an inherent sense of male identity ... Men from marginalized groups, including ethnic minorities, are also often targets of additional stereotypes - yes, it's true that traditional masculinity regards homosexuality as weird.

  Any idea of what percentage of the population this applies to?
  
  
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  Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?

  by minimus in

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  so much is said regarding men , in a negative way.

  shaving commercials are now lecturing us as to how bad we really are.

  men should be less masculine.

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  Like most guys I've always regarded myself as an alpha male and all other fellas as merely aspiring alpha males.
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  Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?

  by minimus in

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  so much is said regarding men , in a negative way.

  shaving commercials are now lecturing us as to how bad we really are.

  men should be less masculine.

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  Maybe more attention should be paid as to how women treat each other. Ask any man with an attractive woman partner how often he's had other women slyly rubbishing her when she's absent. Thankfully this tends to tail off in later years as they become less hormone driven, but women of 20 or 30 something can be quite horrible to their own kind. Sorry to the girls who don't do that, but a lot of girls can't resist the chance to flirt with a guy who's happy with what he's got.
  
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  Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?

  by minimus in

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  so much is said regarding men , in a negative way.

  shaving commercials are now lecturing us as to how bad we really are.

  men should be less masculine.

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  I haven't seen the ad. This is all over FB - is this it?