My wife and I made the agreement to turn off all news, social media, and any outside consumption of COVID info for 2 weeks and possibly indefinitely. In some way, it is sad that because of this, I won't be lurking GAW--I'm not much of a poster but felt included via the lurking and upvoting over the past 9 months. I'm confident that this is the right decision.
I would appreciate your prayers for me and my marriage. My wife literally thinks I am insane, deluded to follow after Satan and the thought of divorce is crossing her mind. She has admitted to thinking of me in contempt and that our marriage is dead. I believe God lifted the veil over my eyes briefly and I saw a glimpse of His work and plan. I am convinced with every bone in my body that COVID and these mandates have the spirit of antichrist/satan behind them. My wife is pro-mandates, pro-vax, trusts gov't, pro-mask our 5 year old. I guess you can see we're at opposite ends.
Please pray for me and my marriage. Pray for me to truly have discernment and wisdom from God. I truly want to know if COVID and these mandates DO NOT have the spirit of antichrist/satan behind them. I want to know where I am wrong in any of my beliefs that are causing contention. Please also pray that if there are any evil spiritual forces acting upon me, my wife, my son and my marriage--that they be totally subdued in Jesus' name. I really want God to show me a sign that what I have awakened to is true and I really want my wife to be with me.
We're doing all we can.. counselling, pastors, marriage course, agreements in communication. I want this movie to end, but I also know.. letting it play out will be even GREATER!
I'll probably read comments to this post one last time tonight and afterwards lurk https://communities.win/c/Christianity/
Bye frens for now. See you later or in glory! Hope it's not long. From Canada.
I’m in similar boat, wife just excoriated me this morning regarding Qanon and GA.win and said that I am crazy because I tell her I am reading ‘the news’. While she can at least through the mask and vaccine crap, of which I am thankful, she still believes I’m in some kind of cult.
What she doesn’t understand is that ‘we are the news’ my friends. Good luck and God Bless - you are not alone in this. It has created many more divisions than were already present and the pressure keeps mounting. Follow what you know to be the truth!
Literally fucking me, man. My marriage is going down a spiral. Are you me in a different location lol
Hey down voter....God knows who you are.
haha, they are probably reeeeing as we speak
You can love em but it doesn't mean you let the. In your life or allow the. To stay.
Sheep from goats
You're absolutely right. I'll be the first one to say it - I was weak minded at the time. I'm still in my 20's and the brainwashing of our world has fucked with humanity and the social structure which manifested upon me. This process has been difficult but in the end, just like the mass awakening, this will be a lesson to be learned. It had to be this way.
I’m in my late 20’s and in a shit or get off the pot with my long time GF right now. Fortunately we’re generally on the same page with all this chaos in the world, but marriage still scares the crap out of me for these exact stories.
If you think it's just the womenfolk that are covidiots, then you need to pull you head out of a certain orifice. I know my fair share of men that have drank the kool-aid, too. They'd rather be right than alive. You can't convince them of anything -- even when it's happening right before their eyes. Believe me, I've tried...a 2x4 right between the eyes...and nothing works.
Nobody said it was just the women.
The truth is, people change. The man or woman they married may not be the same person 10 years later. Having children significantly changes women and their outlook on the world and society.
What I find most sad is that these women won't see what their husbands see and try to look at things from their perspective. They married this person which means at one point they loved that person enough to devote their life to them. But as soon as there is some trouble ahead they jump ship and abandon their vows the other person.
This isn't all women obviously. And not all men are worthy either. These are just my observations.
Don't break the oath!
You hit the nail on the head. Running away at the first sign of trouble has affected all areas of American life. We have to return to our gritty, pioneering, mountain man survivor roots once again.
Unfortunately, in the name of "gender equality," women have been taught to believe men can never be right and they can never be wrong. It permeates society, right down to commercials that show men as incompetent half-wits who can't function without a woman there to dictate their every move. Many have taken it to heart, rather than seeing it for the bunk that it is. Quickie divorces haven't helped matters, either. It's all too easy to make a "forever" vow then ditch it when it becomes the slightest amount of work.
I'm lucky that my husband and I view current events the same way and that he is as redpilled as I am, even if I am, as he often accuses, a total doomer fag while he has a more positive outlook about things. My instinctual response to the OP's post is: screw her, she's harming you and your kid and you deserve better. But that response is no better than the response to cut bait and run when things get difficult.
There's no one-size-fits-all answer to this problem. I don't think it's so much that people change and become unable to relate, it's in their fundamental desires and views. I've always been pro-freedom and despise socialism with every fiber of my being. I also tend to distrust authority and think it should constantly be questioned and challenged to keep it honest. That hasn't changed in the nearly 21 years my husband and I have been married. He has always felt the same, albeit less vehemently, so it makes sense that our responses to this tyrannical overreach of government would mesh.
I'll stop nattering on now, but I think the key to these problems is that both parties are willing to work on their disagreement. That doesn't mean the OP (or anyone else in that situation) should ditch his beliefs and meekly follow what his wife wants. It does mean he can compromise on certain things, but she needs to compromise, too, and be willing to try to see his POV. One person can't keep a relationship going--it takes everyone involved, and if she's not willing to budge an inch, it doesn't bode well. I feel bad for you, but I feel even worse for your kid--masking a five-year-old is flat out insane, IMO.
Maybe if you showed her studies that show how detrimental it is to your kid's health to do that? And studies prior to this plandemic that show how crucial it is for developing children to be able to learn from facial cues, as well as words, to become healthy adults. I don't know. Good luck with it, though! I wish you the best.
Disagreements among a married couple are NOT the issue.
The issue is whether both partners are mature in handling the disagreements and differences, or at least show a willingness to grow in maturity. If one of the partners can only have emotion based visceral reactions to a disagreement, a counterargument, etc, then that should have already been a red flag earlier on, not their specific views and opinions that are different from your own.
But working with each other through disagreements is the key. The fact is we all have the temptation to beat our spouse into submission on certain issues big or small, whether overtly or through manipulation, passive aggressive behavior, ultimately sliding into neglect from being resentful, etc. If we can own up to our own shortfalls our spouses are more likely to do the same, sometimes even begin to listen when unpopular views are expressed.
I understand there are certain matters of potential life and death that can't wait for mature marital growth, but even still be the reasonable and level headed one, and show a willingness to acknowledge where your spouse is at in his/her thinking and perspecitve when different from your own (hypothetical example: I am consuming news and info to make right decisions and keep us ahead of a disastrous future for ourselves and our children. My spouse simply sees an Internet alt media junkie who's escaping real world problems at home in these fantasy notions of saving the world). Acknowledging goes a long way.
Dude fuck off with this attitude. If you don’t understand why some people fall for ones they don’t agree with then don’t comment at all.
Let me guess, you’ve made the right decision every time throughout your life. No? Then again, fuck off with this nonsense.
Either a glowie fuck trying to sow arguments here or just an asshole.
Be better.
My GF believes and still get tired of it. We named our cat Flynn for Gods sake. I think we all are just trying to help but can be overwhelming sometimes. I have to lay off sometimes to keep from “being to much”. Some people would rather ignore because the truth is hard to face.
We need to break away from this stiff for periods to clear our heads.