Forgot the Best Part

The most entertaining thing about Thanksgiving (listen to the sarcasm rolling off his keyboard) is that I got an update on my recently divorced sister Michelle. Apparently, she was in a "life group" at her church, where people get together to solve their life's problems with the help of scripture. Well, when she filed for divorce, they kicked her out of the group. A week or so ago, the elders of her church approached her because they had heard she was dating. They informed her that she didn't have the right to start dating until her ex-husband Steve started, at which point it would be acceptable for her to date. You know, he has to release her from her wifely bounds, even after divorce. Thankfully, she laid into them, told them that he was already seeing someone and asked exactly what right they had to tell her what to do. I wish she had left the church, but she thought giving them the business would be enough.

One of my ex-brother-in-law's biggest problems was that he was really domineering. He was a real "woman's place is in the home" kind of Promise Keeping guy, the kind of person who didn't want to buy the fresh vegetables she needed for her diabetic diet because it would mean they couldn't afford to tithe, the kind of guy who would inform her that they were selling the TV because she didn't spend enough time reading the bible. I wonder where he learned such behavior from?