tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post5959344760193770093..comments2023-08-10T08:24:08.460-06:00Comments on Mama Needs Coffee: 50 Shades of pain: sterile sex and the problem with pornJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07923751596148085363noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-64232820007637632162015-02-18T09:30:03.400-07:002015-02-18T09:30:03.400-07:00LOVE! I just discovered your blog through your &q...LOVE! I just discovered your blog through your "Blessed is She" reflection for today. Your post commenting on this topic is the most accurate I've read so far! As parents of 6 children (and 1 little saint), we completely agree that openness to life is all the excitement/risk we need to keep things interesting! Keep up the good work! I look forward to reading more of your posts!Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05021851000056460127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-9526435003379070702015-02-17T09:10:46.349-07:002015-02-17T09:10:46.349-07:00I have read a few zillion blog posts about fifty s...I have read a few zillion blog posts about fifty shades and this one is my favorite. Well done, Jenny, and thanks for posting about this one! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-359915977589668492015-02-16T06:47:28.003-07:002015-02-16T06:47:28.003-07:00Well done, Jenny! I recently discovered your blog...Well done, Jenny! I recently discovered your blog, then I realized who your husband is. We went to Trinity together (he was in my brother Aaron's class). :) So, hi to David, and both of you keep up the great work, spreading light in the darkness.JKingLamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272206914464501653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-27583811121965900412015-02-13T11:45:58.226-07:002015-02-13T11:45:58.226-07:00Very well said.
Side note: I always chuckle (w...Very well said. <br /><br />Side note: I always chuckle (with very unfortunate glee) when contracepting couples become pregnant. It's like, "MUAHAHAH, You see, you THOUGHT you had control over it." I probably shouldn't think that way...buttttttttttt I do.Lauren @ Here We Geauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11969093662089695547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-22784647875910603922015-02-13T11:24:48.556-07:002015-02-13T11:24:48.556-07:00Yup - if we were to celebrate our favorite holiday...Yup - if we were to celebrate our favorite holiday every single day, wouldn't that holiday get boring? Same with sex - when you can have it anytime, with no consequences, I can imagine it would begin to get tedious. Then you need to keep raising the bar to spice things up because you're not satisfied with regular old loving sex. Even though I detest NFP sometimes (abstinence is HARD!), I will always defend it because of it's ability to keep married love fresh, and special, and exciting. It's like counting down to the wedding night, honeymooning, and then counting down again every single month :)Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11451797365712728579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-8014105352423967182015-02-13T11:12:15.856-07:002015-02-13T11:12:15.856-07:00You nailed it! Thank you for sharing your thought...You nailed it! Thank you for sharing your thoughts. :)Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02303122465752586062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-8649439368641257232015-02-13T00:59:28.059-07:002015-02-13T00:59:28.059-07:00This is such an insightful, wise, and theologicall...This is such an insightful, wise, and theologically-rich piece on the movie. Thanks so much for sharing your own perspective on it, which so artfully embodies the Catholic Church's attitude on human sexuality. You inspire me as a woman, wife, and writer! Marissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15270403514772149491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-11016225677241489862015-02-12T18:01:52.576-07:002015-02-12T18:01:52.576-07:00Jenny
You hit one out of the park with this.Best t...Jenny<br />You hit one out of the park with this.Best thing I've read at all on this.<br /><br />THANK YOU xoxox<br /><br />~~ChrisChris https://www.blogger.com/profile/08164050250146561005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-80582301731514877252015-02-12T12:16:57.021-07:002015-02-12T12:16:57.021-07:00HA! "Golden Corral of the bedroom"--clas...HA! "Golden Corral of the bedroom"--classic. Also "a relationship that purports to be loving but that trades in the currency of use abuse is anything but romantic" is wonderful. Very insightful! As a Catholic convert that turned a new leaf from Baptist-Girl-Gone-Wild, I can rightfully testify that yes, sex gets super boring when you have no Christian foundation behind it for all the reasons you mentioned, though of course, it wasn't this obvious until after my conversion. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16790444120314654816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-56692932647674814912015-02-12T09:50:23.564-07:002015-02-12T09:50:23.564-07:00Excellent post, as usual. I also wonder what fant...Excellent post, as usual. I also wonder what fantasies/thoughts/actions this will generate in couples who go see the movie together. Nothing that can be healthy and loving in a marriage.Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999838147173390906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-6649677996404109442015-02-12T09:35:53.458-07:002015-02-12T09:35:53.458-07:00It seems as if even the people involved in making ...It seems as if <a href="http://defamer.gawker.com/50-shades-of-sigh-the-disastrous-50-shades-of-grey-p-1683492446" rel="nofollow">even the people involved in making the movie wanted out</a>. So I really hope it flops at the box office and that this cultural phenomenon dies a slow death. Thinking too hard about why this is appealing to women makes me really, really depressed about society.Tiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464171818759850598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-20198091324683033802015-02-12T07:33:44.832-07:002015-02-12T07:33:44.832-07:00I'm so glad you wrote on this-- I pretty much ...I'm so glad you wrote on this-- I pretty much steer right past all the social media drama concerning this movie, most of all because the movie itself holds zero allure for me at all, and what I have read in the realm of synopses makes me sick to my stomach. It's a non-issue. But I'm bewildered about how such a large majority of people ARE actually drawn to a story which involves "lovingly" abusing each other, even within the "confines of consensual monogamy". You addressed it! "what we do with our bodies and to the bodies of the ones we love matters" <br />What is America doing to the human person?Carolyn_Svellingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03508416600061194482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-54212166726869096022015-02-12T06:58:39.370-07:002015-02-12T06:58:39.370-07:00Love it. Great job, Jenny! You manage to write w...Love it. Great job, Jenny! You manage to write well on pretty much every topic possible!?! :) Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12474102263935151756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-36746050380540194742015-02-11T21:23:44.787-07:002015-02-11T21:23:44.787-07:00Wow. So good. So, so well written. Thank you.
...Wow. So good. So, so well written. Thank you.<br /><br />Also - "the Golden Corral of the bedroom" - brilliant.Ashley Castohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12989775950453559631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-12492240736572102232015-02-11T21:17:38.139-07:002015-02-11T21:17:38.139-07:00Very well put, and that second link especially is ...Very well put, and that second link especially is good food for thought Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12841896917157596550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-6327710236089507982015-02-11T19:43:59.354-07:002015-02-11T19:43:59.354-07:00Excellent, Jenny.Excellent, Jenny.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17507486288887752584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-1785388266540736782015-02-11T19:17:18.887-07:002015-02-11T19:17:18.887-07:00I agree so much with everything you said. I'm ...I agree so much with everything you said. I'm rather amused that this movie has gotten pretty bad reviews after all the press it's gotten. Thank you for writing this!dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814404711133579948noreply@blogger.com