http://thenightwriterblog.com/2008/01/01/a-balm-in-gilead-part-3-children/ Illuminating fun, faith, family and foolishness. Wed, 09 May 2012 22:58:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://thenightwriterblog.com/2008/01/01/a-balm-in-gilead-part-3-children/comment-page-1/#comment-2330 Night Writer Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:16:33 +0000 http://thenightwriterblog.com/?p=997#comment-2330 But would you or those young men have been willing to submit to such a conversation, or honored a parental veto if it came? But would you or those young men have been willing to submit to such a conversation, or honored a parental veto if it came?

]]> http://thenightwriterblog.com/2008/01/01/a-balm-in-gilead-part-3-children/comment-page-1/#comment-2329 Rev. Mother Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:00:32 +0000 http://thenightwriterblog.com/?p=997#comment-2329 I fully expected Ben to say he wanted to marry our daughter. When you ask someone what their intentions are in this situation, what else are they supposed to say. "I want to see where this goes"? The ultimate goal is marriage and not making that the goal is what is wrong with the whole dating culture we have developed in America. If my father had had this conversation with five or six young men in my past, my life certainly would have been free of a lot of heartache. I fully expected Ben to say he wanted to marry our daughter. When you ask someone what their intentions are in this situation, what else are they supposed to say. “I want to see where this goes”? The ultimate goal is marriage and not making that the goal is what is wrong with the whole dating culture we have developed in America. If my father had had this conversation with five or six young men in my past, my life certainly would have been free of a lot of heartache.

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