Did you see on the news today that certain men are trying to attract women on the internet by getting into cages with wild animals such as tigers and having their photos taken!!? They post the photos on dating websites, thinking they will be perceived as 'very masculine.' No one knows exactly how effective this is yet. Personally, it seems like a desperation measure to me!
Something else is news to me this week: a friend told me about a game that her then-husband wanted her to play many years ago, in 'hippie times.' It was called "The Key Game." Here's how it went. My friend went with her husband to a neighborhood home for what she thought would be a dinner party. After a meal, the group relaxed in the living room. Then all the men threw their housekeys onto the floor in the center of the room!! Several men picked up housekeys and took someone else's wife with them! My friend's then-husband told her to go home with this other man. She was absolutely horrified! She had no idea this would happen. She ran home by herself, crying, afraid. Her then-husband laughed. He didn't see what was wrong with her.
These situations, especially the last one, are examples of the depravity in relationships of which I wish I had never heard. I know of plenty of solid, lasting, very fulfilling marriages but you never hear about wholesomeness. But then, in the end, it doesn't matter what 'everybody else' is doing; we must satisfy our own consciences that we're trying our best to do the 'right thing,' and never exploit another person.
FYI: my friend's marriage didn't last long. This was only one of his evil, hurtful behaviors.
Lord, again we ask your help. Point out the red-flag warning behaviors in those who will lie to us and otherwise hurt us. Help us associate with those who are good for us, we pray.
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