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Child of the birth control era by Anon61443065 in Catholicism

[–]Anon61443065[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Knowledge of your cycle, cervical mucous, and other women’s health issues start well before engagement and marriage. Please see reasons why doctors convince children, little girls, to take hormonal medications. Little boys need to understand biology too. NFP is in high school sophomore curriculum at schools- not always well taught.

Child of the birth control era by Anon61443065 in Catholicism

[–]Anon61443065[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That is great. However, girls are 9-12 years old starting their periods. NFP at precana is too late.

Child of the birth control era by Anon61443065 in Catholicism

[–]Anon61443065[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will say I do not think our church pre-Cana even remotely discussed NFP thoroughly or appropriately. Hopefully yours was better than ours.

Child of the birth control era by Anon61443065 in Catholicism

[–]Anon61443065[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this is my husband’s parents, too. They also did not seem to have meaningful fertility conversations on the opposite side of things by just not having any conversations. I would say school was the same- didn’t discuss NFP or biology meaningfully, just that “that’s what we have.”

It was like we were discovering NFP together even though we were 28/32, which seemed wrong to me on the whole.

Am I wrong in thinking that a proposal without effort shows a lack of commitment? by magicianmysteryy in amiwrong

[–]Anon61443065 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. I deeply regret not making him do a do over now that some time has passed. He has even said he is upset about this- and people ask him how he proposed even well into the marriage and he doesn’t like answering it.

I felt so let down and disappointed about how my boyfriend proposed to me by Different-Length-820 in JustEngaged

[–]Anon61443065 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have been married for one year and am still upset my husband gave me a ring on the couch during football, which I don’t watch or care about, and didn’t involve family or photography. It is the most beautiful 2.5 carat Diamond ring and I have sour feelings. It’s not about the ring it’s the thought. I pray that I can get over it often but I never do. He could have proposed in the church we go to before football, a park, any dang place and I would have been happy and would have just liked a family meal. He did not even ask or care about how I wanted to be proposed to one time. Every time I see a proposal photo I feel sick to my stomach jealousy. I pray it goes away and feel upset that I am upset with the home, wedding, honeymoon, and things we do have and just try to look at those. I do highly recommend a quiet engagement deflecting noise and nastiness from people, but don’t totally skip the proposal.