tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107509835570701987.post7518847383193592724..comments2023-12-15T14:15:17.087+02:00Comments on Mel's Mouthful on Mothering: How to maintain purity in marriageAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10330944753499639576noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107509835570701987.post-49999463345150857102012-07-26T22:36:29.180+02:002012-07-26T22:36:29.180+02:00Thanks glad to know someone thinks I have common s...Thanks glad to know someone thinks I have common sense:) I think many would think I am conservative, but I am OK with that. I am comfortable in my own skin.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330944753499639576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107509835570701987.post-62507823092748643562012-07-26T11:46:26.897+02:002012-07-26T11:46:26.897+02:00Great post, i like that it comes from a married wo...Great post, i like that it comes from a married woman, seems like their are still women with common sense in this world. Tx MelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107509835570701987.post-23014605101384810042012-07-25T23:24:31.355+02:002012-07-25T23:24:31.355+02:00By definition the word paranoid means (adjective: ...By definition the word paranoid means (adjective: paranoid [ˈpærə.nɔɪd]) is a thought process believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion.<br /><br />I don't believe that unfaithfulness, addiction to pornography or struggles in marriage are ever to be taken lightly. In fact with the divorce statistics, porn addiction statistics and marital issues ravaging society at the moment, I think this type of advice is very necessary to ensure that one doesn't have to be paranoid but rather informed, vigilant and accountable.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330944753499639576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107509835570701987.post-47357768422866764752012-07-25T23:18:09.487+02:002012-07-25T23:18:09.487+02:00I appreciate your thoughts on this Christine. I k...I appreciate your thoughts on this Christine. I know it may seem extreme but so is pornography and so is divorce. <br /><br />An example of this type of thinking is when one is overweight you often have to go to weight control lessons/diet groups etc - you get weighed, you get told how to eat, you might even get stars when you lose weight. All because you need to learn to rethink the way you do things that could be destructive to your body. Its about changing bad habits and replacing them with good ones.<br /><br />Some of these are not things that we even consciously think about all the time because it has become second nature to us. However for many young Christians who have no role models except society,television, or the next explicit novel, this is just some tools to help them. You would be amazed at what a difference transparency, accountability and openness has a on a marriage.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330944753499639576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107509835570701987.post-6392514378579962562012-07-22T01:32:11.031+02:002012-07-22T01:32:11.031+02:00If it takes treating one's husband like a wayw...If it takes treating one's husband like a wayward teenager by basically stalking him in order to maintain integrity in the marriage, that strikes me as pitiable.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16790584313372252997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107509835570701987.post-81944397732571628582012-07-21T03:42:11.476+02:002012-07-21T03:42:11.476+02:00This advice is so paranoid.This advice is so paranoid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107509835570701987.post-70371388498892970462012-07-13T08:19:20.637+02:002012-07-13T08:19:20.637+02:00Thanks Linnie:)Thanks Linnie:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330944753499639576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107509835570701987.post-89319393865351828862012-07-13T08:19:02.938+02:002012-07-13T08:19:02.938+02:00thanks Shelley, I think most people don't like...thanks Shelley, I think most people don't like to talk about it because they don't know what people will think. In fact some of these things we do, our family think are pretty odd, but oh well what can I say - odd but happily married!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330944753499639576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107509835570701987.post-5052995286863354182012-07-12T14:53:38.494+02:002012-07-12T14:53:38.494+02:00Excellent posting, Melanie! Love reading through i...Excellent posting, Melanie! Love reading through it.Linniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08227452590098182324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107509835570701987.post-55817763618521665842012-07-11T21:40:58.391+02:002012-07-11T21:40:58.391+02:00Great post Mel - marriages are so under attack...w...Great post Mel - marriages are so under attack...we need to be so vigilent and so open with our spouses. And yes never stop praying... well done on being courageous and writing about these things - I pray many will read this.Shellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01566509635402769492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107509835570701987.post-67681233891711029912012-07-11T18:45:33.466+02:002012-07-11T18:45:33.466+02:00You should write a book, like you said,there's...You should write a book, like you said,there's not enough out there! We don't do magazines at home but we like to get a weekend newspaper. Of course there is always "THAT" page and so I go through the paper and cut out the stuff that is no good, for my husband's sake and my boys!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330944753499639576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107509835570701987.post-54488404738476878882012-07-11T18:42:44.837+02:002012-07-11T18:42:44.837+02:00Good idea! Will definitely pray for both of us:)Good idea! Will definitely pray for both of us:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330944753499639576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107509835570701987.post-79706145245616589692012-07-11T15:46:04.526+02:002012-07-11T15:46:04.526+02:00Great post! DH has been very open with me since co...Great post! DH has been very open with me since college about the day to day struggles of keeping his mind pure, and being female I think it's easy for us to just not realize how difficult it can be for them! When we were first married I censored all of our magazines for him and finally it go to the point where we just stopped renewing them b/c it was such a pain and the articles weren't all that great anyway. I'm amazed at how few people talk about this stuff. I tried explaining to my mom why our magazines were all cut up (only slightly awkward when you come from a hush hush household) and she thought we were weird and totally crazy. It needs to be talked about more. Women just don't understand how sensitive a man's mind is to visual stimulation.<br /><br />All you points were well made and something we should all keep in mind! I could write a book just in agreement with each one.Reneenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107509835570701987.post-8846489867458949532012-07-11T13:51:25.079+02:002012-07-11T13:51:25.079+02:00This is an excellent post! Such good advice here....This is an excellent post! Such good advice here. Thank you for posting this. Hopping over from A Wise Woman. Blessings from Zagreb: A Little R & R (www.littlerandr.org)Rosilind Jukichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08304788871235090080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107509835570701987.post-56842279300179830932012-07-11T13:38:22.193+02:002012-07-11T13:38:22.193+02:00really enjoyed this post Mel - you've establis...really enjoyed this post Mel - you've established some really wise ground rules. I identify quite a bit, especially the 'need to be in the Word and praying together more' bit! Let's keep that one in our prayers for each other, hey?Taryn @ Hayes Happeningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01968206902343125855noreply@blogger.com