As long as you fellers and wimmin

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*

So what would you recommend someone in this position do?

I'm afraid that I have no recommendations for anyone that I do not closely know. Families are vital to us all. I wouldn't dare interfere. If someone is struggling, I have a sympathetic ear and I would like to offer hope.

It seems kind of shallow to advise someone to "go along with the program" in order to keep their family together. And, I obviously have no idea what that "program" consists of. Soul deadening conformity to a bunch of shrill harpies? I did that for a while. All along the way I kept trying to offer helpful suggestions that were seen as sedition, though I was always up front and out in the open with everything. Eventually, such talk contributed to me getting kicked out.

Someone else made the choices for me.

In the end I have nothing but a hollow and empty feeling about what should have been the best years of my life. I wouldn't dare to presume to tell anyone else what to do; except to stand tall, square your shoulders, set your feet solidly and move courageously into the unknown future.

[On The Wheel]

Originally Posted by pelathais

I'm afraid that I have no recommendations for anyone that I do not closely know. Families are vital to us all. I wouldn't dare interfere. If someone is struggling, I have a sympathetic ear and I would like to offer hope.

It seems kind of shallow to advise someone to "go along with the program" in order to keep their family together. And, I obviously have no idea what that "program" consists of. Soul deadening conformity to a bunch of shrill harpies? I did that for a while. All along the way I kept trying to offer helpful suggestions that were seen as sedition, though I was always up front and out in the open with everything. Eventually, such talk contributed to me getting kicked out.

Someone else made the choices for me.

In the end I have nothing but a hollow and empty feeling about what should have been the best years of my life. I wouldn't dare to presume to tell anyone else what to do; except to stand tall, square your shoulders, set your feet solidly and move courageously into the unknown future.

It's the Love Slave in reverse. Those who desire to leave instead are forced declare fealty and love toward the master. It is the only way to keep the extended family, also belonging to the master, intact.

It is a very bitter pill to swallow. To live a lie for love while claiming to be one of the few standing for Truth.

Ironic.