Being Perceived Despiser

I think women view rejecting sex as if men are suggesting a joint activity. Like, "hey, let's watch a movie," to which they say, "nah, I'm not in a movie mood tonight," and men pout for no reason. They don't understand that to men, it's personal rejection: "I don't want you."

I always love when some doofus pulls the “well formed conscience” thing about why they disagree with Church teaching. You don’t have a well formed conscience then, well formed conscience is about the exceptions the Church hasn’t made teachings on yet.

An LCMS overture to rename secular titles of district presidents and Synod president to bishop was struck down by the LCMS Floor Committee, preventing it from coming to a convention vote. Notably, the proposal appears to have greater support among younger members of the LCMS.

speed run into having a family annihlator party and non family annihlator party and still have basically no introspection about the intersection of gender and politics beyond just, "divorced dads should still have the right to vote"

Sorry for not having many hot takes on the latest round of Married Sex Discourse. I get tired of it, because the root is so obviously a fundamental lack of goodwill and charity. Do you even LIKE the person you're sharing your life with, nevermind love or be horny for?

The most manipulative but effective thing I’ve ever done in my life was when I read an article about how children moderate their behavior to protect their self-identity, so if a child believes he’s smart, for example, he’ll intentionally study and try to do well to protect his image of himself. Anyway, I would pull kids aside with behavioral issues at church and tell them, “David (obviously fake name), you’re such a kind person and such a good listener. I can see that in you. Thank you for always listening.” “Little Annie, thank you for taking such good care of the babies around you. You’re going to be such a good big sister. Can you be in charge of watching Sally?” They would ALWAYS behave afterward. ALWAYS. Worked like a charm. Morally questionable because it wasn’t initially true, but I kind of willed it into existence. Tbf, I did think that they had that in them or I wouldn’t have tried. Will publish longitudinal results of this method once my kid is old enough to report back.

STUDY: Households headed by non-citizens use means-tested welfare programs at substantially higher rates than households headed by U.S.-born Americans in nearly every state.

“Do you even love your husband” like yeah I’m willing to bet they love their husbands a lot and that’s why it hurts so much that his acts of affection come with strings attached or there is none at all