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So you think happy and healthy Christian marriages are both non-existent and impossible. OK. Believe what you want, Lovette! :ROFL:

I'm now convinced. I can clearly see now how naive I was. :LOL:

Sorry. "Misunderstand me," then. And no, I never meant to "ridicule" you by pointing out the simple fact that happy Christian marriages are both possible and real. :LOL:

I've addressed everything you mentioned already. And you continue to accuse me of making statements I never made. I assume you will continue to do so. Am I right?

I guess getting an education, finding a job, and finding a home, and making friends are all temporary delusions. We should all forget about that stuff, then! If, for you, this means stay single, then stay single. Fine with me. I'm not trying to convince you to get married, Lovette. Don't...

Oh, OK. If you say so. Let's just ignore whatever biblical wisdom we can glean when it comes to the topic of romance and marriage. Sounds like a great idea! :ROFL: However, if you mean that is irrelevant to you, personally, well, sure, I get that. I know you have no desire to marry. Of course...

I never asserted either of these things. :ROFL: Maybe He'll rescue you from your desires for sleep, good food, etc. next. What about all the married couples in the Christian world? Are all of them "enslaved," as you put it? Most pastors and church elders are married, in my experience. Would...

Alright. I'll consider your advice. :LOL: How is it "gossip" to simply observe the simple fact that happily married couples exist? Then, again, you don't believe in such a possibility, for some reason. 🤣 Wait, people are free to marry? Oh, OK. Great! Oh, I see that grammatical...

I don't think anyone here has asserted any of these things. OK. But you don't know every single Christian married couple, do you? I guess we have just different life experiences, then. I never said a dating app was a "one-size-fits-all recipe." That's funny. Haven't you been saying that...

You misunderstood me. Again. :ROFL: So people never get married in real life? Except for the "lived experience" of people who decide to get married and enjoy happy marriages, apparently. Maybe in your culture this simple concept is nonexistent? I don't know how your formulate your ideas...

I was right. :ROFL: Come on, Lovette. You have to read the entire chapter. I know you can do it. I believe in you! :ROFL: People only get married in fairytales? :ROFL: You ignored his caveats again. Just like I knew you would. Incredible. Is that how you view the concept of two people...

I love the pigeon analogy, that cracked me up! :ROFL: I do sympathize, for sure, and not even in a condescending kind of way. I want to help him understand these things so badly. But, I'm only responsible for me. We can only do so much. And it seems like we've done a lot at this point! :ROFL:

I see that particular misunderstanding has returned. Ah, well. Whatever. What about the Christian couples who marry and enjoy happy marriages? Did God arrange those? Or was it all a dreadful mistake? So you view the simple concept of two people agreeing to go on a date, continuing to date...

OK, but you seem to think that nobody is able to handle marriage. Do I understand you correctly on that point? Don't you believe that every Christian should stay single? Or am I misunderstanding you? So, is it a possibility, at least, that there might be someone out there for me to marry...

Oh. I honestly didn't consider that. Interesting. And, yeah, I suspect Lovette's questions will go in more and more bizarre directions. I keep wondering when to break this off, too. I know I'll have to at some point. I have teeny-tiny sliver of hope for Lovette, and I am finding this kinda...

Then choose to stay single. Choose singleness for yourself. Resolve to never get married, ever. You're free to do that, if you wish. Fine with me. I'm not trying to persuade you to get married. Maybe that's how you're interpreting what I'm saying. If so, that's not what I mean. So you also...

:LOL: What if the interest and attraction is mutual? Or is that sort of thing impossible on whatever strange planet you live on? Have you ever used a dating app? Do you believe they zero healthy relationships and zero healthy marriages have started on dating apps? Because I know lots of...

Nobody has to bother with it. That's fine. And Paul doesn't say that you have to be "content" with your singleness. He says that if you're not content with it, then it might be better to marry. He also says that he, personally is content with it, but also admits that not everyone is like that...

OK. And? You think there's no good people around to marry? :ROFL: Maybe. So you view romantic and sexual desires as a problem. Interesting. Well, he does say that it's better to marry than to burn with passion. And, uh, I don't know about you, but people don't usually date "perfect...

A privilege? Interesting choice of words from you. Usually privileges involve good things. Oh, good. OK. I'm talking about the general desire to be married one day. You do understand that marriage involves many good and enjoyable things that many people desire to experience, right? So, if...