tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650084792139381728.post7121329977084318435..comments2023-10-06T05:41:45.782-07:00Comments on ask allison: the middle-Aged woman's go to girl: Juno On Giving Away Our PowerWomenBloomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11585432154048600487noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650084792139381728.post-2384560920218946752008-06-30T14:54:00.000-07:002008-06-30T14:54:00.000-07:00Samsara,I'm afraid you're right about that. I don...Samsara,<BR/><BR/>I'm afraid you're right about that. I don't know if it's the legal climate or what, but there does seem to be a societal streak to favor acting as though we're all powerless in the face of whatever the Gods choose to afflict us with. Kind of a return to the days of Greek tragedy. There are life's curve balls for sure, but not as many as our culture seems to think.<BR/><BR/>Ms Meta:<BR/><BR/>GOOD FOR YOU, GIRL! Somewhere, we seem to have learned that setting boundaries isn't 'nice'. But, you know, it isn't really kind or compassionate or in people's highest good to let them continue to make everyone around them a perpetrator. It's like aiding and abetting them in their victimhood.<BR/><BR/>Yea for you!<BR/>AllisonWomenBloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11585432154048600487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650084792139381728.post-62334194518074979742008-06-27T13:31:00.000-07:002008-06-27T13:31:00.000-07:00Funny you should post this. I had a conversation w...Funny you should post this. I had a conversation with a troublesome relative-by-marriage yesterday, who wanted me to take the blame for her mistake. It was as if the scales fell away from my eyes. I'd been putting up with this CRAP from her and others for most of my adult life, and I realized at that moment that I didn't have to take it anymore. Needless to say, she was indignant when I refused to play the game. Hooray for me! Thanks.<BR/>msmetaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650084792139381728.post-12322184699697271202008-06-25T21:42:00.000-07:002008-06-25T21:42:00.000-07:00Hi Allison,Good analogy, Juno. This is why I loved...Hi Allison,<BR/><BR/>Good analogy, Juno. This is why I loved the movie so much. She didn't let her parents or society's expectations or beliefs dictate her - much less her pregnancy. GOOD for her. [I mimic your stance on abortion. Another girls truth could have been to NOT endure the pregnancy.]<BR/><BR/>I have never seen anything like this culture we're in. It's like I didn't sign up for this when I was born and now am surprised. EVERYone [hyperbole] is so hip to blaming people -- like it's normal. [Did the soap operas do this?]<BR/><BR/>My beloved, tonight, just told me that the <A HREF="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25272678" REL="nofollow">girls who made that pregnancy pact</A> did it [speaking of blame] "because" of the Juno movie.<BR/><BR/>The irony is not lost on me; Speaking of personal power and not "blaming" external sources for internal decisions.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.filmstalker.co.uk/archives/2008/06/juno_blamed_for_us_pregnancy_p.html" REL="nofollow">Juno Blamed for Pregnancy Pact</A><BR/><A HREF="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/06/20/time-drags-juno-pregnancy-pact-story" REL="nofollow">Time drags 'Juno' into the Story</A><BR/><BR/>Oh brother. We are so in a society where blame is the name of the game.<BR/><BR/>Dropping by,<BR/><A HREF="http://samsara.ihostyou.com" REL="nofollow">Samsara</A>Samsarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08926600460742087425noreply@blogger.com