tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post1854666107950006863..comments2023-04-26T07:01:28.843-07:00Comments on Nothing to see here. Move Along.: Mistake #31 Hot Garbage? Umm...No Thanks.Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13457358003310767865noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-9026965160750414612009-06-13T12:04:55.248-07:002009-06-13T12:04:55.248-07:00The comments left on your blog are almost funnier ...The comments left on your blog are almost funnier than your blog. There are some angry single girls out there. And although your blog reveals more about you than about single Mormon girls (in particular, you will be the type to either be single at 40 or have 4 divorces under your belt) I guess it doesn't matter, as long as you keep getting a large amount of blog hits. That's all that matters really.SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390305912049248109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-30378010474642704272009-04-12T10:51:00.000-07:002009-04-12T10:51:00.000-07:00hey can you add another dr. to your list of dentis...hey can you add another dr. to your list of dentists? Dr. David Garrett (4519 Castle Rd., La Canada, CA 91011<BR/><BR/>holla. <BR/><BR/>big fan first time writer.Michelle Loves Dangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09453411904332628098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-7833337624811578532009-02-28T23:25:00.000-08:002009-02-28T23:25:00.000-08:00Also, I like this quote from Mobsters and Mormons ...Also, I like this quote from Mobsters and Mormons (movie) by the mobster guy: the Church may be true, but sometimes the people aren't. Don't judge the people, judge the truth of the Gospel. And you LDS people, set a good example.Angela Berretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16582683624221487735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-38819013617949604052009-02-28T23:23:00.000-08:002009-02-28T23:23:00.000-08:00torrent of rancor... yeah. People are so easily of...torrent of rancor... yeah. People are so easily offended.<BR/><BR/>Author: good point about the stuff that can't exit coming back up. It's true, and lots of people don't think about it or realize it.Angela Berretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16582683624221487735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-85241174555178730152009-02-26T16:00:00.000-08:002009-02-26T16:00:00.000-08:00The torrent of rancor that follows the blog entrie...The torrent of rancor that follows the blog entries is often far more entertaining than the post itself. This one in particular.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03977727226830153230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-81210148661216889452009-02-26T14:29:00.000-08:002009-02-26T14:29:00.000-08:00Yeah, ten years ago when she was going through it ...Yeah, ten years ago when she was going through it she didn't have email, neither did we, makes it hard to use such, now, commonplace communication, but that's neither here nor there, I've been in wards where I felt distinctly unwelcome, I've seen and heard of RS's that were unwelcoming. Heck, in the ward I'm in now, if you aren't in one of the clique's you have no support structure from the sisters in general, and anything you want or need has to go directly to the RS Pres. <BR/><BR/>If you can get into the clique, or they take pity on you and ask you to join, you're ok, otherwise... lets just say that I've seen a lot of sisters here convert and then fall away because they didn't feel at all welcome once they were baptised, the goal was met and the fellowship was dropped, and eventually, so were the converts. Doesn't happen as often in the EQ, but it's still there. <BR/><BR/>What it simply comes down to is that while the Gospel is perfect, and the church as an institution is close and getting better, the membership is still pretty jacked up.Morguerathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09663944868235633149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-17153766606074000832009-02-26T12:00:00.000-08:002009-02-26T12:00:00.000-08:00re: Yes, because that is a totally reasonable expe...re: Yes, because that is a totally reasonable expectation when she had run off 2 years earlier with her father (she's my 1/2 sister from my mother's first marriage), disappeared, and didn't communicate with anyone at home, 3 states away (she didn't let us know where), for another couple of years. <BR/><BR/>Yep, totally reasonable expectation, especially when my parents still can't afford long distance service on their phone.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>That's the thing with the blame train - it is always running. Stamps are 50cents, the church has the lost sheep program, emails are free, you can make a long distance call from your ward building to her ward building. You could have ALWAYS done more. <BR/><BR/>If you defend yourself or your family, I can simply go back to blaming her. If she didn't have contact with you for years, it makes it really easy for her to justify her inactivity to you by blaming the ward. She simply says she tried, but the ward was arrogant. That turns your attention to blaming the ward rather than trying to address her actual concerns. <BR/><BR/>You can defend your sister and your family and maintain you did all you could. I would believe you. But, who speaks for the congregation? It's an easy scapegoat with no rebuttal. If you couldn't track her down, it seems pretty reasonable that they ward might have a hard time with this as well. People move or get evicted a few times in a year, change phone numbers, ditch appointments, and on and on. You have no idea what efforts the ward actually made. But, they are an easy scapegoat because there is nobody to speak on their behalf.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-43731382424683610612009-02-26T11:32:00.000-08:002009-02-26T11:32:00.000-08:00i think this blog is hilarious. the comment stream...i think this blog is hilarious. the comment stream here is depressing for the most part, and that's sad. I am a married guy with 3 single sisters. They introduced me to this blog because they thought it was so hilar. While it can be rude or lame, it is for the most part a clever, humorous way to address many of the issues (some of them obvious) of why girls are single. Laugh it off, folks. It's ok to laugh.<BR/><BR/>Girls, hopefully you can enjoy the humor in it and come up with clever ways to dog on mormon guys for watching too much sports, playing too much GH and becoming way too picky/noncommittal. That would be a classic blog.<BR/><BR/>In the meantime, fix your bad breath with OraBrush. www.orabrush.com :)Bitnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092569082339833528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-89431742053953987932009-02-26T10:08:00.000-08:002009-02-26T10:08:00.000-08:00I actually went from being outraged at whoever is ...I actually went from being outraged at whoever is writing this stuff to just feeling super sad for him/them. These are clearly self-loathing guys projecting what's wrong with them onto the girls around them. I have a feeling these are guys without close, trusted female friends who have helped them really appreciate women. I personally loooove guys. Are they often gross and immature and frustrating and they think farting is waaaay funnier then it is and seriously what is the deal with all the video game playing? Sure. But there are also such wonderful things about guys in general that those lame stereotypes-that don't apply as a set to every guy by the way-don't mean anything in my daily interactions with the great guys around me. I feel sad that this blog causes people to say, "yeah, girls are so stupid!" because honestly, what is the point? You guys haven't created some honest dialogue between the sexes here, you've fostered a junior high environment of boys vs girls nonsense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-16888637148179760372009-02-26T09:23:00.000-08:002009-02-26T09:23:00.000-08:00This post was pretty sick! However, for those of ...This post was pretty sick! However, for those of you that say you left the church because of guys like them, that's pretty dramatic! So you're saying if this blog was not made by Mormon guys it would be ok? Please expound. And if some of you really do use the language you use in your posts, I"m pretty sure these guys are the least of your worries, it may just be you. Sorry! But this post really was a little much, not so much funny, but sick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-20002657044242100282009-02-26T07:56:00.000-08:002009-02-26T07:56:00.000-08:00did you her family call the ward leadership weekly...<I>did you her family call the ward leadership weekly and ensure her needs were met? afterall, family is the true gospel organization and where the ultimate responsibility lies.</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, because that is a totally reasonable expectation when she had run off 2 years earlier with her father (she's my 1/2 sister from my mother's first marriage), disappeared, and didn't communicate with anyone at home, 3 states away (she didn't let us know where), for another couple of years. <BR/><BR/>Yep, totally reasonable expectation, especially when my parents still can't afford long distance service on their phone.Morguerathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09663944868235633149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-57214552442120756132009-02-26T07:25:00.000-08:002009-02-26T07:25:00.000-08:00For reals. All of you girls are getting extremely ...For reals. All of you girls are getting extremely upset with a post saying that guys don't like kissing a girl with bad breath. And can you blame us? If a guy has disgusting breath you don't want to kiss him. Relax people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-9165575063529879172009-02-26T00:18:00.000-08:002009-02-26T00:18:00.000-08:00Apparently a lot of readers LIKE kissing people wi...Apparently a lot of readers LIKE kissing people with bad breath. If this isn't true, I don't see what the problem with this post is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-43553622300253510382009-02-25T22:46:00.000-08:002009-02-25T22:46:00.000-08:00I'm glad I can now always have a scapegoat!Darn th...I'm glad I can now always have a scapegoat!<BR/><BR/>Darn that Adam!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-16242120429024459862009-02-25T22:29:00.000-08:002009-02-25T22:29:00.000-08:00Phew. I'm just relieved that it doesn't matter ho...Phew. I'm just relieved that it doesn't matter how I treat anyone!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-17595456973871267512009-02-25T22:06:00.000-08:002009-02-25T22:06:00.000-08:00Re: Didn't fill her calling? Didn't do her visitin...Re: Didn't fill her calling? Didn't do her visiting teaching? She was never offered either opportunity. Perhaps, what you're missing, is that the people of that ward had an opportunity to welcome back into fellowship a lamb that had gone astray, and WANTED to return, but the pen was closed, and the shepherd on duty rebuffed her plaintive bleating. The ward could have taken the chance and extended fellowship. They didn't bother, and now, she will not bother with the church. It is her choice to be offended, but simple kindness would have done far more to keep her and her family in the church.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Morguerat:<BR/><BR/>i'm with anon. the blame game doesn't work. i'm not trying to be insulting here, but we could keep the blame train going...<BR/><BR/><BR/>did you her family call the ward leadership weekly and ensure her needs were met? afterall, family is the true gospel organization and where the ultimate responsibility lies. <BR/><BR/>in my ysa days i was in a ward and the family of an inactive girl called every week during ward council to follow up, ensure contact was being made, get updates, that she had the best home teachers, etc., etc. <BR/><BR/>would it be fair to blame you for not doing this? i don't think that's fair. nor is blaming the ward. i'm not saying some extra kindness wouldn't have went a long way, but everyone could always have done more. <BR/><BR/>so where does the guilt end and justice fall on the individual?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-91242913855219560662009-02-25T21:53:00.000-08:002009-02-25T21:53:00.000-08:00HOLY HELL you hit this one dead on! I had this cut...HOLY HELL you hit this one dead on! I had this cute girl who was way fun, but damn that breath was kicking like Van Dam! I couldn't get over it! Seriously all you idiot girls who think this guy is why mormon girls are single are even bigger idiots than you think he is! This should be scripture and put in the Young Women's Pamphlet!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-29019095126911741522009-02-25T21:21:00.000-08:002009-02-25T21:21:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336618399139598133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-68744767552225711222009-02-25T21:06:00.000-08:002009-02-25T21:06:00.000-08:00if his prose sucks, his posts are cliche and he so...if his prose sucks, his posts are cliche and he sometimes makes fun of the sacred then what exactly is the attraction aaron?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-61905216003674931052009-02-25T20:56:00.000-08:002009-02-25T20:56:00.000-08:00Re:Anon [i]How do you know they went out of their ...Re:Anon [i]How do you know they went out of their way to make her feel unwelcome? That's her perception. How do you know your sister wasn't cold and mean when she was contacted? How do you know she wasn't the focus of numerous ward council meetings, etc.<BR/><BR/>Did she go out of her way to welcome herself, invite people to her house, integrate herself into the ward by fulfilling her calling, help others in the ward?<BR/><BR/>Maybe someone in the congregation didn't get visit taught that month by your sister, and they went inactive?<BR/><BR/>It goes around and around. In the end, we are responsible for our own transgressions, not Adam's.[/i]<BR/><BR/>Didn't fill her calling? Didn't do her visiting teaching? She was never offered either opportunity. Perhaps, what you're missing, is that the people of that ward had an opportunity to welcome back into fellowship a lamb that had gone astray, and WANTED to return, but the pen was closed, and the shepherd on duty rebuffed her plaintive bleating. The ward could have taken the chance and extended fellowship. They didn't bother, and now, she will not bother with the church. It is her choice to be offended, but simple kindness would have done far more to keep her and her family in the church.Morguerathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09663944868235633149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-82768084243874940282009-02-25T20:12:00.000-08:002009-02-25T20:12:00.000-08:00I'm surprised at all the people who take this blog...I'm surprised at all the people who take this blog so seriously. Sure, maybe the author's prose sucks and his jokes are often cliche and/or lame. He's often irreverent. Still, the material is basically humorous. If you heard the same jokes (perhaps with better phrasing and delivery) in a comedy stand-up, you would laugh. But throw the word "Mormon" in there and put it on a blog and suddenly you have to put your serious face on. Do yourself a favor and lighten up. Choose not to be offended on behalf of all the innocent "victims" targeted by this blog.TBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03762452329582316812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-66773211961406519702009-02-25T19:56:00.000-08:002009-02-25T19:56:00.000-08:00i'll be your mothers are super proud of the way yo...i'll be your mothers are super proud of the way you are spending your free time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-32203271341491631612009-02-25T19:30:00.000-08:002009-02-25T19:30:00.000-08:00Thanks for the grammar lesson tips. I'll be sure ...Thanks for the grammar lesson tips. I'll be sure to proof read my blogging next time...<BR/><BR/>You weren't offended? <BR/><BR/>"It's jackass losers like you that make people like me leave the church."<BR/><BR/>How would you define your course of action then? You seem to be well versed in the English language, surely you would have scrutinized your blog to the nth degree before posting... <BR/><BR/>I was hoping you'd be offended at my generalizations. You were. They're stupid. Similar to your generalizations about Mormon culture. <BR/><BR/>I would expect better than that from you, since you're at such a signficantly higher state of being than the rest of us because you've shed the oppressive shackles of Mormonism. We're the misguided ones here, please continue to show us the light by cursing and patronizingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-14671864057682321812009-02-25T19:28:00.000-08:002009-02-25T19:28:00.000-08:00Wow....I'm sensing a bit of friction.How incredibl...Wow.<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>I'm sensing a bit of friction.<BR/><BR/>How incredible. A silly blog can produce such strong feelings. Of course it's not the blog itself but the people behind it and those who participate. Creating contention. This really is no good. Perhaps the authors and participants should be more Christ-like in their aid to mormon girls and their singleness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11092846300385497.post-86178792435150923852009-02-25T18:58:00.000-08:002009-02-25T18:58:00.000-08:00Wow seriously? I'm not offended or embarrassed. ...Wow seriously? I'm not offended or embarrassed. But you should be. Your tone is as childish as my 8 year old nephew. <BR/> <BR/>I spend 10-12 hours a week volunteering for two different non-profit organizations, have spent time volunteering in homeless shelters, in prisons and for domestic violence survivors, which is more volunteering than any Mormons I know. <BR/> <BR/>I have not sinned in the way that I think you are implying. I still believe in the code of living that the church teaches. I still have not had a drink of alcohol, tried drugs or had premarital sex.<BR/> <BR/>When I was a visiting teacher, I went every month. And I never took up the time of my church leaders, as I was aware of the many issues they have to deal with. Also, I was home taught every month, so I'm not sure what you are talking about. <BR/> <BR/>I never said that church members are bad people. But people like the people that write this blog can sometimes make life very difficult for church members trying to live right. I'm sorry that you don't agree or that you are offended. Perhaps you shouldn't get offended. Isn't that what you're saying to me? <BR/> <BR/>And this is the first time I've had a church member actually tell me that they hope I'm offended. THAT'S a nice impression to give. Good missionary work.<BR/> <BR/>I should have said that I still respect the teachings and leaders of the church. I do not respect the members who make life so difficult for single people in a family church that it makes life unbearable. I'm sorry that you don't understand, but perhaps you should build a bridge and get over it. Take your own advice.<BR/> <BR/>Also, it's "you're" not your. You're is a contraction between you and are. Your is the possessive form of the word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com