Correct on all counts. Why is it so easy to see other people’s problems and see what needs done? You’re absolutely right that the real problem is the R. I’ve been so focused on the animals that I had almost lost sight of that.
Quote: how does W handle your daughters' interest in sex/romance?
IHJ, you’ve opened a can of worms there. I have lots of feelings about this subject, but I don’t really know what to say. The cold hard fact is that W seems to be accepting of D17 having a BF, but I don’t think there is supposed to be any physical component to it. She’s made it clear that kissing is grudgingly accepted, but nothing more. Since our religious beliefs prohibit pre-marital sex, we’re in agreement on that score, but there’s still a problem with attitudes creeping in. I’ve had a number of sex talks with D17 and she gets two completely different messages from us. From me she gets that sex is good within the proper context: marriage. From W, she gets that sex is bad. Period. D and haven’t talked about our SL, as well we shouldn’t, but from things she’s said, I think she suspects that all is not well.
I know I’ve even mentioned that my mother has even mentioned being concerned about our daughters growing up and absorbing W’s twisted views on sex. And she doesn’t know the half of it.
