“Received your book ‘Created to be his Help Meet’ and have let the Lord give me a grateful heart towards my ‘Steady’ man. I just told my mom the other day about this book, and that I could no longer talk negatively about my husband. After 2 days of a changed attitude, he went and bought me a brand-new vacuum cleaner, even though I was willing to take a secondhand one. I was tickled pink! I am very thankful that the Lord has given me a chance, and has put a woman like you to teach us younger women. In fact, I am so grateful, that yesterday I wept!”
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The testimonials on the website read like pure Stepford Wives and would all be suitable for FSTDT. It's tragic how some women are willing to give up their equality so readily.
... w.t.F...?
It's not often I feel violently inclined... Actually, no, that's not true, I frequently feel extremely violently inclined when I visit here... but some people need a good slapping to knock some sense into them.
Tickled pink to get a new vacuum cleaner? FSM preserve us... *bangs head repeatedly against desk*
So the secret of happiness in a marriage is lowering your expectations through the floor?
If I had to guess I'd have to say that most testimonials you see in ads like that are fabricated anyway. The ones I found the most laughable had to be the ones from the Bloussant infomercial though -- all these women claiming that Bloussant had made their boobs bigger, but not a before shot in the bunch. Or the "Lifestyle Lift" ad that's all over the place now -- once you allow for the frowning in the before shots, it's hard to tell anything happened.
Doormats for Jayzoos!
I want to know what sort of brainwashing these people are undergoing and if it's that effective, why can't they be brainwashed to be hot, sexy, CLEAN, cheap hookers?
oh wow. You were psyched about getting a vacuum cleaner, a symbol of this 'help meet' wtf you're blathering about.
Brainwashing makes me sad.
Holy shit... how many battered women is this book going to get killed? Substance abuse? Meh, God says "Stick it out you ungrateful whore and just keep your trap shut."
If I had wanted to marry an unquestioning subservient I'd have married a dog.
Someone needs to bury a hefty size 10 boot in this womans ass.
I'd cry too, if I got a vaccum cleaner - new or used - from my husband.
My husband would cry too, because this would pretty much put an end to our sex life!
"In fact, I am so grateful, that yesterday I wept!"
Come on, you guys, cut her a little slack here. Doesn't everyone burst into tears when they're content? I mean, it happens all the time ! It doesn't mean you're depressed and in denial! Right? ...Right?
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[weeps]
I'd be happy to get a new vacuum cleaner too, actually. They're pretty useful little devices. Though they're really nothing to cry about.
...Seriously, what the hell is this HELPMEET shit?! "Well, I don't know what this word 'meet' means here, so I'll just tack it onto the end of the last word I understood... and make it one word!" This abuse of the English language makes me want to run headlong into a wall a few times. Or maybe to cause other people to run headlong into walls a few times.
Please tell me that your joy came from the realization that your master equal partner in marriage decided the old vacuum wasn't up to scratch and he wanted to speed up his vacuuming time (so he didn't disturb your tv watching too much).
Or is that just my household?
"I am very thankful that the Lord has...put a woman like you to teach us younger women."
This was the line that convinced me that this "review" was a plant, probably written by the author or some one in her family.
If you read the excerpts from the book, it's all about how to manipulate your husband into doing what you want by acting subservient. Don't feel too sorry for them, they aren't powerless. It's just ridiculous that they have to go to those kind of lengths to get a new vacuum cleaner. Did they try saying "Honey, we need a new vacuum cleaner?".
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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