The anger of exmos...

[_beastie]

Yes, Ms. Scratch. You hit the nail on the head.

I hope your daughters read what you write here so they can understand that their father thinks a good way to belittle and demean a man is to call him a woman.

[_Jersey Girl]

The grief cycle is well documented and was introduced by Kübler-Ross in 1969. She claimed these steps do not necessarily come in order, nor are they all experienced by all people, though she stated a person will always experience at least two. She applied these stages to any form of catastrophic personal loss.

Denial: The initial stage: "It can't be happening."
Anger: "Why ME? It's not fair!" (either referring to God, oneself, or anybody perceived, rightly or wrongly, as "responsible" - in this case, the Church)
Bargaining: "Just let me live to see my child(ren) graduate."
Depression: "I'm so sad, why bother with anything?"
Acceptance: "It's going to be OK."

Losing faith in the church can surely be viewed as a catastrophic personal loss. Ex-mo's who are angry are just stuck at this second stage of grief. Give them time and the happiness and acceptance will come. By then, they will probably stop posting on these type of forums. They will have accepted their loss and moved on.

"why me" you are clearly identified in the second stage of grief, Anger. You are angry.

What stage is Crock in then? He doesn't seem very content to me.

[_Jersey Girl]

Yes, Ms. Scratch. You hit the nail on the head.

I hope your daughters read what you write here so they can understand that their father thinks a good way to belittle and demean a man is to call him a woman.

Yeah seriously, beastie. It's an amazing testimony, isn't it? To what exactly, I'm not entirely certain.

[_Pokatator]

The grief cycle is well documented and was introduced by Kübler-Ross in 1969. She claimed these steps do not necessarily come in order, nor are they all experienced by all people, though she stated a person will always experience at least two. She applied these stages to any form of catastrophic personal loss.

Denial: The initial stage: "It can't be happening."
Anger: "Why ME? It's not fair!" (either referring to God, oneself, or anybody perceived, rightly or wrongly, as "responsible" - in this case, the Church)
Bargaining: "Just let me live to see my child(ren) graduate."
Depression: "I'm so sad, why bother with anything?"
Acceptance: "It's going to be OK."

Losing faith in the church can surely be viewed as a catastrophic personal loss. Ex-mo's who are angry are just stuck at this second stage of grief. Give them time and the happiness and acceptance will come. By then, they will probably stop posting on these type of forums. They will have accepted their loss and moved on.

"why me" you are clearly identified in the second stage of grief, Anger. You are angry.

What stage is Crock in then? He doesn't seem very content to me.

The first stage, denial, as are most Mormons.

[_rcrocket]

Yes, Ms. Scratch. You hit the nail on the head.

I hope your daughters read what you write here so they can understand that their father thinks a good way to belittle and demean a man is to call him a woman.

I have reason to believe Scratch is a female posing as a male. How is that demeaning?

[_Jersey Girl]

Yes, Ms. Scratch. You hit the nail on the head.

I hope your daughters read what you write here so they can understand that their father thinks a good way to belittle and demean a man is to call him a woman.

I have reason to believe Scratch is a female posing as a male. How is that demeaning?

Because you are insulting an assumed male poster by calling him a female. Aren't you a lawyer? Don't they teach you to think in law school?

[_beastie]

Yeah seriously, beastie. It's an amazing testimony, isn't it? To what exactly, I'm not entirely certain.

It certainly put the final nail in bob's coffin as far as I'm concerned. All that priesthood and god in embryo nonsense has gone to his head and polluted it. Either that or he was raised by a man who showed no respect for women, either. More likely a combination of the two.

Yes, bob, come on back and tell us how much you looooooove your wife and daughters, how much you respeeeeeect them. To me, after watching you "name call" someone a woman, it will all be:

blah blah blah blah yeah I'm a misogynist arsehole blah blah blah blah


Makes me want to shout hallelujah and thank the gods I'm no longer associated with any patriarchal religion!!

[_harmony]

Yes, Ms. Scratch. You hit the nail on the head.

I hope your daughters read what you write here so they can understand that their father thinks a good way to belittle and demean a man is to call him a woman.

Yeah seriously, beastie. It's an amazing testimony, isn't it? To what exactly, I'm not entirely certain.

To what? To the idea that woman = weak. That woman = fit only to stay home and raise children. That woman = not worthy to be educated so they can earn a decent wage. That woman = stupid. That woman = fit to bear with men but not fit to lead them.

[_beastie]

I have reason to believe Scratch is a female posing as a male. How is that demeaning?

Go blow it out your piehole.

You might as well revert to thinking of me as a sociopath, because all you will ever get from me now on will be insults.

[_harmony]

Yes, Ms. Scratch. You hit the nail on the head.

I hope your daughters read what you write here so they can understand that their father thinks a good way to belittle and demean a man is to call him a woman.

I have reason to believe Scratch is a female posing as a male. How is that demeaning?

On what do you base that conclusion?