Comments on: It ain’t cheatin’ if I do it… http://glenphillips.net/blog/it-aint-cheatin-if-i-do-it/ i make music Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:44:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=7679 By: my3boys http://glenphillips.net/blog/it-aint-cheatin-if-i-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-426 my3boys Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:37:04 +0000 http://glenphillips.net/blog/?p=95#comment-426 This post was like an absolute kick to the gut. You can not even imagine the horrible year me & my family suffered at the hands of the rampant Narcissim you described in your very thought provoking rant. Extreme selfishness and constant need to one-up has infested and it destroyed my family. The damage is beyond repair and it all stemmed from an act of infidelity of which I had absolutely no part. My older sister is highly emmotional and can be defined as a having a personality disorder. Like with most marriages, she went through a phase where she was not getting enough attention and unfortunately she found the lacking attention from a male coworker and had an affair. Of course, it did not last and her husband found out. They stayed together for the kids but he has never forgiven her and she is oblivious to any wrong doing. She has no soul and no conscious. To make a long story short, I have always been the independant, responsible, moral (wanted to be a nun), people pleaser , peace maker of the family. My brother in law thought he found an adulterous pornographic photo of me on the internet and thought I was looking for a relationship. He came to my home when I was alone under false pretenses (dropping off toys to my kids) and made serious allegations against me & my husband and then made innapproprate advances towards me.. at the time I was too naive to realize what was happening (he was my friend) and I rejected him and then once he realized I was not interested in his indecent proposal He then said how my sister ruined him and how he can never get over her affair.. I felt badly for him but I was furious with my sister b/c she knew what his intentions were and she could care less if it traumatized me as long as it made her life better. After this happened I cut ties with my sister & her family and hoped it would just go away. I immediately told my husband & parents the story and they were shocked and disgusted, but 6 months later I found out that my sister & her husband had been tellling all of my family (I am one of 6 kids) that I was living a sordid double life. Cheating on my husband and that I infact 100% placed a pornographic ad on the internet & had an affair with a coworker, etc..(sound familiar) It was devastaing to me & my husband to be so betrayed by those closest to us. I had to call the police and a lawyer to finally make it stop which is not easy if you are related... no one wants to get involved with family disputes.. I guess my point of this post is that selfish evil acts may not only destroy yourself but all those who love you as well. Thank you for allowing me to vent. On a political note, I am keeping my fingers crossed about the economy and starting to hide $ under the mattress. My kids education funds have been almost wiped out.. 5 years of saving gone...:( I have always lived within my means and it blows my mind when people with Champagne Taste and Beer pockets think they are entitled to have every material object that their heart desires. The sense of entitlement and the desperate need for instant gratification is what I do not understand in our society. Maybe we are too spoiled and too comfortable and need suffer for a little for our own good. Time to get back to the basics and stop the nonsense and become responsible for ourselves. This post was like an absolute kick to the gut. You can not even imagine the horrible year me & my family suffered at the hands of the rampant Narcissim you described in your very thought provoking rant. Extreme selfishness and constant need to one-up has infested and it destroyed my family. The damage is beyond repair and it all stemmed from an act of infidelity of which I had absolutely no part. My older sister is highly emmotional and can be defined as a having a personality disorder. Like with most marriages, she went through a phase where she was not getting enough attention and unfortunately she found the lacking attention from a male coworker and had an affair. Of course,
it did not last and her husband found out. They stayed together for the kids but he has never forgiven her and she is oblivious to any wrong doing. She has no soul and no conscious. To make a long story short, I have always been the independant, responsible, moral (wanted to be a nun), people pleaser , peace maker of the family. My brother in law thought he found an adulterous pornographic photo of me on the internet and thought I was looking for a relationship. He came to my home when I was alone under false pretenses (dropping off toys to my kids) and made serious allegations against me & my husband and then made innapproprate advances towards me.. at the time I was too naive to realize what was happening (he was my friend) and I rejected him and then once he realized I was not interested in his indecent proposal He then said how my sister ruined him and how he can never get over her affair.. I felt badly for him but I was furious with my sister b/c she knew what his intentions were and she could care less if it traumatized me as long as it made her life better. After this happened I cut ties with my sister & her family and hoped it would just go away. I immediately told my husband & parents the story and they were shocked and disgusted, but 6 months later I found out that my sister & her husband had been tellling all of my family (I am one of 6 kids) that I was living a sordid double life. Cheating on my husband and that I infact 100% placed a pornographic ad on the internet & had an affair with a coworker, etc..(sound familiar) It was devastaing to me & my husband to be so betrayed by those closest to us. I had to call the police and a lawyer to finally make it stop which is not easy if you are related… no one wants to get involved with family disputes.. I guess my point of this post is that selfish evil acts may not only destroy yourself but all those who love you as well. Thank you for allowing me to vent.
On a political note, I am keeping my fingers crossed about the economy and starting to hide $ under the mattress. My kids education funds have been almost wiped out.. 5 years of saving gone…:( I have always lived within my means and it blows my mind when people with Champagne Taste and Beer pockets think they are entitled to have every material object that their heart desires. The sense of entitlement and the desperate need for instant gratification is what I do not understand in our society. Maybe we are too spoiled and too comfortable and need suffer for a little for our own good.
Time to get back to the basics and stop the nonsense and become responsible for ourselves.

]]> By: Torgo http://glenphillips.net/blog/it-aint-cheatin-if-i-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-419 Torgo Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:22:20 +0000 http://glenphillips.net/blog/?p=95#comment-419 ALL career politicians are a joke. It's transitioned from an act of public service to a career path. Why would we expect our leaders to act altruistically when we've allowed their role to evolve into a lucrative job of indefinite duration with incredible perks and benefits? Term limits, people. It's the one thing that DC needs more than anything else. I can't understand why the right and the left can't come together on this and agree that we're not going to make any progress in any direction as long as our elected officials have no regard for the sanctity of the so-called "mandate" to serve their constituents. Oh, wait, I do understand why. It's because WE have no regard for the sanctity of that mandate. Bitching about the state of the nation is easy. When was the last time you wrote your congress-person? If you can't remember, then stop bitching and write them today to demand legislation to enforce term limits. Tell them that if they don't comply, then you'll vote against them in the next election, regardless of party affiliation. Then do it. Do you vote in every election at every level? If not, stop bitching and start voting. The corrupt Senators and Presidents of tomorrow are the corrupt city councilmen and state legislators of today. Start weeding out corruption at the local level. Do you vote a straight party ticket? If so, quit bitching, because if you really believe that affiliation with any given party is a reflection of one's ability to govern, then you're not voting responsibly. You're only subjecting other responsible voters to your favorite flavor of rhetoric. Note: This is not a response to Glen, just an observation. I don't regard Glen's observation as bitching that needs to be stopped... ;c) ALL career politicians are a joke. It’s transitioned from an act of public service to a career path. Why would we expect our leaders to act altruistically when we’ve allowed their role to evolve into a lucrative job of indefinite duration with incredible perks and benefits?

Term limits, people. It’s the one thing that DC needs more than anything else. I can’t understand why the right and the left can’t come together on this and agree that we’re not going to make any progress in any direction as long as our elected officials have no regard for the sanctity of the so-called “mandate” to serve their constituents.

Oh, wait, I do understand why. It’s because WE have no regard for the sanctity of that mandate.

Bitching about the state of the nation is easy.

When was the last time you wrote your congress-person? If you can’t remember, then stop bitching and write them today to demand legislation to enforce term limits. Tell them that if they don’t comply, then you’ll vote against them in the next election, regardless of party affiliation. Then do it.

Do you vote in every election at every level? If not, stop bitching and start voting. The corrupt Senators and Presidents of tomorrow are the corrupt city councilmen and state legislators of today. Start weeding out corruption at the local level.

Do you vote a straight party ticket? If so, quit bitching, because if you really believe that affiliation with any given party is a reflection of one’s ability to govern, then you’re not voting responsibly. You’re only subjecting other responsible voters to your favorite flavor of rhetoric.

Note: This is not a response to Glen, just an observation. I don’t regard Glen’s observation as bitching that needs to be stopped… ;c)

]]> By: postymcposterton http://glenphillips.net/blog/it-aint-cheatin-if-i-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-418 postymcposterton Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:26:10 +0000 http://glenphillips.net/blog/?p=95#comment-418 Yeah, Gov. Badhaircut is a joke... it's really sad... ~Dan Yeah, Gov. Badhaircut is a joke… it’s really sad…

~Dan

]]> By: jessicadora http://glenphillips.net/blog/it-aint-cheatin-if-i-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-415 jessicadora Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:01:14 +0000 http://glenphillips.net/blog/?p=95#comment-415 Found the performance videos - it wasn't that difficult! Found the performance videos – it wasn’t that difficult!

]]> By: jessicadora http://glenphillips.net/blog/it-aint-cheatin-if-i-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-414 jessicadora Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:59:46 +0000 http://glenphillips.net/blog/?p=95#comment-414 Good morning Glen, Thank you so much for leading us to important yet under represented issues. Love the Mind site. Had trouble finding your video, but watched a great one about Afghanistan. Thank you as well for your transparency. It encourages me toward more openness. Good morning Glen,

Thank you so much for leading us to important yet under represented issues.
Love the Mind site. Had trouble finding your video, but watched a great one about Afghanistan. Thank you as well for your transparency. It encourages me toward more openness.

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