That’s inspiring, and beautiful. You should be very, very proud of your rationality, adherance to the Socratic method, and your determination to create and maintain a happy marriage and beautiful life. I know you will achieve your goals. You deserve to.
I agree that jwhendy should be proud of himself, but “You deserve to achieve your goals” and “You will achieve your goals” are probably not related. Don’t assume that this will turn out great with everyone receiving the document crying and hugging and saying how they’ll always love you no matter what. The world doesn’t work that way, and being prepared for that is more important than praising the (admitted) inspiration and beauty of this piece.
Well, of course things may not work out exactly like an Oprah special. But I think that even if there is anger/bitterness/backlash at first, things will, in time, work out and his family will accept him, provided he handles the situation with care (which I predict he will) and provided that his family is composed of people who are somewhere in the vicinity of reasonableness. They may not be. But permanent disownment by a family for purely religious reasons is rare, in my experience. Don’t get me wrong: it happens. But as someone who grew up and lives in the bible belt, it is not common.
That’s inspiring, and beautiful. You should be very, very proud of your rationality, adherance to the Socratic method, and your determination to create and maintain a happy marriage and beautiful life. I know you will achieve your goals. You deserve to.
I agree that jwhendy should be proud of himself, but “You deserve to achieve your goals” and “You will achieve your goals” are probably not related. Don’t assume that this will turn out great with everyone receiving the document crying and hugging and saying how they’ll always love you no matter what. The world doesn’t work that way, and being prepared for that is more important than praising the (admitted) inspiration and beauty of this piece.
Well, of course things may not work out exactly like an Oprah special. But I think that even if there is anger/bitterness/backlash at first, things will, in time, work out and his family will accept him, provided he handles the situation with care (which I predict he will) and provided that his family is composed of people who are somewhere in the vicinity of reasonableness. They may not be. But permanent disownment by a family for purely religious reasons is rare, in my experience. Don’t get me wrong: it happens. But as someone who grew up and lives in the bible belt, it is not common.
Thanks for the comment. Similar to atorm, I did think it was perhaps a bit over the top in terms of its optimism, but I appreciate the gesture.