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ebuddy · Apr 12, 2009, 06:08 AM

For those who celebrate Easter and to all those posting here and in the PWL, I hope you and yours have a blessed day.

brassplayersrock² · Apr 12, 2009, 06:41 AM

wrong forum:

Political/War Lounge (3 Viewing) Politics, war, religion, party bickering, etc. Please check straw men at the door.

JUST KIDDING!!

Happy Easter ebuddy

Maflynn · Apr 12, 2009, 08:16 AM

Happy Easter on this resurrection Sunday

ShortcutToMoncton · Apr 12, 2009, 08:30 AM

For those of you who don't celebrate Easter – have a killer bunny day instead!

olePigeon · Apr 12, 2009, 08:17 PM

Happy Ēostre. Hope you have lots of sex and a bountiful harvest.

Can't you guys get your own holidays?

Brien · Apr 12, 2009, 11:41 PM

Happy easter y'all.

Laminar · Apr 12, 2009, 11:44 PM

Happy Easter. I had a fantastic weekend with the family.

I test drove a new Fusion.

I rode a 35 year old 200cc motorcycle 50 miles through the middle of nowhere.

I did some body work on my dad's car.

I asked my girlfriend's parents for her hand.

A pretty good weekend overall.

Salty · Apr 14, 2009, 12:44 PM

I hope everyone had a good cadbury day

Btw I hate to admit it... I was most looking forward to the Doctor Who easter special...

shifuimam · Apr 14, 2009, 12:54 PM

Happy Easter. Spent mine with the boy's family and am now wearing his ex-fiancee's $3500 engagement ring until we return it to the jewelry store where he originally bought it. (No, I'm not engaged - there will be an attention whore thread when that happens, believe me.)

Then I drove. And drove and drove and drove, straight through from Nashville to Indianapolis. It sucked. I never want to drive again.

Oh, and we stopped at an "adult superstore" in Kentucky. I've never seen so many vibrators. They had a buttplug that was easily 9-10" in diameter at the base. I wanted to buy it and paint it to look like a garden gnome, take it to work, and see if anyone could figure out what it actually was.

Salty · Apr 14, 2009, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by shifuimam

Happy Easter. Spent mine with the boy's family and am now wearing his ex-fiancee's $3500 engagement ring until we return it to the jewelry store where he originally bought it. (No, I'm not engaged - there will be an attention whore thread when that happens, believe me.)

Then I drove. And drove and drove and drove, straight through from Nashville to Indianapolis. It sucked. I never want to drive again.

Oh, and we stopped at an "adult superstore" in Kentucky. I've never seen so many vibrators. They had a buttplug that was easily 9-10" in diameter at the base. I wanted to buy it and paint it to look like a garden gnome, take it to work, and see if anyone could figure out what it actually was.

Wow... I'd love to do that! I don't understand how people can do that sorta thing to their butts!

Railroader · Apr 14, 2009, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by Laminar

Happy Easter. I had a fantastic weekend with the family.

I test drove a new Fusion.

I rode a 35 year old 200cc motorcycle 50 miles through the middle of nowhere.

I did some body work on my dad's car.

I asked my girlfriend's parents for her hand.

A pretty good weekend overall.

Originally Posted by shifuimam

Happy Easter. Spent mine with the boy's family and am now wearing his ex-fiancee's $3500 engagement ring until we return it to the jewelry store where he originally bought it. (No, I'm not engaged - there will be an attention whore thread when that happens, believe me.)

Then I drove. And drove and drove and drove, straight through from Nashville to Indianapolis. It sucked. I never want to drive again.

Oh, and we stopped at an "adult superstore" in Kentucky. I've never seen so many vibrators. They had a buttplug that was easily 9-10" in diameter at the base. I wanted to buy it and paint it to look like a garden gnome, take it to work, and see if anyone could figure out what it actually was.

Seriously, congratulations to both of you.

ShortcutToMoncton · Apr 14, 2009, 01:54 PM

No kidding, that one has been brewing for a while now...

Laminar · Apr 14, 2009, 01:55 PM

And due to my "inadequacy," we had to pick up a "substitute" or two at the "adult" store.

shifuimam · Apr 14, 2009, 04:36 PM

This thread is quickly becoming legendary.

I don't know which is classier - our stop at the adult superstore, or the fact that I had to wrap scotch tape around this ring to get it to stay on my finger.

The nutbag he was engaged to just wanted some bling. She didn't even really want to get married anymore, by the time they actually got engaged. Bitch.

Congrats, Laminar. I'll send you a buttplug as a wedding gift.

dcmacdaddy · Apr 14, 2009, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by shifuimam

Congrats, Laminar. I'll send you a buttplug as a wedding gift.

This is the stuff legendary threads are made of.

PS: Congrats to Laminar for his engagement.

Laminar · Apr 15, 2009, 12:26 AM

It's not official yet, I just have her parents' permission. The engagement will come soon enough, but she has no idea at this point.

brassplayersrock² · Apr 15, 2009, 02:24 AM

Originally Posted by shifuimam

This thread is quickly becoming legendary.
-snip-

Congrats, Laminar. I'll send you a buttplug as a wedding gift.

pictures or else

shifuimam · Apr 15, 2009, 09:16 AM

Originally Posted by Laminar

It's not official yet, I just have her parents' permission. The engagement will come soon enough, but she has no idea at this point.

You've at least talked about getting married, I hope. This isn't something you want to spring on a girl if she's completely unprepared for the idea of marriage.

I've never really understood the asking-the-parents-for-permission thing. What are they going to do, say no and prohibit you from marrying their daughter? Isn't it her decision whether or not she wants to marry you? It's not like she's the property of her parents, sitting by while they make all of her life choices for her. It's the same with the whole thing about the father giving the bride away at the wedding, like he's passing control of her over to her husband. Screw that. I'm not some puppet under the control of the men in my life. I'll decide who I marry and when I marry them. No man, father or not, is going to make that decision for me. It's my life - not my father's, my brother's, or anyone else's.

/feminist rant

ShortcutToMoncton · Apr 15, 2009, 10:06 AM

OOooooooo, someone's got some parental issues... didn't see that one coming

andi*pandi · Apr 15, 2009, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by shifuimam

/feminist rant

While I agree with much of that, I do think it is charming and respectful to ask the parents. Of course they don't have final say, but they may have helpful advice or even just appreciate the thought.

I had both my parents walk me down the aisle. My husband had his parents walk him down. Even without the "passing of ownership" there is still a place in a wedding for a parental transition role.

Good Luck Laminar, hope she says yes!

OreoCookie · Apr 15, 2009, 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by shifuimam

You've at least talked about getting married, I hope. This isn't something you want to spring on a girl if she's completely unprepared for the idea of marriage.

I've never really understood the asking-the-parents-for-permission thing. What are they going to do, say no and prohibit you from marrying their daughter? Isn't it her decision whether or not she wants to marry you?

Well, as far as I know the tradition, you ask the parents after she has said yes. I've understood asking the parents only as a way to foster a good relationship with your future in-laws, it's a sign of respect and that you like them.

To be honest, I wouldn't do that with all prospective in-laws: the parents of one gf I've had in particular, I would have never wanted to ask them to. (They were `difficult,' if you know what I mean.)

Laminar · Apr 15, 2009, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by shifuimam

You've at least talked about getting married, I hope. This isn't something you want to spring on a girl if she's completely unprepared for the idea of marriage.

Yes, we've been dating for a year and a half, we've both started at companies we can see ourselves in long term, and we've discussed the M word.

I've never really understood the asking-the-parents-for-permission thing. What are they going to do, say no and prohibit you from marrying their daughter? Isn't it her decision whether or not she wants to marry you? It's not like she's the property of her parents, sitting by while they make all of her life choices for her. It's the same with the whole thing about the father giving the bride away at the wedding, like he's passing control of her over to her husband. Screw that. I'm not some puppet under the control of the men in my life. I'll decide who I marry and when I marry them. No man, father or not, is going to make that decision for me. It's my life - not my father's, my brother's, or anyone else's.

/feminist rant

It shows respect. It doesn't mean they own her, I didn't offer her dad a couple goats and a nice piece of land in trade, but I showed them that I value and respect their position in her life. Some people are very close with their family.

Tiresias · Apr 15, 2009, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by shifuimam

You've at least talked about getting married, I hope. This isn't something you want to spring on a girl if she's completely unprepared for the idea of marriage.

I've never really understood the asking-the-parents-for-permission thing. What are they going to do, say no and prohibit you from marrying their daughter? Isn't it her decision whether or not she wants to marry you? It's not like she's the property of her parents, sitting by while they make all of her life choices for her. It's the same with the whole thing about the father giving the bride away at the wedding, like he's passing control of her over to her husband. Screw that. I'm not some puppet under the control of the men in my life. I'll decide who I marry and when I marry them. No man, father or not, is going to make that decision for me. It's my life - not my father's, my brother's, or anyone else's.

/feminist rant

QFT!

ShortcutToMoncton · Apr 15, 2009, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by Laminar

I didn't offer her dad a couple goats and a nice piece of land in trade

Mad intarweb points if you do

shifuimam · Apr 15, 2009, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by Laminar

It shows respect. It doesn't mean they own her, I didn't offer her dad a couple goats and a nice piece of land in trade, but I showed them that I value and respect their position in her life. Some people are very close with their family.

Maybe I'm just coming at it from the perspective of someone who is very independent. I've long grown out of looking to my mother for permission or blessing to do anything with my life. Even if my father were still a part of my life, I wouldn't be looking to him for permission to do anything in my life, from buying a dress for a first date to whom I choose to marry.

It just seems like, at least in the conservative Christian world in which I was raised, that the asking-dad's-permission and the handing-off-of-the-bride-at-the-altar things come directly from the idea that a woman is more or less under the thumb of her father and, after marriage, her husband.

Face it - the traditions discussed in the Bible are very male-centric and place a woman underneath a man in the hierarchy. When a high school friend of mine got married, she was still living at home (she was 21) and "submitted" to her father's rule (he wasn't a dipwad or anything, but she never made decisions without asking his permission first). She told me flat-out that she was perfectly fine with control of her life being passed from her father to her husband-to-be. I thought that was ridiculous.

Another married Christian couple I know is much the same. The husband handles all the big stuff, like finances and large purchase decisions. The wife doesn't even know what's going on with their finances - if he died in a fire tomorrow, she wouldn't even know how to easily access information on their bank and investment accounts.

It's that kind of stuff in the Christian world that just really, really bothers me. As a woman, it is not up to any man, related or not, to decide how I live my life. That's my decision. Not only that, but I view marriage as a partnership - not a woman being under the patriarchal control of her husband. The husband and wife should take equal part in big decisions, and both should be active and equal participants in things as important as the family finances.

I'm not a hardcore feminist or anything, but I've gotten a little weary of the so-called Christian tenet that women are supposed to be subservient to men at all times.

Originally Posted by andi*pandi

Even without the "passing of ownership" there is still a place in a wedding for a parental transition role.

I think that greatly depends on the relationship both people have with their respective parent(s). When I get married, there will be no transition of roles from my mother or from the boyfriend's parents. I've already decided that I'm going to have my best friend (who's a guy) walk me down the aisle, because that means a lot more to me than having my brother or someone else do it - my husband is supposed to be my best friend, and my BFF is going to have to adapt to our friendship changing as a result.

brassplayersrock² · Apr 15, 2009, 10:45 PM

This thread is about Easter?

Laminar · Apr 15, 2009, 10:59 PM

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock²

This thread is about Easter?

I, too, am surprised that a thread drifted from its original topic!

shifuimam · Apr 15, 2009, 11:00 PM

Of course not. Like all Lounge threads, it's about me.

And poop.

olePigeon · Apr 15, 2009, 11:22 PM

Originally Posted by OreoCookie

(They were `difficult,' if you know what I mean.)

They buried former suiters in their basement?

Face Ache · Apr 15, 2009, 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by andi*pandi

I had both my parents walk me down the aisle.

You say walk. Video ref says drag.

Originally Posted by Laminar

I didn't offer her dad a couple goats and a nice piece of land in trade

So... what are your plans for the goats?

Originally Posted by Salty

Wow... I'd love to do that! I don't understand how people can do that sorta thing to their butts!

I'm sure there are probably tutorials online, if you're interested.

<Two thumbs up - gotta start somewhere.

Congratulations all, on the butt plug gnome zombie jesus nupital Fusion thing.