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    My mom is a train wreck.... I (we) need advice

    You are a very judgmental. In terms of smearing... I challenge you to figure out who my mother is. I don't chatter, but I do seek Biblically based advice from reputable, and discreet sources.
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    My mom is a train wreck.... I (we) need advice

    She takes anti-diarrhetics. They do not work, probably because she eats poorly--sweets and junk food. She buys them, hides them, and binges on them, something she has done for many many years. Her delight in discord is more of a character trait--very pessimistic.
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    My mom is a train wreck.... I (we) need advice

    [My mother's toilet is nasty-- feces smeered on the seat, splatters on the rim and down the front. We are at a resort this week... she has her own room, and daily housekeeping. Her toilet is nasty. And..... We cannot keep her out of the Jacuzzi... if she shows up, family and friends vacate...
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    My mom is a train wreck.... I (we) need advice

    There is so much good advice... I wish there were a "Like" button to acknowledge. My mother wears adult diapers (except when she forgets.) When she has a major episode, the diaper cannot hold back the mess. I forgot to mention hearing loss-- she forgets her hearing aide often, and...
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    My mom is a train wreck.... I (we) need advice

    "Loving her in spite of her problems" is a challenge. Love can be patient, kind, and not boast. Other than helping her and listening to her, showing up twice a month to her home and calling, what else can I do to be loving? When it comes to grand-kids, they avoid her-- which she finds...
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    My mom is a train wreck.... I (we) need advice

    She's 75 years old. My father just passed away a few months ago. Mom: She suffers from mild dimentia She's obese She has a compulsive eating disorder. She has diabetes, but she's in denial. She is not very mobile. She suffers from severe depression. She is on a litany of...
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    Needing that "super-devil".

    You're basically saying, people abdicate responsibility for their sin and use the devil as an excuse. The tendency to blame the enemy when we fall to temptation is a temptation in and of itself. While we live in the enemy's world, in fallen flesh, we fight a battle against those desires-- the...
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    Can a marriage survive after an emotional affair?

    I agree with you... My pastor uses this when talking to married couples: "The grass is greener where you fertilize it." Marriage requires work/effort. If you aren't meeting the needs of your spouse, someone else will. It's a credo to live by.
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    What has God joined together???

    IMHO, censorship is more detrimental to an intelectual debate than flaming fights. Arguments that errupt resulting in personal insult or attacks should be banned. Ban the R-rated, 4-letter words. Biblical beliefs are going to be attacked. Defending it with love, patience, and sound doctrine...
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    What has God joined together???

    Why would you admonish a perfectly legitimate, intelectually stimulating debate with subjective protocol?
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    What has God joined together???

    Just throwing in more food for thought: Marriage, within much of the region in the middle east today, is seen as a contractual deal, often arranged with dowries. However, one could be married for years, months or even hours... it depends on the arrangement. (Is it any surprise that their rates...
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    Newlyweds struggling with feeling 'in love' and romance..

    LINKH is dead on! Most of the time, sex isn't going to be like Hollywood. In fact, it might even be perfunctory. Yet, giving of yourself physically is a sacrifice, albeit mutually beneficial. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not...
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    Successful Marriages

    Mathew 18. We never air our dirty laundry to anyone but each other, and with each other, with gentlness. We learned early on (through books, Thank God) that there are major unseen consequences when you go to your friends and family to complain about your spouse.
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    Did his dream cause him to stick his foot in his mouth?

    Here's one other thing to consider... Do you normally primp for work? For friends? For occasions that don't involve your husband? Women primp; men don't (really)... but there's a dubious distinction between looking good for us and looking good for others. And, as a man, I think we can be...
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    Did his dream cause him to stick his foot in his mouth?

    Does he have a habit of talking down to you or putting you down? If not, then blow it off. Also, men have moods too... especially on a Friday. Yes, we get off work--weekend starts. But, there's still the crabiness from work. If you were primping for him, and it was not a normal thing, a...
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