Comments on: A blog post that drives a wagon close to the edge and possibly falls into the gorge below http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/08/13/a-blog-post-that-drives-a-wagon-close-to-the-edge-and-possibly-falls-into-the-gorge-below/ A Mormon Blog Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:55:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Rusty http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/08/13/a-blog-post-that-drives-a-wagon-close-to-the-edge-and-possibly-falls-into-the-gorge-below/#comment-97809 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:02:17 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4061#comment-97809 Wow, I’d never even thought about temporary tattoos as being an “appearance of evil” issue. In fact, the Young Women in my ward were putting them on people’s arms as a fundraiser for some cause at our last ward activity.

]]> By: Sarah http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/08/13/a-blog-post-that-drives-a-wagon-close-to-the-edge-and-possibly-falls-into-the-gorge-below/#comment-97808 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:30:29 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4061#comment-97808 I love temporary tattoos, except that they feel strange on my skin (almost like a sticker.) Henna is annoying because it’s all crunchy. I am overly sensitive, though — otherwise I’d be sticking fake jewels on myself with reckless abandon, or drawing stuff on my arms just for fun. This is the Makeup Addendum to the Thank Goodness My Feet Are Too Wide For All Those Cute Shoes principle.

#38 – my mother doesn’t get her vanilla from a store; she makes it herself, so there. She’s a convert and thinks the whole LDS alcohol fixation is pretty silly. My dad (not a member) puts wine in his spaghetti sauce, and it was my mom who told me to get over it and enjoy it like I did growing up, when I learned about the WoW. Strictly speaking, my entire family is full of heathens, including me. I love that coffee ice cream… sigh.

#56 – my non-LDS stepmom forced me to wear makeup to my 6th-grade graduation. That, and the Laurel who tried to hold me down and pluck my eyebrows when I was 16 or so, meant I eschewed nearly every kind of feminine beauty technique until my mid-20s. You don’t have to be opposed to a practice in order to turn it into a battle zone.

]]> By: nesquik405 http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/08/13/a-blog-post-that-drives-a-wagon-close-to-the-edge-and-possibly-falls-into-the-gorge-below/#comment-97807 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:14:29 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4061#comment-97807 Temporary tattoos? What about make-up? My mother was very purse-lipped about marking up our skin that way. One of her older daughters broke that taboo and paved the way for the rest of us. I will thank her ’til the day I die. Maybe even into the eternities, provided I get to wear it there, too. (Unless my eternal countenance gets fixed so I don’t need it.)

]]> By: cchrissyy http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/08/13/a-blog-post-that-drives-a-wagon-close-to-the-edge-and-possibly-falls-into-the-gorge-below/#comment-97806 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:17:17 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4061#comment-97806 yeah, I’m not concerned :)

]]> By: Researcher http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/08/13/a-blog-post-that-drives-a-wagon-close-to-the-edge-and-possibly-falls-into-the-gorge-below/#comment-97805 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:41:53 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4061#comment-97805 That’s funny, cchrissyy, so I just tried to ask my younger kids the same questions. They weren’t aware that all tattoos aren’t the kind that you put on with a wet cloth. Ah, the simple life of a young child.

]]> By: cchrissyy http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/08/13/a-blog-post-that-drives-a-wagon-close-to-the-edge-and-possibly-falls-into-the-gorge-below/#comment-97804 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:20:05 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4061#comment-97804 OK, I’ll try too. My boy is 5.5

hey E, would you get a tattoo?
yeah
really?
yeah!
why?
because I like them. they look pretty.

(E turns to little sister)
want to get a tattoo?
umm, yeah

]]> By: Cynthia L. http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/08/13/a-blog-post-that-drives-a-wagon-close-to-the-edge-and-possibly-falls-into-the-gorge-below/#comment-97803 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:36:33 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4061#comment-97803 Nicely done, Researcher! LOL.

]]> By: Researcher http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/08/13/a-blog-post-that-drives-a-wagon-close-to-the-edge-and-possibly-falls-into-the-gorge-below/#comment-97802 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:22:41 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4061#comment-97802 Sorry to break into this lovefest, but I enjoyed the discussion yesterday and started to wonder if this was really a morally complex and murky shades-of-gray subject for my children. So this morning I asked my 11-year-old a couple of questions.

Would you get a tattoo?

No.

Why?

It’s immodest.

(Interesting construct.) [Brief instruction to him about the prophet said not to get tattoos.]

Would you get a fake tattoo?

Sure.

Why?

It washes off.

(No moral hand-wringing here.)

]]> By: john f. http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/08/13/a-blog-post-that-drives-a-wagon-close-to-the-edge-and-possibly-falls-into-the-gorge-below/#comment-97801 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:24:10 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4061#comment-97801 Ronan is a fundamentalist Mormon with 52 wives. His Facebook page says so.

]]> By: MCQ http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/08/13/a-blog-post-that-drives-a-wagon-close-to-the-edge-and-possibly-falls-into-the-gorge-below/#comment-97800 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:56:26 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4061#comment-97800 Ronan is a trans-atlantic polyg?

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