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Originally Posted by rachelserine

I have a HUGE problem with anyone trying to tell a girl she is "truly beautiful WHEN and IF she does ... fill in the blank with your spiritually mandated idea of whatever a girl should be."

That, in my mind, qualifies as emotionally abusive and when you tie God into it you get a spiritually abusive environment. God does NOT say that we are truly beautiful only when we fulfill x commands, and most of the things they talk about are NOT commands.

Originally Posted by MommyInTraining

Vision Forum is who I blame for my parents not attending my wedding.

I "dishonored" and disobeyed them by marrying the man I believe God wanted me to marry, because he wasn't their pick.

My mom even went so far as to say, "If you don't have your father's blessing, what do you have?" Um, I guessed..."What, a curse?!" And she actually said Yes.

My wedding day was the happiest and saddest day of my life all in one. I still don't look back on it with a lot of fond memories.

Personally, without reading much of anything more than what I experienced, I won't go near them with a ten foot pole.

Oh, MIT, that is just heartbreaking. I'm so sorry that they would believe those things and treat you that way.