[Elizabeth]

Hello friends
God has me in a bit of a transition. I have gone back to working with deaf children for the local school district and did so with high hopes of adding some "return to the ways of a child" joy back into my soul. 
I was initially thrilled with the staff that surrounds me.. they literally said "Please pick out a desk, we really want to have you!" when I first visited. Yet its been two weeks and I am struggling with just who people are these days. 

While I was eating lunch yesterday a coworker came to show me a photo of she and her partner. They were enjoying dinner on a charcuterie board however as she pointed out (and God forgive me) it was a "C--- cuterie board".. The board itself was carved in the shape of a mans privates. I am not the person to show that to. I am still disgusted. 
Earlier in the week the lead teacher showed me a series of photos from her daughters birthday party. The ENTIRE party was done in the poo emoji theme. Believe me when I tell you... from the cake to the plungers with the pinata.

I just cant. I want to just check out of this current culture! I hate being the uptight old lady! I dont want these friends and I find that I dont want ANY of these friends. When I volunteered the other night for Compassion International I didnt even talk to the women. I just went off on my own so I feel myself giving up on meeting decent people. 

Rant over. Thank God for our tiny group. I dont see any of you throwing poo themed parties. Please take me back to 1923. 

  charcuterie board 

May be its a blessing that I don't know what the C cuterie board is nor the poo emoji and no, I don't want to know.
Diane, I feel your frustration and disappointment. Let's head back to 1923.

A friend called me yesterday to rant about the lack of decency during parties and I agree with her. I know we are called to raise the standards and set good examples but its tiring to feel like we are always those people going counter cultural in today's world. God help us. I think I need to pray more rosaries to stay close to our Mother, model of all virtues. So help me God.

[English Rose]

More and more of my friends and colleagues are announcing their children wish to switch gender.

Concentrating on men becoming women for a moment (read the other way round for trans men):

Men will never ever be able to get rid of that Y chromosome, it will remain in every singe cell of their body (until CRSPR works)
They will never ever be able to carry a baby in their womb
They will never ever have a pregnancy scare
They will never ever have PMT
They will never ever have period pain
They will never ever have endometriosis, PCOS, uterine fibroids or other women's health problems
They will never ever be able to get rid of the increased muscle mass testosterone has given them
They will never ever be able to change their bone structure.

They will only ever be able to become trans women, they will never ever be able to become bona fide women. That's how biology works.

You never ever see cattle trying to gnaw off their udders, or rams gnaw of their parts so they can change sex. Yes, there may be some very obscure animal that changes sex; it is so rare it is almost invisible to observe.

This seems to be some social experiment, unrooted in biology or evolution, that has the potential to seriously harm young people and in later generations will probably be called abuse. Woe betide if you disagree with the social experiment though. No, you feel obliged to rearrange you face when yet another colleague/friend explains their child has changed sex.

An unintended consequence, which no-one mentions, surely has to be that people will start to question the point of having children. What's the point of doing all that hard work, if they end up changing a perfectly healthy, beautifully created/evolved body into something else. No grand kids for you at the end of the tunnel.

Putin must be laughing. Will he send the North Koreans into Ukraine? What's the best response Europe can respond with? Send the boys in, in their dresses and chipped nail polish to defend Europe. The West is giving it's freedoms away hand over fist. The irony is that Putin doesn't tolerate the trans ideology so there are no winners, even for those of liberal ideology in the West.

The good news for Catholics, is the church does tend to stand its ground.

And I love Armand's statement, "The West seems that we have eliminated all boundaries that used to keep people safe".

[Diane]

  charcuterie board 

"They were enjoying dinner on a charcuterie board however as she pointed out (and God forgive me) it was a "C--- cuterie board".. The board itself was carved in the shape of a mans privates. I am not the person to show that to. I am still disgusted. "

You had every right to be disgusted Diane. I am also disgusted by this Satanic Hellish mockery. Satan wants to dismantle God's Sacraments including the Sacrament of Marriage.

You are so right. Its that darn devil that has gotten into everything in the first place. 

I hope she didnt use her tray more over the weekend. Here we go Monday!

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No, you feel obliged to rearrange you face when yet another colleague/friend explains their child has changed sex.

An unintended consequence, which no-one mentions, surely has to be that people will start to question the point of having children.  What's the point of doing all that hard work, if they end up changing a perfectly healthy, beautifully created/evolved body into something else.  No grand kids for you at the end of the tunnel.


And I love Armand's statement, "The West seems that we have eliminated all boundaries that used to keep people safe".

I have to get moving this morning but do wish to send out some love to all who have commented. 

I have a very soft heart and the next week or so is one I best hide in my woods. You are right. Rearrange your face. Hide your reaction. Keep your opinions to yourself unless you want to be further labeled. Its all just heartbreaking. When I signed on with the school I had to agree not to give my opinions.. do they mean keep my faith to myself? Can I have a cross at my desk? I have had it in my hand to bring along but then stopped. 

Safe is a big word to me these days as Armand stated. How many people are truly safe to us? Not that many. Pray pray pray. Maybe that is some consolation in not having children. I cant imagine some of this heartbreak

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  and I find that I dont want ANY of these friends. When I volunteered the other night for Compassion International I didnt even talk to the women. I just went off on my own so I feel myself giving up on meeting decent people. 

Rant over. Thank God for our tiny group. I dont see any of you throwing poo themed parties. Please take me back to 1923. 

  charcuterie board 

May be its a blessing that I don't know what the C cuterie board is nor the poo emoji and no, I don't want to know.
Diane, I feel your frustration and disappointment. Let's head back to 1923.

A friend called me yesterday to rant about the lack of decency during parties and I agree with her. I know we are called to raise the standards and set good examples but its tiring to feel like we are always those people going counter cultural in today's world. God help us. I think I need to pray more rosaries to stay close to our Mother, model of all virtues. So help me God.

I a novena that Don sent me to Our Lady. Its not a bad idea. And yes, keep your head in the sand on this one. Ugh,

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Unfortunately, the workplace is not the place to find friends. It is a rarity if you can find a trustworthy and virtuous coworker.

I wish I had learned this lesson at your age April <3

[ezdays]

Just a few more ridiculous stories about trans women. 

There was this "trans" prisoner that claimed he was a woman and so they put him in a cell with another woman. Guess what, the woman prisoner got pregnant. And no one saw that coming...  God has to be upset, there is no way to turn a man into a woman or the other way around or creating a third gender without His intervention. Surgery and drugs simply change one's appearance, but only God can create what you are when you're born. 

There was a popular child actor who later in life decided to have a little fun in downtown Phoenix. He picked up what he thought was a woman streetwalker (that's what we used to call prostitutes), and when they got into the back seat of his car to do a little romping around, he found out otherwise.... He beat the pee out of the imposter and was arrested for assault. I'm not condoning the situation, but they should have arrested the other guy for fraud as well.

What's really upsetting is that so many new "religions" welcome this type of activity. Our pastor at Blessed Sacrament was excommunicated because he left the Church and he and a few other priests started what they called another branch of the Catholic Church, one where all were welcome. That was over 20 years ago and they haven't made much headway other than providing acceptance of behavior contrary to the Catholic Church... To me, I think a lot of this is a game, a way of fitting in some niche thinking, revolting against the norm, some right now are realizing that what they've done is irreversible and regret that now.

[English Rose]

Diane,

I was given 2 medallions on the Camino de Santiago by an American Catholic. They are blessed by a priest. Currently they are attached to a safety pin and I intend to attach them under my clothes when/if things get tough. That way, me and my God have the last laugh!

Thinking and praying for you and the deaf kids.

[enchantmentadm]

I was curious about this and did some research. The person who developed the "board" did so during the COVID lockdown and turned it into a successful online business. He is now expanding his "business" to retail stores near you. These are apparently popular at bachelor and bachelorette parties. He is also developing variations on this theme that I will not describe here. No one ever went broke underestimating people's bad taste.

[RedheadMN]

Ah, hmmm.

I think the only thing to do is be the example of what decency is about in your actions and words.

I might have said, or just left alone, "I'm not interest in this, don't want to hear about this."

I recently was in a position to say to a young family member, an adult, "I don't want to hear that again.  Those are not the actions of a lady."  That worked in my situation, not likely in others.

Again, hmmmmmmm

You are right. I should have said "I am not the person to show this to". 
This morning I find myself just heartbroken as I watch people battle about abortion. The world is a cold place for warm hearts. We are at war and can only find what we need in the Lord. But it is hard to want human connection so badly and find it so unsafe!

Situations like you mention it's hard to be prepared for when the content is not what we want to be involved with.

In recent situation I had to say, "Don't say that to me again.  or I'm not interested in this."

These time of situations just prepare us for the next time something happens.

Regarding abortion, hard to listen to all that on radio, TV, internet.  The moral compass for most is off, and they didn't have anyone to show them the way.  So very hard to take in.

[Diane]

I was curious about this and did some research. The person who developed the "board" did so during the COVID lockdown and turned it into a successful online business. He is now expanding his "business" to retail stores near you. These are apparently popular at bachelor and bachelorette parties. He is also developing variations on this theme that I will not describe here. No one ever went broke underestimating people's bad taste.

I cant take it anymore. OMG

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You are right. I should have said "I am not the person to show this to". 
This morning I find myself just heartbroken as I watch people battle about abortion. The world is a cold place for warm hearts. We are at war and can only find what we need in the Lord. But it is hard to want human connection so badly and find it so unsafe!

Situations like you mention it's hard to be prepared for when the content is not what we want to be involved with.

In recent situation I had to say, "Don't say that to me again.  or I'm not interested in this."

These time of situations just prepare us for the next time something happens.

Regarding abortion, hard to listen to all that on radio, TV, internet.  The moral compass for most is off, and they didn't have anyone to show them the way.  So very hard to take in.

Thank you for "loading my lip". I will be ready to say Dont show that to me again. <3

The next week or so can hurt soft hearts. On Guard! Uph this election

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Diane,

I was given 2 medallions on the Camino de Santiago by an American Catholic.  They are blessed by a priest.  Currently they are attached to a safety pin and I intend to attach them under my clothes when/if things get tough.  That way, me and my God have the last laugh!

Thinking and praying for you and the deaf kids.

I wonder if I can hook that up for myself   I bet I can. Brilliant!

[English Rose]

I don't know whether these 2 people are the only 2 people in the new job.

I am remembering that the first people who I meet in a new job are not necessarily going to be the people who are going to be good friends. It's usually the second or third group of people who I have more in common with. I think there's a reason for that, the 2nd and 3rd wave of people are more comfortable in their skins and don't need "boards" or poo parties to share with others.

If there are more than 2 people in your work, hang in there, you may yet find some like minded people :-)

[Diane]

I don't know whether these 2 people are the only 2 people in the new job. 

I am remembering that the first people who I meet in a new job are not necessarily going to be the people who are going to be good friends.  It's usually the second or third group of people who I have more in common with.  I think there's a reason for that, the 2nd and 3rd wave of people are more comfortable in their skins and don't need "boards" or poo parties to share with others.

If there are more than 2 people in your work, hang in there, you may yet find some like minded people :-)

They are three out of four in my department! Still hope for one ! lol 
Thank you for the comradery!

[ezdays]

Ya know, I found it hard to understand this poo thing until I just saw a cartoon strip today where one of the characters was dressed up like a pile of poo for Halloween.... In my day, if a kid talked about poo or pee or other private moments, they'd get their mouth washed out with soap. Remember that scene in "A Christmas Story"with Ralphie and soap? That was a fact of life back then.... Never happened to me, but I was threatened a few times...

[susanb]

I don't know whether these 2 people are the only 2 people in the new job. 

I am remembering that the first people who I meet in a new job are not necessarily going to be the people who are going to be good friends.  It's usually the second or third group of people who I have more in common with.  I think there's a reason for that, the 2nd and 3rd wave of people are more comfortable in their skins and don't need "boards" or poo parties to share with others.

If there are more than 2 people in your work, hang in there, you may yet find some like minded people :-)

They are three out of four in my department! Still hope for one ! lol 
Thank you for the comradery!

it is hard to find like minded people and I will surely stick with those ones I have found

[Diane]

That was a fact of life back then.... Never happened to me, but I was threatened a few times...

I can remember having my mouth washed out with soap. A childhood friend was over and was poking at me to say a bad word. She wouldnt relent so I finally said it. Which was when she went and told my mother! lol. THEN she had the audacity to ask my mother if she could watch my punishment. My mother was so mad. She sent her home! That child is trouble to this day. 

The world has changed so. Last night I was to be a chaperone for a dance however it was cancelled after we had a school lock down. Not a drill but an actual threat of some kind. When did the school house get so complicated? Pray pray pray

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They are three out of four in my department! Still hope for one ! lol 
Thank you for the comradery!

it is hard to find like minded people and I will surely stick with those one

Yes. Hold on tight!

[ezdays]

I can remember having my mouth washed out with soap. A childhood friend was over and was poking at me to say a bad word. She wouldnt relent so I finally said it. Which was when she went and told my mother! lol. THEN she had the audacity to ask my mother if she could watch my punishment. My mother was so mad. She sent her home! That child is trouble to this day. 

The world has changed so. Last night I was to be a chaperone for a dance however it was cancelled after we had a school lock down. Not a drill but an actual threat of some kind. When did the school house get so complicated? Pray pray pray

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That's such a pity how our kids are educated right now. I never saw a uniformed officer in any school I went to, we never would have know what "lock down" meant. During the war, we used to have air raid drills and always fire drills. I see how kids are dressed going to school today. We had discipline, girls wore dresses or skirts, boys had shirts and ties. Violate that rule and you either went home and changed or they would provide you with something you didn't want to wear all day. If a boy didn't have a tie on, they would give him one made of crepe paper. Corporal punishment did not get the teacher arrested and even just chewing gum in class had its punishment. Sass the teacher and it was off the the principal's office. Cell phones in class??? Come on, you were lucky if your folks could afford a dial phone at home.  We had a "party line" that we shared with other families. Not very private and not convenient if you wanted to make a call and another family was using the line. But we managed to get through it all regardless, and I think we were better adults because of this discipline.

And yes, school dances were chaperoned and every kid dressed appropriately.

[MaryAlice]

More and more of my friends  and colleagues are announcing their children wish to switch gender.

Concentrating on men becoming women for a moment (read the other way round for trans men):

Men will never ever be able to get rid of that Y chromosome, it will remain in every singe cell of their body (until CRSPR works)
They will never ever be able to carry a baby in their womb
They will never ever have a pregnancy scare
They will never ever have PMT
They will never ever have period pain
They will never ever have endometriosis, PCOS, uterine fibroids or other women's health problems
They will never ever be able to get rid of the increased muscle mass testosterone has given them
They will never ever be able to change their bone structure.

They will only ever be able to become trans women, they will never ever be able to become bona fide women.  That's how biology works.

You never ever see cattle trying to gnaw off their udders, or rams gnaw of their parts so they can change sex.  Yes, there may be some very obscure animal that changes sex; it is so rare it is almost invisible to observe.

This seems to be some social experiment, unrooted in biology or evolution, that has the potential to seriously harm young people and in later generations will probably be called abuse.  Woe betide if you disagree with the social experiment though.  No, you feel obliged to rearrange you face when yet another colleague/friend explains their child has changed sex.

An unintended consequence, which no-one mentions, surely has to be that people will start to question the point of having children.  What's the point of doing all that hard work, if they end up changing a perfectly healthy, beautifully created/evolved body into something else.  No grand kids for you at the end of the tunnel.

Putin must be laughing.  Will he send the North Koreans into Ukraine?  What's the best response Europe can respond with?  Send the boys in, in their dresses and chipped nail polish to defend Europe.  The West is giving it's freedoms away hand over fist.  The irony is that Putin doesn't tolerate the trans ideology so there are no winners, even for those of liberal ideology in the West. 

The good news for Catholics, is the church does tend to stand its ground.

And I love Armand's statement, "The West seems that we have eliminated all boundaries that used to keep people safe".

" ... You never ever see cattle trying to gnaw off their udders, or rams gnaw of their parts so they can change sex. Yes, there may be some very obscure animal that changes sex; it is so rare it is almost invisible to observe. ..."

... and we, human beings, are supposedly gifted with intelligence which God has not given to the Animal Kingdom ...   some peeps just haven't figured this out, yet (your list of things that men will never be able to accomplish)!  Sheesh! [fainting emoji]

Thank you for your comments, "English Rose" ... Merry Christmas!!

[susanb]

More and more of my friends  and colleagues are announcing their children wish to switch gender.

Concentrating on men becoming women for a moment (read the other way round for trans men):

Men will never ever be able to get rid of that Y chromosome, it will remain in every singe cell of their body (until CRSPR works)
They will never ever be able to carry a baby in their womb
They will never ever have a pregnancy scare
They will never ever have PMT
They will never ever have period pain
They will never ever have endometriosis, PCOS, uterine fibroids or other women's health problems
They will never ever be able to get rid of the increased muscle mass testosterone has given them
They will never ever be able to change their bone structure.

They will only ever be able to become trans women, they will never ever be able to become bona fide women.  That's how biology works.

You never ever see cattle trying to gnaw off their udders, or rams gnaw of their parts so they can change sex.  Yes, there may be some very obscure animal that changes sex; it is so rare it is almost invisible to observe.

This seems to be some social experiment, unrooted in biology or evolution, that has the potential to seriously harm young people and in later generations will probably be called abuse.  Woe betide if you disagree with the social experiment though.  No, you feel obliged to rearrange you face when yet another colleague/friend explains their child has changed sex.

An unintended consequence, which no-one mentions, surely has to be that people will start to question the point of having children.  What's the point of doing all that hard work, if they end up changing a perfectly healthy, beautifully created/evolved body into something else.  No grand kids for you at the end of the tunnel.

Putin must be laughing.  Will he send the North Koreans into Ukraine?  What's the best response Europe can respond with?  Send the boys in, in their dresses and chipped nail polish to defend Europe.  The West is giving it's freedoms away hand over fist.  The irony is that Putin doesn't tolerate the trans ideology so there are no winners, even for those of liberal ideology in the West. 

The good news for Catholics, is the church does tend to stand its ground.

And I love Armand's statement, "The West seems that we have eliminated all boundaries that used to keep people safe".

" ... You never ever see cattle trying to gnaw off their udders, or rams gnaw of their parts so they can change sex. Yes, there may be some very obscure animal that changes sex; it is so rare it is almost invisible to observe. ..."

... and we, human beings, are supposedly gifted with intelligence which God has not given to the Animal Kingdom ...   some peeps just haven't figured this out, yet (your list of things that men will never be able to accomplish)!  Sheesh! [fainting emoji]

Thank you for your comments, "English Rose" ... Merry Christmas!!

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I am refreshing this one as it seems to fit.....
...not gross like some of the earlier topics but up there...

we currently only have one elevator and the rudeness is intolerable

today I needed to use it a few times

why do people feel so inconvenienced [even giving a dirty look when
they must let you out before they can get in]

maybe I shoulda stayed in the suburbs