You mistake me. I hold no one responsible for following any set of rules, except for the ones they choose at the beginning of the game. If they change them before the game is over, I lose respect. Monogamists who suddenly try to justify polygamy bug me. Polygamists who suddenly demand monogamy bug me. Integrity is the only rule I see as something I hold people to.

All this stuff bugs me as well, as I’ve actually experienced infidelity in a legally and religiously legitimate marriage. But if one is playing house, one shouldn’t be surprised to find out that of the participants is just playin’.

Personally, I have no belief on the afterlife, but whatever it is, I’m confident that doing what you feel is right is the key to life. Staying true to your principles is the essence of it.

Got it.

baldilocks on November 14, 2007 at 11:29 AM

You mistake me. I hold no one responsible for following any set of rules, except for the ones they choose at the beginning of the game. If they change them before the game is over, I lose respect. Monogamists who suddenly try to justify polygamy bug me. Polygamists who suddenly demand monogamy bug me. Integrity is the only rule I see as something I hold people to.

Personally, I have no belief on the afterlife, but whatever it is, I’m confident that doing what you feel is right is the key to life. Staying true to your principles is the essence of it.

And for what it’s worth, I don’t know what Dr. Phil and all the idiots were moaning about. The circumstances made my damn day, and I know my girlfriend will laugh considerably when she hears of it.

doriangrey on November 13, 2007 at 8:08 PM

That’s what I and my girlfriend have always lived by, but the only one other couple that we know has followed that. Everyone else changes the rules when things get hard.

MadisonConservative on November 14, 2007 at 9:41 AM

DorianGrey saw fit to get obnoxious and self-righteous with me because I chose not to flaunt/brag about my “righteousness” in following Christian rules while commenting on this subject while projecting it onto others and because I “failed” to heap sufficient amounts of verbal condemnation on them. I submit that neither is my job.

Following the rules is good but it won’t get us into Heaven and following the rules doesn’t make any of us righteous as you probably know and we can’t follow them perfectly anyway (and I’m not saying that you were behaving in self-righteous manner). So I see no point in announcing to others about how well I follow those rules. I’d prefer to pray for all four of these people.

They’re all taking her so seriously on Dr. Phil, and it’s dopey. There are a lot of morally cretinous people in the world, but that horse is already out of the barn thanks to the Left and the Baby Boomer generation. Dr. Phil’s too late.

Best Week Ever is good, but I prefer The Soup for this kinda stuff…

JetBoy on November 13, 2007 at 7:55 PM

The Soup is awesome. They do a great job of showcasing just how stupid celebrities are. The Tyra clips being example number one.

doriangrey on November 13, 2007 at 8:08 PM

That’s what I and my girlfriend have always lived by, but the only one other couple that we know has followed that. Everyone else changes the rules when things get hard.

TheSitRep on November 13, 2007 at 8:00 PM

Uh, it’s not “PC Nazi” to defend people (or tards as you prefer) who are disabled. The fact that you classify people with mental disabilities as “underclass” is telling.

My Dad uses a cane when he walks due to a limp from a severe motorcycle accident 20+ yrs ago. We were wearing our Viking gear and since it was Veterans Day my Dad was wearing his Vietnam Vet hat as well. As we walking back to the bus a guy in his Packer green says to my Dad “Too bad you didn’t lose your whole leg.” Can you friggin believe it? I looked at the guy and he & his three buddies all thought it was funny comment. It was the first time ever I told my Dad to meet me at the cop shop because I was ready to split that guy’s face wide open. You can talk crap about the team I cheer for but to make this kind of comment is unbelievable.

This comment coupled with the cheering I heard as Adrian Peterson rolled on the ground in pain just reinforce my already low opinion of a lot of Green Bay fans.

It seems kind of odd for someone to say that they wouldn’t wish a mentally retarded baby on their worst enemy. As if it’s a fate worse than death.
Sydney Carton on November 14, 2007 at 2:00 AM

Exactly what I thought when I first heard the other girl say that. In fact am trying to imagine exactly how much stranger this “panel discussion” would be had the cheating girlfriend aborted the baby. “Well at least she didn’t KEEP it…” Culture of death indeed.

Disappointed in Dr. Phil. He should know better.

It’s not all about YOU, all the time. – Dr. Phil

I remember Dr. Phil fondly from my television-watching years. [Coming up on 8 years TV-Free.] Still love the guy, and I’ll bet he was able to give this young woman some perspective.

Really.

You joke, but this is what’s waiting for me out there in my dating pool.

Allahpundit on November 13, 2007 at 8:48 PM

Now how the heck are you going to keep your secret identity, well, secret?

You cheese her off and whammo. John “getting antrax mailed to your house” Smith will be in all the papers.

- The Cat

Anyway, that’s what anyone in this situation would feel, then feel guilty about feeling it, and then say how terrible the whole thing is out loud, but then think “serves him/her right” anyway.

She’s being chastised by everyone who want to look all moral, but they’d feel the same way in her place.

What, that she’s NOT sorry that the product of her boyfriend’s infidelity is mentally retarded? HA! Serves his dumb ass right.

Casting call! Casting call for next season on Dr. Phil’s house of moral midgets!

We’re desperately in need of a palate cleanser. Annnnnnnd this ought to do it.

I really need to start taping this show.

1. You just got back from vacation; how much palate cleansing do you need anyway?
2. While you’re at it, don’t forget to TiVo Oprah, The View, Donahue, Judge Judy, and Jerry Springer. You never know when you’re gonna miss that priceless trailer trash clip for those slow news days.

Everybody who’s boo-hooing her schadenfreude-istic satisfaction that the child is mentally handicapped — and will thus most likely require a LOT of parental supervision and involvement from the testicularly-directed father, who was so eager in getting his rocks off he didn’t use protection on his one-night-stand — needs to pull their car over to the side of the pretentious-holier-than-thou highway and get a grip.

Relax. It’s not that serious…not for us anyway.

Everybody who’s boo-hooing her schadenfreude-istic satisfaction that the child is mentally handicapped — and will thus most likely require a LOT of parental supervision and involvement from the testicularly-directed father, who was so eager in getting his rocks off he didn’t use protection on his one-night-stand — needs to pull their car over to the side of the pretentious-holier-than-thou highway and get a grip.

This is what writers would call “poetic justice” — which is probably appropriate given the likelihood of this whole thing being scripted.

Dude, you tape Dr. Phil.
Do not!

Allahpundit on November 13, 2007 at 7:54 PM

Uh, you still have a VCR?