The first - a reminder of the horrible world we have brought our children into...
Whilst travelling to Owen's school one morning Rosa declared that someone had ' had a finger sticking out'. After a couple more questions I discovered someone on a bus that had passed had decided that they would be obscene to my three year old when she smiled at them through the window. That, along with some words Josh has privately asked me about - as to their meaning only to find that some peers (from church:( have been passing around a few obscene words, too... I know we cannot escape to the hermitage to avoid the world but honestly, to a three year old?
the second:
'Free photo' which (as expected) is really just a way to try and get you to buy a whole pack of photos (cheapest deal being $150). Now, that is not the part that annoys me. I quite expected to pushed and shoved and made to feel like a nasty mother unless I bought them. It was the comment, "surely you wouldn't need to ask your husband to spend only $150!"
Now that cheeses me! I managed to avoid further guilt-trip/marriage wedging type sales techniques but am not sure I will ever get my 'free' photo...
Now to calm down... :)
PS - I didn't double-book after all ! Yay!
3 comments:
yes, I have had too many guilt trips with those photo sales gimmicks....and for people to make you feel foolish for wanting to consult your spouse! I like consulting spouses for such big expenditures! have a great day anyway.
Oh, Sharon, my heart aches for you and your experiences. People are sick and twisted, but we can also share the love of Christ who redeems them all! That really is the good news of the gospel -- no matter how wrong the world is, God loved it (and us) so much that he sent Jesus.
Praise his name!
I hear you too, Sharon! Especially that last issue. I mentioned to a man a the markets last year that I wanted to talk with my husband before I decided on a purchase, and he said, 'Surely you don't need your husband's permission in 2009?'. Thing is, he automatically heard 'talk to' as 'ask for permission' - as if I was oppressed or something. And this man would have been in his 60's. Made me realise how 'far' things have come in one or two generations. But hey - we get to raise our kids differently, and I think they'll all turn the world upside down with their God-honouring perspectives.
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