So, I recently came across this book dealing with marriage and singleness that is unlike any I’ve ever seen. The author’s whole premise is that marriage should be the norm and that society and the church should encourage it like they used to back in the day. Now we have all these men who won’t step up and take responsibility and they are robbing women of families and it’s very very wrong (sin, in fact). And people need to stop feeding single people all these lies and instead just help them get married. Well, whether or not you agree with her radical and controversial views, I trust you will find the following little excerpts from her book entertaining. It’s quite a fun read.
"I once went on a date with a 37 year old bachelor. Curious about why he was still single at that age, I asked him, "So, what kind of ‘eunuch’ are you?" I know it’s not your typical conversation starter on a first date, but I wasn’t going to waste my time dating someone who wasn’t looking for marriage. Needless to say, he wasn’t thrilled with the question. In fact, he was angry that I dared question his status as a single person. We talked about singleness according to the Bible – that if he was legitimately single, he’s either been called to be signal for full-time kingdom work that made family life impossible, as is was with Paul and Jeremiah, or he must have a medical file somewhere that proved he was exempt from marriage because he was unable to perform his duties. If either of those 2 were true, he had no business dating me or anyone else."
"Single at the age of 34, my friend Anna desperately wanted to be married. Her boss asked if she’d be interested in dating "a very godly 45 year old" lawyer. Her response? "If this man is so godly, why isn’t he married by now?" She explained that she wasn’t about to "reward a slothful 45 year old man with someone 11 years his junior," but that she could recommend some woman who was well over 40, had lost the beauty of her youth, and would have trouble conceiving. She explained that this was the kind of candidate for this man since his inaction in finding a wife had caused this outcome for some other woman."
Well there you go, hope you enjoyed the little anecdotes. There's many more where these came from.
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Yup, that was pretty funny. Was the story about the "eunuch" about the author herself? If so, I'd say she's probably right, but not very tactful. :-)
yes, I believe it was about her.
Bring the book if you come this weekend so we can chortle together.
oh my word. dare i ask who the author is?
And thank you for the birthday wishes. So far it's been a good day, but it's only 7 AM. :)
I'm sputtering and speechless.... (and grinning)...
- joy
I'm shaking my head. How utterly amusing.
do you remember a certain t-shirt that walked around RBI for awhile? It read "Women need men like a fish need a bicycles". Anyway, crazy reading you've got there!
more, please. i'm amused.
I need this book. Please hook me up (pun intended) :)
Sounds intriguing. Or not. I'm not sure. How's the new job going?
I put a blog on my website...I had to be cool like everyone else.
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