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07.01.08, 15:38 PM General Topics
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Pet peeve: I am a spiritual person but I hate it when people say they are praying for something that is not going to be influenced by prayer. I was recently told that a woman prayed that my next child will be a boy. Her prayers have no influence on the sex of my child. That was determined at conception. (plus - I don't even want a boy necessarily.) [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 07.01.08, 03:38 PM Flag

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I think it's a nice gesture when ppl say they will keep you in your prayers. I find it ungrateful that something like that would bother you. It's harmless and meant well. I don't have an issue with it. Many times all ppl can do to help is say a prayer [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.01.08, 03:40 PM Flag

OP: I think it's presumptious to think she knows what is best. If she'd said she was praying for a happy and healthy pregnancy I'd be ok with it. I actually took a class taught by a priest who said that it's nice to ASK if you can pray for someone but arrogant to assume they want or need your prayers. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.01.08, 03:42 PM Flag

or: yes I agree that when it's specified she's praying for a specific gender when you are ttc. I think that's wacky. I just think the statements that ppl make about keeping you in their prayers are nice [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.01.08, 03:48 PM Flag

^^btw I grew up catholic in catholic schools and I would feel weird asking someone "can I pray for you?" lol..I only tell ppl about saying a prayer for them if I know them..not total strangers [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.01.08, 03:49 PM Flag

my mother prays to win the lottery instead of franticly saving during the final years before retirement, uggg [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.01.08, 03:41 PM Flag

op: lol - i wish to win the lottery all the time. i don't actually play it, though so it's a futile dream. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.01.08, 03:42 PM Flag

she plays it, fortunately just one number every week, so she's not spending too much on it. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.01.08, 03:45 PM Flag

yuck, who would tell someone that they are praying you have a boy? are we in the 18th century? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.01.08, 03:42 PM Flag

A relative said the same thing to me when I was pregnant with my second. I was like, "Why are we praying for a boy, exactly?" It felt very ew. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.01.08, 03:57 PM Flag

I was honored when people told me that they would pray for me to have a baby. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.01.08, 03:59 PM Flag