#63550 - Holy Holiday Observance (Vacations on the Sabbath)

[Katya]

My husband and I are very similar we've never really had a hard time agreeing on Sabbath day activities, etc. That's a big part of why I married him. I knew that I have very high standards and that I would need to marry someone with equally high standards.

The phrase "high standards" has a connotation of "better standards." Do you think your standards are better than those of other people or just stricter (which doesn't have quite the same connotation)?

[Katya]

One thing that frustrates me about Mormon culture is our philosophy of having to bow to accommodate the lowest common denominator in any group setting. It's the major reason I would never be involved in a ward-sponsored book club—the larger the club, the narrower our reading options for fear of offending someone.

Hmm... I think I diverge from you here.

1. On a light-hearted note, wouldn't this be the highest-common factor? I feel like LCD has a context of immorality.

It does, which is what makes it funny! (But yes, upon reflection, my math metaphor is off. I probably meant greatest common multiple, which gets smaller as you add more numbers in the way that the number of options diminishes as you add more people to the Mormon book club.)

I was going to respond to the rest of your statement, but I'm having trouble pinning down concrete examples of what's bothering me, so I may just be tilting at windmills.

[Rifka]

My husband and I are very similar we've never really had a hard time agreeing on Sabbath day activities, etc. That's a big part of why I married him. I knew that I have very high standards and that I would need to marry someone with equally high standards.

The phrase "high standards" has a connotation of "better standards." Do you think your standards are better than those of other people or just stricter (which doesn't have quite the same connotation)?

I guess by high standards I do mean stricter standards. Of course to me it feels better because it's what I'm comfortable with-- but I wouldn't phrase it that way to other people because their needs/comfort levels might be different than mine. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to clarify.

[Indefinite Integral]

But yes, upon reflection, my math metaphor is off. I probably meant greatest common multiple, which gets smaller as you add more numbers in the way that the number of options diminishes as you add more people to the Mormon book club

I believe what you are thinking of is either the greatest common factor or greatest common divisor. There actually is no such thing as a greatest common multiple. Ex: 3 & 5 have 15, 30, 45, 60, etc all as common multiples.

You could also think of the least common multiple, (often found when using common denominators in fractions) which gets higher and higher every time you add more numbers. In that way, each time you are adding another person you have more and more restrictions. Either way works, I think.

[Katya]

But yes, upon reflection, my math metaphor is off. I probably meant greatest common multiple, which gets smaller as you add more numbers in the way that the number of options diminishes as you add more people to the Mormon book club

I believe what you are thinking of is either the greatest common factor or greatest common divisor.

Fixed.

[Rifka]

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