I had a bad night with a fundie.

[evlbstrd]

He's a guy my brother met as a bartender. He drinks and smokes, not just tobacco. He's never been married, has no kids. He also apparently makes more money than he needs. At least that's what he said.
He brought some ribs to the house, which I dutifully (and expertly, I might add) smoked. I bought the beer. He drank a lot of it
Every conversation, no matter the subject, kept coming back to Jesus and love. And, very weirdly, mangoes. Female body types were also very important to him. My brother and I kept trying to tell him that the concept of physical beauty is very slippery, it has changed over and over throughout history. He compared the desirability of women to mangoes. If there is a worm in the mango, would you eat it?
We kept arguing, saying you can't compare people to fruit. And it got really weird after that.
I told him that I don't like him, don't trust him, and don't want him in my home again. My brother still had to take him aside and back me up. Good brother.

[MissB]

1. What else was he smoking?

Women. Mangoes?

He has no chance.

[evlbstrd]

9. None.

He's never been married. No kids. But he knows what I should do with my life?

[Erika]

2. Jesus and love does not translate us bombing innocents

who were never a threat to us. Ask him about the Golden Rule.

[evlbstrd]

18. It almost got to that.

My brother, (wisely) stepped in to stop a further escalation.
I really went hard on the use of fundie beliefs to push a political agenda that cares nothing for the people they use. Sometimes my brother steps in too soon.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Welcome back to what passes for sanity, my dear evlbstrd!

How awful to have to deal with such a character in your own home...Here's a hug for you, to help you forget this awfulness...

:hug: and a spare :hug:

[evlbstrd]

11. I gave him the benefit of the doubt at first.

But it quickly became apparent that he was way too weird. I've had people like that try to insinuate themselves into my life in the past. I don't mean just fundies, either. People with no family, no real connections to other people. And he just struck me that way.

[Nite Owl]

4. Mango's?

Weird is right. I won't have people that are so against everything I believe in in my home either. Used to try but not anymore.

[LynneSin]

5. I just don't understand, why is a guy like that still single

:sarcasm:

[jobycom]

6. Hm, and he's not married?

surpising. Guess he hasn't met the right fruit, yet.

[evlbstrd]

12. Mangoes came up so often, it just drove me nuts.

I think he wants to be Jesus.

[jobycom]

27. I want to be Jesus, too

but in a liberal way, not as a fruit molester.

[Cathyclysmic]

26. I second that

[norml]

7. Psycho Alcoholic Creepy Fundie Loony With Fruit Fetish Go

Bye Bye!

And yes, I would eat a mango with a worm in it, after taking out the worm.

[evlbstrd]

14. Damn! That's exactly what I said!

I also told him that, when I was stationed in Cuba, I knew a lot of people who got rashes when coming in contact with mangoes. And that I don't like mangoes.

[indigo32]

8. It's been obvious for years

these people are sexually twisted. I'm sorry but it's just weird.

Anyway... sorry you had to put up with him.

[johnnie]

10. So he smokes banana peels?

Jesus and love? Well, Jesus loved his ribs and beers.

[davidinalameda]

13. he didn't eat ribs

steak yes but not ribs

he was Jewish

[I Have A Dream]

29. Couldn't Jesus have eaten beef ribs? n/t

[davidinalameda]

32. I don't like beef ribs

and I don't like beef ribs, Jesus wouldn't either

[I Have A Dream]

33. LOL! That's wonderful!

:rofl:

[evlbstrd]

16. Then I channel Jesus.

He liked the way I cooked the ribs.
Hey, he bought 'em. I cooked 'em. Fair is fair there. But in conversation, he lost.

[xmas74]

15. Now you understand why I no longer date.

This is the type of man I have met all over the KC dating scene in the last couple of years. Ok, maybe not quite as quirky as him but some are not that far off. And they all seem to like me which is quite frightening.

[evlbstrd]

17. I hear ya.

However, I'm a newly single male in KC...
Just saying.

[xmas74]

19. But I'm also a single mom

with a five year old at home.
Kinda puts a damper on the love life.
I think that the chickenhawks and the fundies around me put a bigger damper on it though.

[evlbstrd]

20. I am a single Dad.

You are not alone. And even in the former marriage, there was no love life. It's possible to have one, even when you have children.
But I know what you mean.

[xmas74]

24. The conservative men around here I don't want

anything to do with. And on the dating sites and such the liberal men don't want a woman w/ a child. So I always feel like I'm left out in the cold either way.

[tjdee]

28. And once again I ask, are you me, LOL?

I am not actively looking, and I've not really tried any of the dating sites (other than answering the 38942082734985923 eHarmony questions hoping each question was the last)--but it seems many guys don't want children involved.

Frankly, I don't blame them, and can totally understand that. It just sucks for me.

But I'm very schizophrenic about whether I want anything to do with a man right now anyway.

[lapfog_1]

21. Lots of different fruit, when cut in half

is very sexually suggestive. Perhaps there is just a bit of
repression and transference going on with your fundie acquaintance.

[NMMNG]

22. You should tell your brother not to bring home weirdos he meets at work

There are some real freaks out there (obviously):crazy: :silly:

[proud2BlibKansan]

23. Where does he live?

What kind of car does he drive?

Does he need his tires slashed? :)

[realms]

25. He's mine

I'll hold his guts as he leans over to puke.

[jmm]

30. I wouldn't have banned him from my home but

when I was through with him he wouldn't want to come back again. How can a man who has never been married know so much about women? Surely no single man who could make any conversation about Jesus would have had any personal knowledge about women :sarcasm:.

[deutsey]

31. He treats objects like women, man.

"The Big Lebowski" has a quote for almost every occassion.

:evilgrin: