Lori and Storage Sociopath = A match made in heaven

[jerkit]

So many women have told me that they have problems keeping their homes clean.

I know. Learning how to operate a vacuum or scrub a sink is SO complex. I barely know how to do it myself, even with my engineering degree. And cleaning a toilet? I can't even begin to know how that works.

*faceplam*

[polecat]

"I do not know he could have known what he was in store for." <--- sentence from a book Lori is promoting.

:cry:

[jerkit]

"I do not know he could have known what he was in store for." <--- sentence from a book Lori is promoting.

:cry:

Most of the e-books fundie mommy bloggers write are a horrid offense to the English language.

[church_of_dog]

Thought of the shrinking violet and her he-men defenders today while I was packing and moving boxes. I'm going out to start my new job in a week and a half while the hubs stays here tying up some loose ends...

I can't see Loriken doing something like this...she probably couldn't get her shit together enough to figure out how to pack a house, make arrangements for storage, go out, find a new house and then arrange to have everything moved...and do it all w/o Ken's "help".

She's a sorry-ass excuse for a woman, wife and mother.

as long as you're not moving to… Alaska? :lol:

ETA: no disrespect intended toward either the feministxtian family nor to Alaska, a wonderful place that I very nearly moved to myself, and probably would have loved it and stayed if I had...

[Loveday]

Most of the e-books fundie mommy bloggers write are a horrid offense to the English language.

Some of the soft-cover ones are, too. :? I had to go back and check--this one's available in softcover. Self-published, though, I'm guessing, as the link to order it doesn't go to Amazon or B&N, or to a regular publisher. So it's highly unlikely that an actual editor--or even a real proofreader!--had a look at it first.

And it's endorsed as well by Lori's two favourite fundies, Michelle Duggar and Debi Pearl. "What a privilege," she says.

[Grimalkin]

If true, this is VERY disturbing. To be so controlling from the very beginning is just ... so not what Jesus would do. I hope things work out for Emily.

I'm really hoping that Ken was lying his head off here. If not, this doesn't say good things about Steven at all.

With Lori being so vocal about submission, and her prolific blog, and God only knows what garbage comes out of her mouth in person while talking to her future DIL. I have a hard time believing she didn't know what she was marrying into.

I recently went back to school and am taking an ethics class. We are reading Sartre and existenciism. Lori's blog takes on a new facination with me.

[Tiger Lily]

With Lori being so vocal about submission, and her prolific blog, and God only knows what garbage comes out of her mouth in person while talking to her future DIL. I have a hard time believing she didn't know what she was marrying into.

I recently went back to school and am taking an ethics class. We are reading Sartre and existenciism. Lori's blog takes on a new facination with me.

Yes, but Emily may not have known the entirety of it. While dating, I knew my future MIL could be a difficult woman yet we lived in different cities and I only saw her a handful of times in almost 17 months. I had no idea just how difficult she could be! Also, everything surrounding my relationship with my soon-to-be-husband was rose colored in those days and I may have chosen to overlook how controlling and meddling my future MIL was (she was helping me with wedding plans). The same probably holds true for Emily. She lived in a different state and so she didn't see Lori at her worst. Emily was also madly in love with Steven. She may have wanted him badly enough to overlook her future MIL's "quirks."

[formergothardite]

Looking back I can see clear signs that my inlaws are crazy(not Lori-level crazy thank goodness) but at the time I just sort of overlooked it. I also see Lori not being as vocal in real life. In life she can't delete any questions to pretend they didn't happen. I don't see her wanting to put herself in a position to be debated by a person sitting in front of her.

[Hisey]

I also found it distasteful that Ken said that Steven's method of finding a wife ("read this blog and report back to me") was a good way of weeding out those chicks who "just wanted to get married." Like his son is such a catch that lots of women are going to lie and manipulate to try to marry him. Like there are so many women who are husband-hunting among dental students in Texas.

Emily is a beautiful 26-year old law student. Did it ever occur to him that Steven was lucky to get *her*? And that plenty of 26-year old women don't even want to marry?

I do wonder about Lori's comment that she strongly disagreed with Ken about a path one of their adult kids was taking. It could be anything, of course, but I wonder if it's:

Alyssa's decision to leave home at 18, go live in her own apartment (with others, I think), and join a ballet company OR

Steven's decision to marry a law student. Emily appears to be a conservative Christian (whew!), but still. . . law? does she actually plan to practice? What if she makes more than Steven one day?

[jerkit]

I also found it distasteful that Ken said that Steven's method of finding a wife ("read this blog and report back to me") was a good way of weeding out those chicks who "just wanted to get married." Like his son is such a catch that lots of women are going to lie and manipulate to try to marry him. Like there are so many women who are husband-hunting among dental students in Texas.

Emily is a beautiful 26-year old law student. Did it ever occur to him that Steven was lucky to get *her*? And that plenty of 26-year old women don't even want to marry?

I do wonder about Lori's comment that she strongly disagreed with Ken about a path one of their adult kids was taking. It could be anything, of course, but I wonder if it's:

Alyssa's decision to leave home at 18, go live in her own apartment (with others, I think), and join a ballet company OR

Steven's decision to marry a law student. Emily appears to be a conservative Christian (whew!), but still. . . law? does she actually plan to practice? What if she makes more than Steven one day?

The fact that Lori won't even confirm or deny her DIL's law school status answers this question, IMO.

[feministxtian]

as long as you're not moving to… Alaska? :lol:

ETA: no disrespect intended toward either the feministxtian family nor to Alaska, a wonderful place that I very nearly moved to myself, and probably would have loved it and stayed if I had...

Oh no...no Alaska...Nevada. Alaska is beautiful, but cold and the home of Sarah Palin!

[formergothardite]

I am 110% sure that is Emily was going to quit law school to be a SAHW Lori would devote an entire blog post to it. Her refusal to answer pretty much provides the answer.

[EmiGirl]

Not only does she refuse to talk about emily being in law school but deletes any comments about it.

[jerkit]

Today in Lori-land, the joyfilledwife tells us holy and persecuted she is.

*eye roll*

[Loveday]

Today in Lori-land, the joyfilledwife tells us holy and persecuted she is.

*eye roll*

With a wall o' text so gigantic it puts Ken to shame. :roll:

Lori, when more than half of your blog posts are actually written by others, and most of the others are repetitions of the same old theme, it's time to admit you've run out of ideas and just close up shop. 8-)

[Tiger Lily]

Today in Lori-land, the joyfilledwife tells us holy and persecuted she is.

*eye roll*

Okay, I'm sorry she suffered and all yet I have some observations:

1. She says she was frequently pursued by men while in her teens and that one man lied about her. I do sincerely hope she meant teenage boys because to be pursued frequently by actual MEN is way creepy.

2. She says she was scorned by co-workers as an adult about her virginity yet how would they know unless she told them??? I've interacted with her before and while she seems nice enough, she also comes across as thinking she's somewhat superior to others. I could be wrong, however, that's the distinct vibe I get from her. This brings the question: Was she truly bullied for her beliefs or did she bring this upon herself by her actions (thus, not really being persecuted for her beliefs)?

3. She says "marriages consists of lifelong servitude." Um, there's a real difference between serving (helping) someone and servitude (slavery or bondage of any kind).

4. She justifies her husband not coming clean about his pornography addiction before they married because God knew she wouldn't have married him. Oh, so God supposedly wanted her to suffer for over three years? Um, I don't think so. I believe God can turn a situation around yet I still believe he wants us to be honest with each other and if knowledge of an addiction to pornography was important to her before the marriage (apparently, she made this known to him), then the soon-to-be husband should have been upfront from the beginning. Don't blame it on God. This reminds me of a former friend of mine. She got involved with, married and subsequently divorced an abusive and very selfish man. During the course of their marriage, they had a son. She was convinced that God intended for her to marry this man because her son was "meant to be." Okay ...

5. The controlling hubs had some real issues! She had to sneak bites of food? Geez, I hope he has changed his controlling ways for her sake.

I'd like to know, where does Lori find these people???

[jerkit]

Okay, I'm sorry she suffered and all yet I have some observations:

1. She says she was frequently pursued by men while in her teens and that one man lied about her. I do sincerely hope she meant teenage boys because to be pursued frequently by actual MEN is way creepy.

2. She says she was scorned by co-workers as an adult about her virginity yet how would they know unless she told them??? I've interacted with her before and while she seems nice enough, she also comes across as thinking she's somewhat superior to others. I could be wrong, however, that's the distinct vibe I get from her. This brings the question: Was she truly bullied for her beliefs or did she bring this upon herself by her actions (thus, not really being persecuted for her beliefs)?

3. She says "marriages consists of lifelong servitude." Um, there's a real difference between serving (helping) someone and servitude (slavery or bondage of any kind).

4. She justifies her husband not coming clean about his pornography addiction before they married because God knew she wouldn't have married him. Oh, so God supposedly wanted her to suffer for over three years? Um, I don't think so. I believe God can turn a situation around yet I still believe he wants us to be honest with each other and if knowledge of an addiction to pornography was important to her before the marriage (apparently, she made this known to him), then the soon-to-be husband should have been upfront from the beginning. Don't blame it on God. This reminds me of a former friend of mine. She got involved with, married and subsequently divorced an abusive and very selfish man. During the course of their marriage, they had a son. She was convinced that God intended for her to marry this man because her son was "meant to be." Okay ...

5. The controlling hubs had some real issues! She had to sneak bites of food? Geez, I hope he has changed his controlling ways for her sake.

I'd like to know, where does Lori find these people???

By her very nature, Lori attracts them like moths to a flame.

[formergothardite]

I started reading that but gave up. She is worse than Ken. It is like Ken and Lori are trying to make their God look unattractive. Worship their version of God and your entire married life will turn into hell.

[jerkit]

I started reading that but gave up. She is worse than Ken. It is like Ken and Lori are trying to make their God look unattractive. Worship their version of God and your entire married life will turn into hell.

I skimmed her self-righteous WOT.

TL;DR

[Tiger Lily]

I skimmed her self-righteous WOT.

TL;DR

I'm procrastinating this morning. That's why I read it all. ;)

BTW, what's up with this comment? Can this person be real?

Maria, 2 minutes ago

I'm sobbing as I type this. This post is so beautiful. In fact, I intend to tell my husband tonight that I've forgiven him completely for all his many sins against me. Now I know that God MEANT for us to be together no matter what my husband does. Thank you so much! You may have saved my marriage.

This person can't be real! Will this stay posted?

[jerkit]

I'm procrastinating this morning. That's why I read it all. ;)

BTW, what's up with this comment? Can this person be real?

This person can't be real! Will this stay posted?

Unless it's associated with an email that previous got a comment deleted, I think it will stay up. I think lori will eat that crap up with a silver spoon.

[Firiel]

Okay, off-topic from today's post which I got bored of after about three paragraphs... Lori's blog told me to click on this old post:

lorialexander.blogspot.com/2012/04/are-you-alkaline.html

What the hell. I'm not a nutritionist, and there may certainly be weight behind considering the pH of one's food-- I know I've heard it before. But this is insanely stupid and just shows how little Lori understands anything:

Babies are born very alkaline. They have pretty pink tongues. Breastfed babies keep pretty pink tongues. Formula fed babies get a white coating on their tongues. They become more acidic. When you die, you are very acidic. Disease breeds in acidic bodies. Therefore, the key is to stay as alkaline as possible.

So... if you just keep eating alkaline foods you'll live forever?

So study nutrition. Being healthy is a wonderful gift you can give your children. It is a lot cheaper than being ill in the long run. My mom raised us on organic food way before it was popular. Most cancers and disease can be prevented. I just met a woman in bible study who is in severe, constant pain as a result of chemotherapy and radiation. She lives on morphine. She told me she is so sorry she went the chemotherapy route. It just wasn't worth it. Live to prevent cancer and other diseases...

So we should drink her stupid Gatorade concoction to cure/prevent cancer? Guess what, Lori? My former mother-in-law's mom was also into organic food before it was popular. And she died of cancer when her oldest child was 15. Does that mean organic food causes cancer?

Sorry for being off-topic. This old post was just so asininely stupid that I had to vent.

[jerkit]

Yes, eating well may prevent diseases. No argument with that. But I am extremely uncomfortable with Lori insinuating that woman wouldn't have cancer if she had just eaten organic food. Or that she should've done some kind of weirdo alt medicine instead of chemo.

[formergothardite]

Do you think Ken and Lori ever check into the stories they get? Anybody could make up a story about how Lori's advice saved their marriage and send it and I bet Lori would make it into a blog post. I think they suspect everyone who disagrees with them as being a lying troll but I bet they never think to suspect the people who agree with them. Reminds me of the time Miss Raquel approved the comment from a poster here that said something like " Squee!! You are perfect in every way." Once she read here and realized she was being trolled she deleted it, but because it was flattering her she didn't think to suspect it.

[jerkit]

Do you think Ken and Lori ever check into the stories they get? Anybody could make up a story about how Lori's advice saved their marriage and send it and I bet Lori would make it into a blog post. I think they suspect everyone who disagrees with them as being a lying troll but I bet they never think to suspect the people who agree with them. Reminds me of the time Miss Raquel approved the comment from a poster here that said something like " Squee!! You are perfect in every way." Once she read here and realized she was being trolled she deleted it, but because it was flattering her she didn't think to suspect it.

They both have incredible egos. IF they are being complimented, they aren't going to question it until they have a damn good reason to.