tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884927711300537802.post1412053154111609459..comments2023-06-17T08:49:52.285-07:00Comments on Ward Gossip: I Used to Dread the WeekendDonna Bantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271377907141866718noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884927711300537802.post-63532569066986370862014-09-08T13:04:09.206-07:002014-09-08T13:04:09.206-07:00Oh my! I'd forgotten about the LHO resemblance...Oh my! I'd forgotten about the LHO resemblance. So he's the guy who called you disrespectful? Ick.Donna Bantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01271377907141866718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884927711300537802.post-4493790482362605902014-09-08T10:26:00.759-07:002014-09-08T10:26:00.759-07:00that very well could be a large part of her proble...that very well could be a large part of her problem.. I'm pretty sure she's also bat-shit crazy. Why else would she have married a man who looked just like Lee Harvey Oswald? the kids who are old enough to have escaped are the happiest they've ever been in their entire lives.AlexisARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884927711300537802.post-33302563122184540952014-09-07T19:31:40.947-07:002014-09-07T19:31:40.947-07:00Goldarn, you are so right! I remember every time I...Goldarn, you are so right! I remember every time I had to give a talk I'd look out at a tragically bored/pained audience. Very telling indeed.Donna Bantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01271377907141866718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884927711300537802.post-26119587256366556682014-09-07T13:43:45.293-07:002014-09-07T13:43:45.293-07:00I feel for you. Just after college I used to leave...I feel for you. Just after college I used to leave just after the sacrament (not the meeting, just the bread and water). I mean, I got dressed up in a suit for about, what, 25 minutes of church?<br /><br />And I felt guilty, but church was just bad.<br /><br />Then I got married, and started going full time for two more decades, often feeling headachy or sick or anxious or whatever. Even when I felt good I felt bored. Then they made me sacrament chorister and I got to look out at everybody, and they all looked headachy or sick or anxious or bored. Nobody looked happy to be there. That's when I realized I wasn't the one with the problem, not unless everyone else had the problem, too.Goldarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01002035439360220264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884927711300537802.post-18310994822888984402014-09-07T08:07:31.767-07:002014-09-07T08:07:31.767-07:00Thanks guys! I'm with Ahab, to hell with demor...Thanks guys! I'm with Ahab, to hell with demoralizing church rituals. And Marion, that song is truly terrible. Imagine depriving yourself and your kids a day off. <br /><br />Heather you make a great point, if church is so fantastic, why is everyone always late? I can't remember the last time I was late to a movie.<br /><br />Alexis, it sounds to me like your aunt is one of those Mormon SAHM's who would have preferred a different career, denied herself the opportunity out of "righteousness" and instead uses the RS as a poor substitute for a profession and takes her frustration out on her kids. A bad combination.Donna Bantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01271377907141866718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884927711300537802.post-8522909800134116422014-09-07T00:53:14.885-07:002014-09-07T00:53:14.885-07:00I'm lucky, because this was only a summer way ...I'm lucky, because this was only a summer way of life for me. i did several summers in the care of Utah relatives for various reasons until my parents each grew a brain. Anyway, once I actually said to my aunt, "Look, you send all of us to summer school from 7:45 until 1:00 Monday through Friday.. You have one kid left at home every day, and even HE goes to preschool three days a week for three hours. Exactly what is it that you are doing with your time when we're away that keeps you from doing any housework whatsoever, so that Saturday isn't some kind of frenetic marathon of cleaning, gardening, and grooming?" For that, I was slapped across the face, but I'm still glad I said it. <br /><br />It caused her husband to look at her and say, "What is it you do during all the time the kids are away from here? I'm all for every one of them doing chores every day, but it's sort of looking like they're the only ones doing any work. You even make the kids cook, every night, not to mention that they get no help from either of us with the dishes. I'm not sure Alexis doesn't have a point."<br /><br />Then he turned to me and said, "YOU were disrespectful and deserved exactly what you got."<br /><br />I know his kids are still grateful to me, though their mother hates me with a loathing usually reserved for serial killers..<br /><br />All my aunt was doing with her time was getting together with her cross-the-street neighbor and trying to think up cooler relief society crafts than the other ward had, The ward boundary was right on the middle of their block, and competition between the two wards, who shared a meetinghouse, was unbelievably fierce..<br /> <br /> I stil hate that "Saturday" song with a vengeance.AlexisARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884927711300537802.post-8231073597330899212014-09-06T19:25:21.238-07:002014-09-06T19:25:21.238-07:00Mmmm I love Sunday mornings now. Sleep in and cud...Mmmm I love Sunday mornings now. Sleep in and cuddle with the hubs, mid morning french toast, just a lazy and non scheduled day... <br /><br />What I love to watch is the church members speeding to get to their meetings while I drink coffee on the front porch or am walking on the nature path- and non of these people are smiling. If church is that true and that great they shouldn't be late and they should be elated to attend. You'd think. Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15224987243792978016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884927711300537802.post-16692797746164333662014-09-06T09:24:35.299-07:002014-09-06T09:24:35.299-07:00This is a beautiful post. And that song is terribl...This is a beautiful post. And that song is terrible.Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849152901490157302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884927711300537802.post-30859839703720469192014-09-06T08:47:09.283-07:002014-09-06T08:47:09.283-07:00I raise my cup of coffee to guilt-free, relaxed we...I raise my cup of coffee to guilt-free, relaxed weekends. Who needs demoralizing church rituals?Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884927711300537802.post-84471120775332451782014-09-06T07:12:37.881-07:002014-09-06T07:12:37.881-07:00Thanks AT and JJ. I'm starting into what promi...Thanks AT and JJ. I'm starting into what promises to be yet another pleasant weekend as we speak. Hope you are too! Donna Bantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01271377907141866718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884927711300537802.post-9438934617148943002014-09-06T06:47:10.652-07:002014-09-06T06:47:10.652-07:00Here, here Ms. Banta. It's nice to own the wee...Here, here Ms. Banta. It's nice to own the weekends! Not missing Church with, all it's trappings, not even a little bit!Just Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17617582702842642998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1884927711300537802.post-86097300614045469502014-09-05T17:41:27.602-07:002014-09-05T17:41:27.602-07:00Lovely post, Donna. Amazing how much the stress l...Lovely post, Donna. Amazing how much the stress level goes down upon losing that religion. Here's wishing you many many more stress-free Sundays!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05362339037879270082noreply@blogger.com