Aunt Lori Alexander 22: Criticising your poop and pining for Gilead

[So-Virgin-It-Hurts]

On ‎6‎/‎19‎/‎2017 at 5:40 PM, mango_fandango said:

Lori is still spouting shit, from both ends now- she's trying to produce two pounds of poop a day. How the fuck she's measuring this is anyone's guess... 

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[L1o2u3]

Oh wow. Her inconsistency when it comes to modesty... I don't like these double standards, no matter if it's "I am above the rest" or, something I hear quite often from guys, "only the women that I consider to be beautiful should be allowed to wear sexy (immodest) clothing, everyone else should better cover up". I think it should  be either "everyone should be allowed to wear as little clothing as they want" or "everyone should adhere to the same modesty standards" (whatever they are). 

 

My own standards are stricter for me than for others... well, they are ONLY for me and no one else because I don't have the right to tell other people how to dress. The only think that I absolutely don't want to see in public are genitals/complete nakedness, but so far, I've never met anyone that didn't fulfill these basic criteria, so this hasn't caused any problems for me  

[feministxtian]

Ever think that Lori's constant spewing about small boobs is because she wishes she was more well endowed? 

[mango_fandango]

When has she spewed about small boobs? That's one thing you can't really change. I know, I know, boob jobs, but somehow I reckon Lori's head would explode if someone got one. What about being happy with what God's given you? 

[delphinium65]

3 minutes ago, feministxtian said:

Ever think that Lori's constant spewing about small boobs is because she wishes she was more well endowed? 

I'd bet on it.  Sounds a lot like sour grapes to me, 'well, my boobs are tiny, and I like them like that, you D and DD gals are just a bunch of sluts anyway!' 

[EowynW]

7 minutes ago, mango_fandango said:

When has she spewed about small boobs? That's one thing you can't really change. I know, I know, boob jobs, but somehow I reckon Lori's head would explode if someone got one. What about being happy with what God's given you? 

Here you go. 

http://lorialexander.blogspot.com/2012/11/dangers-of-breast-implants.html?m=1

[mango_fandango]

2 minutes ago, EowynW said:

Here you go. 

http://lorialexander.blogspot.com/2012/11/dangers-of-breast-implants.html?m=1

Ugh. Anyone who takes Dr Mercola seriously is stupid. That post didn't even mention the dangers of implants! It just said "there are things in them that shouldn't be in the human body". Not even detailing what those things were. 

I don't read Lori's blog often. The occasional glance is enough.

[AlwaysDiscerning]

Hmmm like how Lori blames feminism, yoga pants, women working, women preachers, etc...

[delphinium65]

11 minutes ago, AlwaysDiscerning said:

Hmmm like how Lori blames feminism, yoga pants, women working, women preachers, etc...

Sad thing is I really couldn't argue with what's said in that quote, if it could be taken in isolation, but knowing who it comes from...well, it's really sad, is all.  

[polecat]

25 minutes ago, EowynW said:

Here you go. 

http://lorialexander.blogspot.com/2012/11/dangers-of-breast-implants.html?m=1

And yet, she seems to be assuming that all well-endowed ladies have implants. That's decidedly not the case. 

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We must teach our daughters and young women in our lives that it is okay to be small. 

I completely agree with Lori here. But I also think we need to teach our daughters and young women that it's okay to be buxom, too, if that's how they are. There's literally no reason any woman should feel ashamed or embarrassed about how her breasts develop. There are definitely comfort issues involved in having extremely large breasts (H-cup here, testify!), but I shouldn't get crap from men AND women for it. But I do. I am treated like a(n aging) porn star by men and a (moronic) man stealer by women. Awesome! All because I have big breasts. Trust me, I'm neither.

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as you age, large ones just hang down and start not looking so pretty.

Ah, yes, this is classic Lori. Instead of leaving on a body positivity note, she just HAS to get in there and make women feel like crap about themselves. It's only okay to be small-breasted because women with large breasts get all droopy and saggy and look bad. Joke's on you, Lori. Implants tend to stay perky unless they're done wrong. And natural breasts? Well, drooping isn't so much about size as it is about skin tone, underlying structure and hormones. Small breasts, large breasts, medium breasts -- they can all end up droopy. Or stay perky, depending on the woman. Luck of the draw.

[SilverBeach]

Mr. SB cooks, I cook. We see filling each other's plate as a small loving courtesy, nothing more. We know how to ask for more or less of an item, or none at all. There is no compulsion at all. No controlling of what or how much somebody eats, you can always go back for more! I just don't see this as a big deal at all, it's not an indicator of indentured servitude or something, for heaven's sake. It's ok not to engage in plate filling too, its all good. Shouldn't be any criticism on either side, what works for one couple doesn't have to work for another.

BTW, plating and serving food is called restaurant style, and putting it out for folks to serve themselves is called family style. We didn't have a dining room table when I was growing up, so it was always restaurant style meals for us.

[HarryPotterFan]

1 hour ago, usmcmom said:

I kind of want to know (okay I already know) why Ken's arm is around his daughter in law instead of around his son in the first photo. They are standing in a way that it would be just as easy and natural to be embracing his son. 

Also, what's with the hands on the stomach thing? This family does that a lot - the men behind their wives, arms wrapped around the waist with alll hands resting on her abdomen. I've done a quick look over our family photos and none of the couples pose like that. Is this a common thing??  

Meanwhile, over in Oppositeville (land of the heaven non-fundies) I'm always seeing ladies pose on their man's stomach when they post photos on Facebook. I guess it's a thing you do when you don't have anywhere to put your arm? I dunno. It's not like I have a man 

51 minutes ago, delphinium65 said:

I'd bet on it.  Sounds a lot like sour grapes to me, 'well, my boobs are tiny, and I like them like that, you D and DD gals are just a bunch of sluts anyway!' 

And those H cup ladies! Pure hussies! All they do is have sex all day long!!

I wonder what she thinks of women who have breast reduction surgery due to back pain.

[ViolaSebastian]

For some reason I feel the need to weigh in on the serving dinner thing. If I'm making a special dinner (I am fond of the Sunday roast, myself), I will plate it, not just for the current guy I'm dating, but for anyone else, male or female, who is there. This is because I have a small dining room table that doesn't have room for serving dishes. So it's purely practical. Now, if it's a Hamburger Helper-style weeknight meal, it's everybody for themselves  

Although the Sunday roast thing led to this exchange once:

Me: Baby, how much gravy do you want on this?

Him: Sweetheart, I'm from the south. 

[HoneyBunny]

Speaking of breast size (DD here, and I hate them. In fact, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer I imagined pert 16 year old breasts in a nice C cup with insurance footing the bill was at least a small compensation. Alas, I just needed a lumpectomy, which I had yesterday. I can't even see where it came out of. There is plenty of breast there to shift into its place)...

Anyway, I digress (pain meds, no doubt) but when I was visiting my 86 year older mom recently she gave me a clear view of my future. She said she has to put on her bra before she pulls up her pants or her girls get caught in her waistband. 

I love that woman!  Just wished she'd kept her bodacious tatas to herself and not felt compelled to pass along those genes. 

Oh, and Lori Alexander is a hypocritical, evil and lazy bitch. And that's not the Percocet talking, either!

[Red Jumper]

1 hour ago, usmcmom said:

Also, what's with the hands on the stomach thing?

My husband does this in situation he feels really uncomfortable in. It says: "You make me feel safe; so please stay with me". I'm not to fond of it as I feel so constricted. But I overcome my feelings to give him the security he seeks in these situations
It's hardly captured on pictures as DH avoids to be photographed like it will make him go up in flames or something . But I found one of the wedding pictures where his hands suddenly switched to my stomach. This is because the photograph made us stand closer to the edge of a balcony but didn't know my husband is afraid of heights. He is really clinging onto me so I can prevent his imaginary fall into the abyss.

However, in the Lorken's family pictures I read it as the family pose to make sure everyone knows who is the partner of whom. Which strikes me as quite odd as people who look at family pictures either know who is who or can ask

31 minutes ago, HoneyBunny said:

which I had yesterday

Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

[usmcmom]

23 minutes ago, Red Jumper said:

My husband does this in situation he feels really uncomfortable in. It says: "You make me feel safe; so please stay with me".

I empathize with your husband. I am also afraid of heights. A balcony photo would have had me terrified. 

My son used to avoid photos like the plague too. I have so many more pictures of his sister than of him. 

[Red Jumper]

1 hour ago, ViolaSebastian said:

Me: Baby, how much gravy do you want on this?

Him: Sweetheart, I'm from the south. 

Back to our FJ food issue 

Please give this curious European a hint: Is it "drown it, baby" or "stay away with that"?

[EowynW]

In the south it's drown it. Or "until I say 'nuff"

[Red Jumper]

5 minutes ago, usmcmom said:

A balcony photo would have had me terrified.

I didn't realize this was a balcony to him. I thought this whole thing was a large platform and he would feel fine. Otherwise I would have said something to the photographer. Looking back on those pictures I feel really bad.

 

12 minutes ago, usmcmom said:

My son used to avoid photos like the plague too. I have so many more pictures of his sister than of him. 

I actually have more pictures of him than of me. I use the camera a lot more and took up the challenge to take surprise pictures *insert sly-witch-emoji here*. I delete the unsightly ones, though, and keep the good ones private. In return I help him hide when my family preys on him for a picture.

[Free Jana Duggar]

7 hours ago, delphinium65 said:

Isn't Lysa TerKeurst the one Lori said was to blame for her own marriage problems, and saying she should have stayed with her husband no matter what?   http://ashley-easter.squarespace.com/blog/to-those-blaming-lysa-terkeurst-for-her-husbands-cheating-stop-it  

Ooooh I like this woman.  Wonder if she is talking about Lori and the fangirls?

[Hane]

13 hours ago, KDA said:

I'm still trying to get my head around a comment someone made earlier about it costing thousands of dollars to deliver a baby. That is just mind-boggling! We have free maternity care here. i can't imagine having to pay for it. Does it still cost so much if you have a homebirth?

There are many US states where it's darn difficult to have a home birth assisted by a licensed professional (an MD or a certified nurse-midwife).  They face too many liability and malpractice insurance risks. I can't answer for the expense factor.

And, yes, a US hospital birth does cost thousands, even an unmedicated, uncomplicated vaginal birth.  When I had my baby 38 years ago, it wasn't nearly that expensive--thank God, because my husband's medical insurance didn't cover maternity. (He worked for a very small company, and he was the only person there young enough to have kids.)

[mango_fandango]

Jesus! Having to pay for something as natural as giving birth is daft! I understand there can be complications etc... in those situations it must be worse. You could be recovering from a c section and have a sick baby in the NICU... the last thing I'd want in that would be worrying about paying. Insurance only covers so much... and what if the baby has lasting issues?? 

[desertvixen]

The major thing I take away from the one picture Lori likes to use, with the gray top and the good lighting?

She's aged and not well. So much for big salads!

 

[slp]

I have a friend that was having a homebirth, had complications and had to go to the hospital.  The 'baby' is now FIVE and they have just finished paying it off.  Not to mention that the doctor was a jerk to her about having even attempted a homebirth (with a licensed professional)

[EowynW]

22 minutes ago, Hane said:

There are many US states where it's darn difficult to have a home birth assisted by a licensed professional (an MD or a certified nurse-midwife).  They face too many liability and malpractice insurance risks. I can't answer for the expense factor.

And, yes, a US hospital birth does cost thousands, even an unmedicated, uncomplicated vaginal birth.  When I had my baby 38 years ago, it wasn't nearly that expensive--thank God, because my husband's medical insurance didn't cover maternity. (He worked for a very small company, and he was the only person there young enough to have kids.)

Just a note, in states where it's legal, a midwife is also a trained, licensed professional. In my state they are as legit as the CNMs & OBs.  Many here also work hand in hand with the local OBGYNs and CNMs. My area is a hotbed for some amazing midwifery practices. 

Average price for self pay for a homebirth for my area is $3500 to 4000. Most midwives will let you pay it out. Some will even barter services if their clients are professionals in other fields. Not all insurances cover a home or birth center birth. I have no idea what a birth center birth costs but I think it's $4-5000 in my area. 

8 minutes ago, slp said:

I have a friend that was having a homebirth, had complications and had to go to the hospital.  The 'baby' is now FIVE and they have just finished paying it off.  Not to mention that the doctor was a jerk to her about having even attempted a homebirth (with a licensed professional)

Nothing worse than an asshole dr. and there are many who will bitch to to to your face even when you come in for something minor and perfect care and record keeping on your transport. I have a friend who had to transport and they ended up losing the baby to something entirely preventable that the midwife kept repeatedly trying to tell the dr he needed to pay attention to. He ended up getting his ass handed to him legally by both midwife and parents by the time it was over with