Answers I liked

[Katya]

http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/71453/

You give me nonsense, I give you nonsense. It's a bargain I offer to the world.

Concealocanth is a treasure. I hope she comes back soon.

[Portia]

How about parent panic? I'm moving across the country this summer and then graduating in August. My mom and I were talking and she said something like "None of the girls who have moved there have gotten married." She then went on to talk about the girls from my ward who have moved there and moved back to get married.

I just told her no one gets married after leaving BYU anyway (in scathingly sarcastic tones).

Hmm, my family is so opposite from everyone else's around here. Their instilling the fear of God in me about getting married too young worked perhaps too well.

Aren't you, like, 19?

20 nearing 21, but yes, I am still a baby in terms of dating and life experience.

Why doesn't your mom congratulate and support you in graduating and following your professional goals? I've been thinking about this, and it has me really worked up, for some reason.

[Violet]

She does support me in my professional goals and is always posting on facebook about the things I'm doing, but I think the fact I'm diverting from the Mormon script and her experience has her worried. She and all of her sisters were married before they graduated. The trend has mostly carried through to the next generation. They're all still fairly close to home (the Mormon corridor) and either married with kids or trying to get there.

I'm moving to the East Coast and hoping to stay there. I think that's mostly what's making her panic. She doesn't know how to react and it's outside of her life experience.

[Violet]

As for this question--72240

I know who they're asking about and can say with a fair amount of certainty that they don't write for the board. Also, if said person is a heretic, I don't know what to call myself.

[Portia]

She does support me in my professional goals and is always posting on facebook about the things I'm doing, but I think the fact I'm diverting from the Mormon script and her experience has her worried. She and all of her sisters were married before they graduated. The trend has mostly carried through to the next generation. They're all still fairly close to home (the Mormon corridor) and either married with kids or trying to get there.

I'm moving to the East Coast and hoping to stay there. I think that's mostly what's making her panic. She doesn't know how to react and it's outside of her life experience.

Well, I'm glad that your mom is involved in your life, even if she is being overbearing and out of line. Try to make her feel loved and appreciated while sharing how excited you are about starting this next chapter in your life. (And point out that the average age of first marriage in Utah is 24.1, so that you have a good four years of livin' to do anyway.)

[Portia]

As for this question--72240

I know who they're asking about and can say with a fair amount of certainty that they don't write for the board. Also, if said person is a heretic, I don't know what to call myself.

Stalker questions like this are annoying.

[Violet]

As for this question--72240

I know who they're asking about and can say with a fair amount of certainty that they don't write for the board. Also, if said person is a heretic, I don't know what to call myself.

Stalker questions like this are annoying.

I can only imagine. Really, just ask the person! At least the said person is now subtly mocking whoever asked this question by posting less interesting/relevant board questions on facebook.

I just had to laugh at the heretic description though. Maybe it's only amusing to me because I saw them as an example of believing while still having different opinions. I looked up to them because of it. Also, they're one of my favorite Mormon people.


*apologies for the plural referring to the unknown gender. I really wish a gender neutral pronoun existed. Until then, I'll go with the plural.

[Portia]

As for this question--72240

I know who they're asking about and can say with a fair amount of certainty that they don't write for the board. Also, if said person is a heretic, I don't know what to call myself.

Stalker questions like this are annoying.

I can only imagine. Really, just ask the person! At least the said person is now subtly mocking whoever asked this question by posting less interesting/relevant board questions on facebook.

I just had to laugh at the heretic description though. Maybe it's only amusing to me because I saw them as an example of believing while still having different opinions. I looked up to them because of it. Also, they're one of my favorite Mormon people.


*apologies for the plural referring to the unknown gender. I really wish a gender neutral pronoun existed. Until then, I'll go with the plural.

The New Republic endorses singular "they," so I do, too.

[S.A.M.]

http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/72242/ - Well done, Owlet. I especially liked this:

Once in a while she would cross paths with a real monster of a question, fangs and all. Compassion was not required here, but sheer grit and determination. Every now and then she could hear the echoing clang of fellow writers battling overdue questions...

[Katya]

The New Republic endorses singular "they," so I do, too.

Even your descriptivism is prescriptive.

[Katya]

http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/72229/

It's one thing to disagree with a prominent politician on an issue. Or to disagree with a majority of the American public on an issue. It's another thing to assume that said politician must be lying outright when they cite statistics on popular opinion. The mind boggles.

[Portia]

The New Republic endorses singular "they," so I do, too.

Even your descriptivism is prescriptive. :shock:

I actually guffawed at this.

[Katya]

The New Republic endorses singular "they," so I do, too.

Even your descriptivism is prescriptive.

I actually guffawed at this.

[Squirrel]

http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/72242/ - Well done, Owlet. I especially liked this:

Once in a while she would cross paths with a real monster of a question, fangs and all. Compassion was not required here, but sheer grit and determination. Every now and then she could hear the echoing clang of fellow writers battling overdue questions...

Yeah! It was really entertaining. She and Miss Fancybottom were fantastic!

[Tally M.]

It’s possible that I had a reader crush on yayfulness. But really, who doesn't? There is no shame here.

I kind of hope this becomes a running joke.

[Marduk]

I once asked yayfulness out. He refused.

[Tally M.]

I wonder why.

[Squirrel]

I wonder why.

Teehee and +1

[Squirrel]

72063- Wow. Tally and Yayfulness, you two did a wonderful job on that answer!

[Tally M.]

72063- Wow. Tally and Yayfulness, you two did a wonderful job on that answer!

Thanks--my answer was more of cathartic writing for myself, but I sent to him in case he wanted to use anything from it...and he used stuff from it