Mercury wrote:I wish My wife, child and I could enjoy the whole day together but theres this three hour commitment that saps the life energy from my wife and child. By the time my wife gets up to about 1 she has to dedicate to this time sink.
Family: Isn't it about time?
Since it was "Mother's Day", I hope you didn't rag on her about how she chose to spend HER day--I hope you just brought your complaints here and tried to make it a special day for her. After all, you've got 364 other days to complain about not having her full attention and the amount of time she spends worshipping.
Sorry, but your complaint sounds rather selfish.
Why? My intent in my comments were centered around HER enjoying mothers day. SHE spends most of the day preparing, attending and recovering from the mindjob one gets @ LDS church services.
Glad to know you were just thinking of her.:) I don't know about your wife, but I'm happy to go--even on Mother's day, since that is where we take the sacrament and remember the sacrifice of our Savior. It's really not much to ask of us, after all he did for us. If your wife is a believer, then maybe she feels like I do, and you don't need to feel sorry for her.
What exactly does taking some stale bread and tapwater into your digestive system have to do with an imaginary friend of yours? And while were at it, what does the sacrament have to do with mothers day?
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Gazelam wrote:My wife got breakfast in bed, and our ward handed out loaves of home made bread.
So, who made the home-made bread? I hope it wasn't the women. I'd love a loaf of home made bread but I wouldn't want to make the other sisters have to do all that work.
Toffee, yum!
We got a small (and I do mean small) bag of truffles--it only held three and they were gone in two shakes. One year they handed out pamphlets...you can imagine how that went over. I actually felt incensed--but of course, there was probably some well-meaning person behind the decision, saying, "why do we give out candy, too many mothers are diabetics--and flowers are no good, they just die and some of the women are allergic. How about a nice pamphlet that talks about mothers?" "Yea, great idea!"
Sorry, but unless that pamphlet was wrapped around a chocolate bar, forget it!
Mercury wrote:I wish My wife, child and I could enjoy the whole day together but theres this three hour commitment that saps the life energy from my wife and child. By the time my wife gets up to about 1 she has to dedicate to this time sink.
Family: Isn't it about time?
Since it was "Mother's Day", I hope you didn't rag on her about how she chose to spend HER day--I hope you just brought your complaints here and tried to make it a special day for her. After all, you've got 364 other days to complain about not having her full attention and the amount of time she spends worshipping.
Sorry, but your complaint sounds rather selfish.
Why? My intent in my comments were centered around HER enjoying mothers day. SHE spends most of the day preparing, attending and recovering from the mindjob one gets @ LDS church services.
Glad to know you were just thinking of her.:) I don't know about your wife, but I'm happy to go--even on Mother's day, since that is where we take the sacrament and remember the sacrifice of our Savior. It's really not much to ask of us, after all he did for us. If your wife is a believer, then maybe she feels like I do, and you don't need to feel sorry for her.
What exactly does taking some stale bread and tapwater into your digestive system have to do with an imaginary friend of yours? And while were at it, what does the sacrament have to do with mothers day?
I guess it means nothing to you, but to those who believe, it's a sacred ritual.
LDS believe in taking the sacrament each week and since Mother's day is celebrated on Sunday, then we do both--celebrate Mother's day with our mothers, but also go to church to take the sacrament.