No I think my name is on some list that tells retailers to hold on shipping my orders for a few days to **** me off
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No I think my name is on some list that tells retailers to hold on shipping my orders for a few days to **** me off
Did a study on that back in the day. Our pastor had a doctorate in ancient languages (don't remember the specific discipline).
Not to burst your "old folks" rant, but I've seen that twice on my feed today. Both times, it was shared by a 20-something.
I seen some of these obvious hoaxes posted by people of all ages including people with advanced degrees.
I don't bother trying to correct them unless it's via an email. Not cool to publicly post a correction or comment that essentially says "You are such a dumb ***."
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I think there's a lot to be learned. Listened to a podcast one day about Ephesians 4:26, which says (rephrase) be angry, but don't sin. Don't let the sun go down on your anger.
Well, we've twisted that around to say we shouldn't go to bed angry, and we like to tell new couples this, but it's not good advice. Refusing to go to sleep until you hash out your problems leads to 2 AM screaming fights that don't go anywhere because both people are tired and emotionally fried.
Essentially, the theory of the podcast was that the second sentence wasn't a new directive, it was a more stylized version of the first sentence, repeated for emphasis. Essentially, "Don't let the sun go down" roughly equals "don't enter into darkness" roughly equals "don't sin"
And for those non-believers, not trying to be preachy there, but the subject of language plays heavily in bible study, hence the inclusion. And that quote, I hope, shouldn't be that controversial, it's really just boiling down to treating others with respect, which should be universal.
house smells like apple crisp. I'd look into a candle that has this smell but then I'd want apple crisp every time it's burning.
I've always thought the 'don't go to bed angry' is bad advice. Granted, I only have 4 years of marriage (but going on 10 in the relationship) and sometimes it's just not a good idea to keep hashing it out. Sometimes you sleep on it and realize, yep, that was dumb, or it was something completely unrelated to the argument that was actually bothering you and causing you to pick a fight, or you just needed some time away from the argument to think about what it is making you angry/unhappy/whatever. And then come back and discuss it with a clearer head.
you're like James Bondy/McNSA, you could probably find my house and come get some.
oh, unrelated. So today someone was leading their cow and the announcer had them change direction. The leader had started moving and started to hesitate, thinking they were going the wrong way. Announcer says over the mic, "yep, you're coming correctly."
I snickered.
Yes, that was essentially what the podcast was about. The flip side, which is just as bad as fighting forever, is the people that set it aside and never come back to it.
One of my kids gave us a candle shaped like an apple pie, and we have never lit it. It has such a strong perfume in it, all we have to do is set it on the table and you can smell it around the whole room.
yeah the place we went Saturday had lots of candles too. I've never been a candle person and those weren't convincing me to become one.
Setting it aside and never coming back to it is not necessarily a bad thing...worse would be to "set things aside" but continually dredge them up whenever you're angry. Words of wisdom from my mom a looooooong time ago: What's past is past; don't escalate a new argument with old arguments.
I have never enjoyed food candles, but fresh linen or muted nature scents are where it's at.
I don't care what people say, that's an example where more is less. Women in dirndls look amazing
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My allergies don't handle strong perfumes very well. When we were in Phoenix for my step-mother's funeral, we went next door to my sister's hotel room, and I turned around and walked right back out. Her husband likes a really really strong aftershave....gaaaaah!!!
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