I had a bad night with a fundie.

He's a guy my brother met as a bartender. He drinks and smokes, not just tobacco. He's never been married, has no kids. He also apparently makes more money than he needs. At least that's what he said.
He brought some ribs to the house, which I dutifully (and expertly, I might add) smoked. I bought the beer. He drank a lot of it
Every conversation, no matter the subject, kept coming back to Jesus and love. And, very weirdly, mangoes. Female body types were also very important to him. My brother and I kept trying to tell him that the concept of physical beauty is very slippery, it has changed over and over throughout history. He compared the desirability of women to mangoes. If there is a worm in the mango, would you eat it?
We kept arguing, saying you can't compare people to fruit. And it got really weird after that.
I told him that I don't like him, don't trust him, and don't want him in my home again. My brother still had to take him aside and back me up. Good brother.

Women. Mangoes?

He has no chance.

He's never been married. No kids. But he knows what I should do with my life?

who were never a threat to us. Ask him about the Golden Rule.

My brother, (wisely) stepped in to stop a further escalation.
I really went hard on the use of fundie beliefs to push a political agenda that cares nothing for the people they use. Sometimes my brother steps in too soon.

How awful to have to deal with such a character in your own home...Here's a hug for you, to help you forget this awfulness...

:hug: and a spare :hug:

But it quickly became apparent that he was way too weird. I've had people like that try to insinuate themselves into my life in the past. I don't mean just fundies, either. People with no family, no real connections to other people. And he just struck me that way.

Weird is right. I won't have people that are so against everything I believe in in my home either. Used to try but not anymore.

:sarcasm:

surpising. Guess he hasn't met the right fruit, yet.

I think he wants to be Jesus.

but in a liberal way, not as a fruit molester.

Bye Bye!

And yes, I would eat a mango with a worm in it, after taking out the worm.

I also told him that, when I was stationed in Cuba, I knew a lot of people who got rashes when coming in contact with mangoes. And that I don't like mangoes.

these people are sexually twisted. I'm sorry but it's just weird.

Anyway... sorry you had to put up with him.

Jesus and love? Well, Jesus loved his ribs and beers.

steak yes but not ribs

he was Jewish

and I don't like beef ribs, Jesus wouldn't either

:rofl:

He liked the way I cooked the ribs.
Hey, he bought 'em. I cooked 'em. Fair is fair there. But in conversation, he lost.

This is the type of man I have met all over the KC dating scene in the last couple of years. Ok, maybe not quite as quirky as him but some are not that far off. And they all seem to like me which is quite frightening.

However, I'm a newly single male in KC...
Just saying.

with a five year old at home.
Kinda puts a damper on the love life.
I think that the chickenhawks and the fundies around me put a bigger damper on it though.

You are not alone. And even in the former marriage, there was no love life. It's possible to have one, even when you have children.
But I know what you mean.

anything to do with. And on the dating sites and such the liberal men don't want a woman w/ a child. So I always feel like I'm left out in the cold either way.

I am not actively looking, and I've not really tried any of the dating sites (other than answering the 38942082734985923 eHarmony questions hoping each question was the last)--but it seems many guys don't want children involved.

Frankly, I don't blame them, and can totally understand that. It just sucks for me.

But I'm very schizophrenic about whether I want anything to do with a man right now anyway.

is very sexually suggestive. Perhaps there is just a bit of
repression and transference going on with your fundie acquaintance.

There are some real freaks out there (obviously):crazy: :silly:

What kind of car does he drive?

Does he need his tires slashed? :)

I'll hold his guts as he leans over to puke.

when I was through with him he wouldn't want to come back again. How can a man who has never been married know so much about women? Surely no single man who could make any conversation about Jesus would have had any personal knowledge about women :sarcasm:.

"The Big Lebowski" has a quote for almost every occassion.

:evilgrin: