Comments on: This weekend in word pictures http://wonderment.jeremiahone.net/2007/08/27/this-weekend-in-word-pictures/ Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. - Thich Nhat Hanh Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:44:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Young'un http://wonderment.jeremiahone.net/2007/08/27/this-weekend-in-word-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-572 Young'un Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:37:37 +0000 http://wonderment.jeremiahone.net/2007/08/27/this-weekend-in-word-pictures/#comment-572 Yes, but you shouldn't expect a straight answer when your question is loaded with accusations :) Using the word "mourning" can't be accurate. Any event I know of where actual mourning is involved isn't fun at all. Bachelor(ette) parties are festive and people have fun. It is true that some guys enjoy going to the strip club - albeit a small minority considering the tiny number of strip clubs operating in this state - and it should be fair to say that most women wouldn't want their husbands going to a strip club. That and heavy drinking are activities usually enjoyed while people are single. For the people that enjoy them, how can it not be perfect timing to partake in them at a bachelor(ette) party? Yes, but you shouldn’t expect a straight answer when your question is loaded with accusations :) Using the word “mourning” can’t be accurate. Any event I know of where actual mourning is involved isn’t fun at all. Bachelor(ette) parties are festive and people have fun. It is true that some guys enjoy going to the strip club – albeit a small minority considering the tiny number of strip clubs operating in this state – and it should be fair to say that most women wouldn’t want their husbands going to a strip club. That and heavy drinking are activities usually enjoyed while people are single. For the people that enjoy them, how can it not be perfect timing to partake in them at a bachelor(ette) party?

]]> By: kelly http://wonderment.jeremiahone.net/2007/08/27/this-weekend-in-word-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-571 kelly Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:26:36 +0000 http://wonderment.jeremiahone.net/2007/08/27/this-weekend-in-word-pictures/#comment-571 You forget that 1) while surrounded in negativity, I was actually asking for an explanation of what the purpose is, and 2) my friends demanded a bachelorette party, not me. Celebrations I get. It just doesn't seem, to me, that the traditional activities associated with bachelor and bachelorette parties are a celebration of the impending marriage, but rather a mourning for the loss of one's singlehood. This is why everyone is not like me. If they were, there would be no strip clubs, and probably no bars, and definitely no beer and no tomatoes or onions. It would probably be a very boring world, and perhaps a bit crazy in the head. From my perspective, there are a lot of things that go on in this world I don't understand. Occasionally, I feel the need to ask for some help understanding that which seems to be self-evident but, to me, is not. You forget that 1) while surrounded in negativity, I was actually asking for an explanation of what the purpose is, and 2) my friends demanded a bachelorette party, not me.

Celebrations I get. It just doesn’t seem, to me, that the traditional activities associated with bachelor and bachelorette parties are a celebration of the impending marriage, but rather a mourning for the loss of one’s singlehood.

This is why everyone is not like me. If they were, there would be no strip clubs, and probably no bars, and definitely no beer and no tomatoes or onions. It would probably be a very boring world, and perhaps a bit crazy in the head. From my perspective, there are a lot of things that go on in this world I don’t understand. Occasionally, I feel the need to ask for some help understanding that which seems to be self-evident but, to me, is not.

]]> By: Young'un http://wonderment.jeremiahone.net/2007/08/27/this-weekend-in-word-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-570 Young'un Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:47:45 +0000 http://wonderment.jeremiahone.net/2007/08/27/this-weekend-in-word-pictures/#comment-570 In regards to bachelor parties... Such negativity for something which is actually a celebration of the fact that I am getting married. You should at least appreciate the traditional nature of the event, and perhaps that little stereotypically traditional activities occurred. I'm not quite sure how it's in any way different from you going out to enjoy some margaritas with your friends. In regards to bachelor parties… Such negativity for something which is actually a celebration of the fact that I am getting married. You should at least appreciate the traditional nature of the event, and perhaps that little stereotypically traditional activities occurred. I’m not quite sure how it’s in any way different from you going out to enjoy some margaritas with your friends.

]]> By: Liz http://wonderment.jeremiahone.net/2007/08/27/this-weekend-in-word-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-557 Liz Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:18:25 +0000 http://wonderment.jeremiahone.net/2007/08/27/this-weekend-in-word-pictures/#comment-557 I find it hilarious that either you or Prince Charming need a step stool for <i>anything</i>. :) I find it hilarious that either you or Prince Charming need a step stool for anything. :)

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