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Blazesyth
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Compassion...
I was watching 'Tough Love' on VH1 (yeah yeah, crap TV, I know..) and it's about some guy who's a matchmaker for this group of women that have had failed relationships.
The matchmaker guy was talking to one of the women and he said something like...
"Most people think you can't be a compassionate person until you have a child..."
I just  Makes me want to remove my Tivo season pass. 
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Lisa
I'm a PANK!!!
Member since 5/05 22334 total posts
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Professional Aunts No Kids
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Re: Compassion...
Posted by Blazesyth
"Most people think you can't be a compassionate person until you have a child..."
ummm...ok!!
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| Posted 4/2/09 9:56 AM |
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MrsPJB2007
MBA at your service!
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MJ
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Re: Compassion...
i love that show. i can't lie.
but would that mean that Steve--the matchmaker isn't capable of compassion because he doesn't have a kid or is married!
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| Posted 4/2/09 10:08 AM |
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DonnaJoe708
Hello
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Re: Compassion...
So I guess the compassion that I have for other people, animals, etc. means nothing?
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| Posted 4/2/09 10:52 AM |
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KittyKatCopper
missing my handsome boy
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Kat - HamptonsBride (LIW)
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Re: Compassion...
I guess we are all doomed then...
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| Posted 4/2/09 11:22 AM |
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IrishLasss334
I'll be there soon!
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Patty
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Re: Compassion...
Here's some Tough Love for that comment:
You are an idiot.
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| Posted 4/2/09 11:31 AM |
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JessInCA
live laugh love
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Jess
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Re: Compassion...
That's a strange statement.
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| Posted 4/2/09 11:56 AM |
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Blazesyth
*yawn*
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Re: Compassion...
Posted by KittyKatCopper
I guess we are all doomed then...
Just call me the Ice Queen.
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| Posted 4/2/09 11:56 AM |
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anonttcer
BOOOO for fall!
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Meaning a NON ttcer!
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Re: Compassion...
Posted by DonnaJoe708
So I guess the compassion that I have for other people, animals, etc. means nothing?
Of course it doesn't!
Don't you know that:
1- You are NOTHING until you are a mother
2- A Woman's sole purpose in life is to bear children
3- The only reason to get married is to start a family!!
(just using a few of the GEMS I have seen posted on this board as well as some I have heard myself!)
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| Posted 4/2/09 12:15 PM |
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RocPin
Life's Beachy <3
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Heather
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Re: Compassion...
Posted by JessInCA
That's a strange statement.
I agree. Its a dumb statement too
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| Posted 4/2/09 12:24 PM |
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SusiBee
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Member since 3/09 8268 total posts
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Re: Compassion...
Compassion is a profound human emotion prompted by the pain of others. More vigorous than empathy, the feeling commonly gives rise to an active desire to alleviate another's suffering. It is often, though not inevitably, the key component in what manifests in the social context as altruism
So, since I don't have children, I must not have had compassion as I was bathing my mother and changing her diapers as she was dying of cancer. Sitting up with her all night because she was hallucinating. Doling out her pain meds and making sure that she could breathe. Turning her every two hours so that she would not develop pressure sores, and when she invariably did, having to clean and dress them WITHOUT causing my mom extra distress.
Yeah, I don't have compassion because I don't have children.
I think he got it way wrong.
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| Posted 4/2/09 12:31 PM |
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Lisa
I'm a PANK!!!
Member since 5/05 22334 total posts
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Professional Aunts No Kids
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Re: Compassion...
Posted by anonttcer
Don't you know that:
1- You are NOTHING until you are a mother
2- A Woman's sole purpose in life is to bear children
3- The only reason to get married is to start a family!!
sounds like something from the 1950's instead of 2009
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| Posted 4/2/09 12:33 PM |
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greenfreak
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Re: Compassion...
I guess all those years as a volunteer EMT and Paramedic were for naught.
I like that show too. Any show with train wrecks on it to make fun of are good in our house.
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| Posted 4/2/09 2:00 PM |
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Blazesyth
*yawn*
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Re: Compassion...
Posted by greenfreak
I like that show too. Any show with train wrecks on it to make fun of are good in our house.
Same. DH asked me, why do we watch this cr@p.. I said so I can watch people fight and go crazy.
The matchmaker's statement made me want to delete the season pass, then I saw the previews for next week and I couldn't bring myself to do it. I love when people throw electronics. 
(edited for clarity)
Message edited 4/2/2009 2:32:45 PM.
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| Posted 4/2/09 2:31 PM |
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thewinterone
You make me happy
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cause you are gray.
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Re: Compassion...
I can't help but watch this show even though I really want to slap him.
I guess I'm not compassionate enough to like such an a$$bag.
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| Posted 4/2/09 6:43 PM |
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kimbalina
Bring on the glitter and bows!
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Re: Compassion...
stupid comment.
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| Posted 4/3/09 11:08 AM |
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Re: Compassion...
Ignorant and insensitive comment. I would like to add, that i know plenty of "parents" who def lack in the compassion department.
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| Posted 4/3/09 11:49 AM |
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evnme
My little lamb
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Re: Compassion...
steve wasnt talking about women when he made that comment- he was referring to men who do not truly understand compassion until they had had a child.
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| Posted 4/3/09 3:09 PM |
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Blazesyth
*yawn*
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Re: Compassion...
Posted by evnme
steve wasnt talking about women when he made that comment- he was referring to men who do not truly understand compassion until they had had a child.
It's still the same sentiment.
If he was talking to a man I'm sure he would have changed it to be 'a woman can't understand...'
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| Posted 4/3/09 3:11 PM |
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anonttcer
BOOOO for fall!
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Re: Compassion...
Posted by Blazesyth
Posted by evnme
steve wasnt talking about women when he made that comment- he was referring to men who do not truly understand compassion until they had had a child.
It's still the same sentiment.
If he was talking to a man I'm sure he would have changed it to be 'a woman can't understand...'
Exactly- I'm not so offended by the woman vs man that it was addressed to as I am by the sentiment that PEOPLE (either sex) can't have compassion unless they have had a child.
Stupid statement.
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| Posted 4/3/09 4:20 PM |
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SuchIsLife
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Re: Compassion...
Posted by evnme
steve wasnt talking about women when he made that comment- he was referring to men who do not truly understand compassion until they had had a child.
Man or woman, it's an ignorant statement. I guess Mother Teresa or the Dalai Lama aren't compassionate?
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| Posted 4/3/09 4:41 PM |
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NS1976
My princess!
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Re: Compassion...
I am sorry to crash but this is the stupidest comment I have ever heard.
Before I became a mother, I was (and still am) a compassionate daughter, sister, friend, wife, granddaughter, teacher and overall person. Having my daughter didnt make me more compassionate, it just made me compassionate to one more person in my life. That comment just makes me so mad!!  
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| Posted 4/4/09 12:45 AM |
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Christine
2nd verse same as the 1st
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Re: Compassion...
Posted by SuchIsLife
Posted by evnme
steve wasnt talking about women when he made that comment- he was referring to men who do not truly understand compassion until they had had a child.
Man or woman, it's an ignorant statement. I guess Mother Teresa or the Dalai Lama aren't compassionate?
I guess they aren't. I suppose this could be one more stigma we can add to our empty childlees lives.
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| Posted 4/4/09 10:58 AM |
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heathergirl
Cocktail Time!
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Re: Compassion...
Childless families are obviously less worthy, as people on LIF and in the media make us out to be.
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| Posted 4/4/09 11:29 AM |
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imagin916
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Re: Compassion...
Posted by theburbshereicome
Ignorant and insensitive comment. I would like to add, that i know plenty of "parents" who def lack in the compassion department.
ITA. If being a parent made you compassionate, there would be no such thing as child abuse.
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