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Richard Wade's avatar

So much unnecessary sadness is being spread in this foolish, shallow attitude. Mr. Howerton is stuck in adolescence and possibly will never know what it is like to be an adult, and he wants other perpetual adolescents to keep him company. That's not being "young at heart," it's just being immature.

53 years ago I met a PERSON. She had a beautiful face, a cute figure, and a remarkable mind. I acknowledge that as a 20-year-old, her face and figure were the first things I noticed, but after only a couple of minutes of talking with her, the PERSON was irresistibly attractive. She was smart, caring, honest, fair-minded, and independent. Shortly into our first conversation, she said something about never wanting to be dependent on a man. I was hooked. I didn't want a docile, servile, living sex toy, that was stuff of my 13-year-old puberty. I wanted an equal PARTNER. I was very lucky in two ways: I met her when I did, and I had not been indoctrinated into Christianity's retrogressive sexism.

We've been inseparable since that first meeting, always mutually respectful partners helping each other through each stage of life. Now in the last stages, as Alzheimer's disease is slowly stealing my partner's personhood, I must endure the grief and be steadfast in my respect, love, and caring for her as she is, ...as she is, ...as she is, one fleeting moment at a time.

Even with all that, I wouldn't trade her for anyone else.

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

'It’s also implied that she knows nothing about sex while her virgin husband seems to know exactly what he wants."

One can wonder where does this knowledge come from. I thought good christian men and boys were supposed to use apps to keep each other in check.

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