Comments on: Bragging Rights http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/24/bragging-rights/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:50:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.5 By: Natalie Short http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/24/bragging-rights/#comment-19346 Natalie Short Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:28:40 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/24/bragging-rights/#comment-19346 Thank you so much for addressing this. I'm going to have to mull this over some more, but I really appreciate it. Maybe I'm still acting like a newly wed (just over a year now), but I really struggle more with the bragging than the complaining. This and the previous post should help. Thank you so much for addressing this. I’m going to have to mull this over some more, but I really appreciate it. Maybe I’m still acting like a newly wed (just over a year now), but I really struggle more with the bragging than the complaining. This and the previous post should help.

]]> By: Amanda http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/24/bragging-rights/#comment-19341 Amanda Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:40:59 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/24/bragging-rights/#comment-19341 And with marriage getting such a bad rap in our divorce-loving culture it's nice to beat the drum for the 'other side'. And with marriage getting such a bad rap in our divorce-loving culture it’s nice to beat the drum for the ‘other side’.

]]> By: Billie http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/24/bragging-rights/#comment-19331 Billie Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:53:52 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/24/bragging-rights/#comment-19331 Thank you! As usual, it takes wisdom. Hopefully, I'm growing in it! Thank you! As usual, it takes wisdom. Hopefully, I’m growing in it!

]]> By: kamelda http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/24/bragging-rights/#comment-19308 kamelda Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:45:50 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/24/bragging-rights/#comment-19308 'Sometimes women with healthy marriages are tempted to share something negative just to “connect” with the other women in the room who are having marriage problems.' A temptation I have felt in the past, though I had not identified it so clearly before. It does backfire. The one person I did this with now assumes a knowing attitude about my marriage, as if my husband is really a jerk no matter what I think or say. That certainly wasn't the point. ‘Sometimes women with healthy marriages are tempted to share something negative just to “connect” with the other women in the room who are having marriage problems.’

A temptation I have felt in the past, though I had not identified it so clearly before. It does backfire. The one person I did this with now assumes a knowing attitude about my marriage, as if my husband is really a jerk no matter what I think or say. That certainly wasn’t the point.

]]> By: Monica http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/24/bragging-rights/#comment-19275 Monica Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:32:46 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/24/bragging-rights/#comment-19275 I have felt like this often. In a society where "husband-bashing" has been elevated to an art form, I usually just keep my mouth shut. I am blessed with a husband who loves to care for me, and surprise me with romantic gifts, and goes out of his way to honor me, but I often keep my mouth shut about this because usually other women tease us or roll their eyes or I'm afraid, as you said, that it will make them feel bad. I never really thought about it much before, but I appreciate these words of guidance. I have felt like this often. In a society where “husband-bashing” has been elevated to an art form, I usually just keep my mouth shut. I am blessed with a husband who loves to care for me, and surprise me with romantic gifts, and goes out of his way to honor me, but I often keep my mouth shut about this because usually other women tease us or roll their eyes or I’m afraid, as you said, that it will make them feel bad. I never really thought about it much before, but I appreciate these words of guidance.

]]> By: bean http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/24/bragging-rights/#comment-19183 bean Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:38:32 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/24/bragging-rights/#comment-19183 Oh, this post is so great! I need to print this and read it over and over. After reading the Fruit of Her Hands and getting my respect in gear, I have encountered similar situations. Some where I have struggled with feeling bad that I have such a great husband while others were "suffering" (later realizing that there was just a lot of ungrateful complaining going on), and also feeling like I may not be connecting with others who are truly struggling because I am not having difficulties and really do think I have an amazing husband. Thank you for this encouragement - WISDOM is what I need, and God loves to give it. Keep writing - I love it! Oh, this post is so great! I need to print this and read it over and over. After reading the Fruit of Her Hands and getting my respect in gear, I have encountered similar situations. Some where I have struggled with feeling bad that I have such a great husband while others were “suffering” (later realizing that there was just a lot of ungrateful complaining going on), and also feeling like I may not be connecting with others who are truly struggling because I am not having difficulties and really do think I have an amazing husband. Thank you for this encouragement - WISDOM is what I need, and God loves to give it. Keep writing - I love it!

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