Breaker one-nine, breaker, breaker, one-nine?

Ciaram22 · February 2012

How have you all been?

crfische · February 2012

I think giving things up for lent is ridiculous, personally.

I get what it's supposed to mean, and most of the time I think what people choose to give up is so weird that I don't take them seriously.

But I'm really upset with the Catholic religion as a whole right now, more than usual, so there's that.

AND. I think it's funny that Catholics only think that Catholics give things up for lent. It's funny.

barrelbabe004 · February 2012

Hi all. I'm not Catholic but H is. I don't know what he's giving up this year. My brother and his gf just broke up. I'm sad because I love her. They're young though and I understand wanting to date some more.

[Deleted User] · February 2012

It is so beautiful. Besides being the best-sounding (IMO) bass out there - I discovered the green/blue finish a few days ago, and decided I had to have one. They're VERY expensive, so I'd have to find a used one. That finish is very rare. I figured it would take me years to find one.

It fell in my lap today. I can't believe it. That bass is like a dream come true. OMG!

Loopyseven · February 2012

Beachy - is it cheating if I skip the Sunday I'm in Mexico? I'm sure there's a church in Cabo, but I don't speak Spanish...

musicalsunlight · February 2012

Aw that is too bad, Barrel. I haven't had to deal w/ a sibling breaking up with a long term SO but I can imagine it is hard when you get attached to them.

musicalsunlight · February 2012

Pop is really the only thing that I ended up permanently giving up after Lent. If there is something I want to "quit", I usually just do it regardless of the time of year. Like, I pretty much have given up alcohol but it was just a personal choice, no other incentive really.

ArynBaker · February 2012

Aleigh, I'm so jealous! If I were just an hour further west I'd have hope of classes canceled.

barrelbabe004 · February 2012

It's hard. She's gone on family vacations with us for a couple years and they were always at our house hanging out. I may be taking it harder than him and that's lame. But I'm going we can still keep on touch, it was an amicable break-up.

Beachy730 · February 2012

Eh, I try to pick things to give up for lent that I overuse. I'm sure some people think they are ridiculous, but that's fine because it's my choice.

I fully admit that I'm ignorant in regards to a lot of other religions, and yeah I had no clue that non-Catholics gave things up for Lent as well.

musicalsunlight · February 2012

If it was an amicable breakup, maybe you staying friends will be possible. J's most serious GF before me was NOT an amicable breakup (he caught her in the act of cheating and they were engaged at the time) but MIL stayed in contact with the exGF for at least a year afterward because she sided with her instead of J. That was a lot of drama that I kind of fell into at the end of it.

barrelbabe004 · February 2012

I find it kind of humorous that my H gives something up for Lent and doesn't eat meat on Fridays but that's the only inkling of religion that I see in him. He does it more to keep his mom happy but I support him.

aleighk1 · February 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_breaker-one-nine-breaker-breaker-one-nine?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:52963fd8-866d-4c38-958f-b975c4d005b3Post:3d7087ba-279f-47af-991f-7af8b075f075">Re: Breaker one-nine, breaker, breaker, one-nine?</a>:
[QUOTE]Aleigh, I'm so jealous! If I were just an hour further west I'd have hope of classes canceled.
Posted by ArynBaker[/QUOTE]

<div>What part of NC are you in?</div>

musicalsunlight · February 2012

I don't know which sects do or don't traditionally incorporate Lent. I know that many Lutheran churches do, since that is what I was raised in.

Loopyseven · February 2012

Barrel - I do the same thing but I rarely go to Church.. I do realize the irony (?) of giving something up for Lent and not eating meat on Friday's and not attending church regularly.

barrelbabe004 · February 2012

I don't know much about Lent. I was raised LDS but have since cut ties. I haven't found anywhere that I feel like I "fit." And I honestly haven't tried that hard either.

aleighk1 · February 2012

I have nothing to do with religion. I don't have the patience for it.

crfische · February 2012

I just don't get it when people follow a religion, but don't follow any of it's practices, doctorines, or really even believe in them. It blows my mind. You follow a religion, but you don't agree with anything it believes in or stand for. I don't get it.

Most of my Catholic friends lie their way through pre-marital counseling. Well..I don't blame you, but then, WHY ARE YOU CATHOLIC?

barrelbabe004 · February 2012

Yikes musu. That'd be hard to have your mom take the opposite side in a situation like that.

ArynBaker · February 2012

I'm in Greenville.

I went to a Christian high-school and still just learned about Ash Wednesday last week. And that was just because the lady I babysit for wants me to come so she and her H can go to mass.

[Deleted User] · February 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_breaker-one-nine-breaker-breaker-one-nine?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:52963fd8-866d-4c38-958f-b975c4d005b3Post:56f1ace8-2bd6-4310-a5c7-3d31b338d802">Re: Breaker one-nine, breaker, breaker, one-nine?</a>:
[QUOTE]I just don't get it when people follow a religion, but don't follow any of it's practices, doctortines, or really even believe in them. It blows my mind. You follow a religion, but you don't agree with anything it believes in or stand for. I don't get it. Most of my Catholic friends lie their way through pre-marital counseling. Well..I don't blame you, but then, WHY ARE YOU CATHOLIC?
Posted by crfische[/QUOTE]
i2i

kellyjellybelly · February 2012

So I think there is alcohol coming out of my pores at the moment, but I am gonna get me a glass of wine.

Ciaram22 · February 2012

My grandparents didn't believe in going to church. Sunday was their day to do nothing but garden or the monthly Costco run. In the first 18 years of my life I think I went to church less than 15 times.

I actually had my H yell at my FIL last week for using our home life and whether or not we were going to take E to church as an example in his Contempory World Issues class.

Loopyseven · February 2012

Fishy - you have a very valid point.

mica178 · February 2012

Hi C! What's up?

musicalsunlight · February 2012

I do know a lot of people (not talking here, but IRL) that do all the pre-marital Catholic counseling just to be able to get married in whatever pretty church their family is a part of. Which I think kind of is weird. We didn't have traditional pre-marital counseling but our pastor, who is a family friend and now retired, met with us twice to talk about our goals and relationship to each other so he could get a better idea of what kind of couple we were. It actually was awesome and made the sermon much more emotional and personal. But we also believe in the things he was preaching too, so there is that.

musicalsunlight · February 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_breaker-one-nine-breaker-breaker-one-nine?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:52963fd8-866d-4c38-958f-b975c4d005b3Post:1ac986ee-0886-45a5-b802-02656aa1a559">Re: Breaker one-nine, breaker, breaker, one-nine?</a>:
[QUOTE]Yikes musu. That'd be hard to have your mom take the opposite side in a situation like that.
Posted by barrelbabe004[/QUOTE]

It was very upsetting to him. ExGF lied to everyone (they lived in a rural area so everyone knows everyone) and said she didn't cheat and that J just lied to make a good reason to break off the engagement. MIL believed her. It took a LONG time to get past that.

Ciaram22 · February 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_breaker-one-nine-breaker-breaker-one-nine?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:52963fd8-866d-4c38-958f-b975c4d005b3Post:55990a40-b2d1-480c-9f0e-5c612defe4d3">Re: Breaker one-nine, breaker, breaker, one-nine?</a>:
[QUOTE]Hi C! What's up?
Posted by mica178[/QUOTE]

Not much. We got home Friday from our vacation. We spent 4 days in Boise and 3 days in Walla Walla. Edmund was blessed by my MILs church. H was hit with some bad news last Monday that we have been trying to deal with and hopefully fix before something serious happens.

Beachy730 · February 2012

I do want to find a church and attend more often because it's just something I've been slacking in. Personally I don't think of myself as less of a Catholic for not going to church regularly, but I know there are people who would think that of me. To me though following a relgiion is more to do with how you practice it in your daily life, not just if you attend church. I know people who cheat on their spouse, yet attend church every Sunday.

crfische · February 2012

Exactly, MuSu. Or, WE HAD TO GET MARRIED IN A CATHOLIC CHURCH OR MOM WOULD BE MAD.

It doesn't compute with me.

Catholic pre-marital counseling goes WAY WAY beyond just hey! Let's figure out how your marriage can be awesome! And most of the people I know personally lie their way through it. I haven't met one couple who hasn't. So. Why support a church you don't follow?

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