Discussion: Cohabitation?

Beachy730 · April 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_military-brides_discussion-cohabitation?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:13Discussion:d6b443ae-ea80-4e09-9e65-341147cac9daPost:72bc301e-e740-41eb-8f61-e00b53cb588a">Re: Discussion: Cohabitation?</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Discussion: Cohabitation? : I'm just saying that you seemed to get pretty worked up about AMH's dissatisfactory comments about her cruise, yet you say that people here "reach to get offended."
Posted by BinxRose[/QUOTE]

<div>I never once said I was offended by her cruise comments at all. Again, I fail to see the similarities. There is a huge difference between somone having differing opinions and someone claiming to be offended by someone. It's the intolerance for differing opinions that is so disgusting on this board anymore. </div>

ggirl2001 · April 2012

Beach wasn't offended though by amh cruise info. She told her she should have researched more and that shes partly to blame. Theres a difference between being offended and disagreeing with someone. I don't agree with what fire said but I'm certainly not going to tell her that I'm offended by her beliefs. As long as she doesn't expect me to believe them, then we're good.

amh04 · April 2012

Too much to try and quote but basically I'll say this:
Why the hell my cruise post was brought up is beyond me - it has absolutely no correlation to this post whatso freaking ever. That was the most ridiculous post to quote. Seriously? I didn't know a cruise experience and a cohabitation view thread were so alike.

Secondly - I agree with what Fire said about being Christian and having conservative views, no need to elaborate. And I do also feel that a lot of my views as Irish put are automatically tagged as 'Crazy Christian' or whatever you want to tag it as.

Thridly - Maybe I over reacted and was a tad nit picky on the vacation post - but that's bound to happen when its the internet and you feel attacked for your opinion/experience.

Fourth - I appreciate what Beach has to say regarding this "And just because I don't particularly agree with Fire or AMH on every thread doesn't mean I won't stand up for them in a thread if I think someone is dumb just because my "friends" are the ones saying what I disagree with. " and this " there is a huge difference between somone having differing opinions and someone claiming to be offended by someone. It's the intolerance for differing opinions that is so disgusting on this board anymore. " (stupid TK wont let me bold) While I might not agree with everything beach or anyone has ever said - I like having discussions with others with different view points - but the thing is, is that a respectful discussion where people don't come away as being "offended" or upset by the other persons views, or where people can't respectfully agree to disagree rarely happens on the internet or even on this board. Someone always gets butt hurt and this happens. It's ridiculous. Heaven forbid if you have an unpopular view and voice it.

kyrgyzstan · April 2012

Can I just lol at "religious christians"? Aren't all self described Christians religious? I am. What I said was religious conservatives. And if you can find a study for me that says religious conservatives get divorced at the same rate as non religious conservatives or religious non-social conservatives, well, good to go. Because of course religious Christians get divorced. *looks in mirror*

divinemsbee · April 2012

Meh. I know there are people on this board who think differently than me, and I knew there would be differing opinions on this article. Part of what makes a fun and spirited discussion is that there are people who are all over the map on many issues. I'll stand by what I said, which is basically that I feel as though studies like this leave out many control factors (especially religion) which makes me doubt if they can be generally applied.

Having grown up in MS, the buckle of the Bible Belt, it's hard for me to think that anyone on this thread is "crazy Christian." No one here has been even close. Ever. I do know that there are people who would judge me for living with FI, and they are more than welcome to; this is what works for us. I'm 28 years old and have lived on my own for a substantial portion of the last ten years, I feel as though my independence is intact, and as long as I know that, everything's cool. Plus, I've done so many more things that anybody could judge me on that if I didn't want to be judged I might as well never open my mouth. Plus, it works both ways, someone can side-eye me for living in sin, and I can side-eye them for thinking that not living together automatically means their marriage is less likely to fail (no one here said that, just riffing).

firemedicrr · April 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_military-brides_discussion-cohabitation?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:13Discussion:d6b443ae-ea80-4e09-9e65-341147cac9daPost:f02dc12c-00d4-4ed1-8f82-9b1067c9ea97">Re: Discussion: Cohabitation?</a>:
[QUOTE]Can I just lol at "religious christians"? Aren't all self described Christians religious? I am. What I said was religious conservatives. And if you can find a study for me that says religious conservatives get divorced at the same rate as non religious conservatives or religious non-social conservatives, well, good to go. Because of course religious Christians get divorced. *looks in mirror*
Posted by WishIcouldbeinthe'stan[/QUOTE]

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</div><div>I guess that was a funny way to word that, wasn't it? lol</div><div>
</div><div>ln our premarital counseling, we were presented with studies showing the divorce rate is just as high among those who identify themselves as Christian and regular churchgoers as it is those who do not (I guess that's what I meant by religious Christians- some people identify themselves as Christians, but there are varying degrees of Christian practice). I don't have the materials we were given here with me, though.</div><div>
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Irishcurls · April 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_military-brides_discussion-cohabitation?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:13Discussion:d6b443ae-ea80-4e09-9e65-341147cac9daPost:e8537701-1e10-4995-b9b3-27488fb8da94">Re: Discussion: Cohabitation?</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Discussion: Cohabitation? : I guess that was a funny way to word that, wasn't it? lol ln our premarital counseling, we were presented with studies showing the divorce rate is just as high among those who identify themselves as Christian and regular churchgoers as it is those who do not (I guess that's what I meant by religious Christians- some people identify themselves as Christians, but there are varying degrees of Christian practice). I don't have the materials we were given here with me, though.
Posted by firemedicrr[/QUOTE]
Yeah I was going to say, I know a lot of non religious Christians.

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