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Last week was my husband’s birthday and I wanted to throw him a party that encompassed who he is… manly, adventurous, & funny. So that was my theme!
MANLY – To create a manly environment I choose the colors: black, white, red, with a hint of blue. I also went for the grunge look because guys are messy.
Today marks the release of Fifty Shades of Grey, a movie that promotes sexual violence as an acceptable form of love. It’s not love, it’s abuse.
Protect your innocence and refuse to watch this movie. As a wife I would not want my husband to watch porn, so why would it be ok if I did. I choose to support real love, not violence, manipulation, self-interest, and abuse. I’m saying #nogreynoway and #yestofreedom!
Support the movement by:
Refusing to watch or read 50 Shades of Grey.
Post a black & white selfie with a sign stating #NOGREYNOWAY on your social media platform.
Donate the price of a movie ticket to help free those from sexual slavery. Donate Here.
Say NO to anything that is less than love. Love is not grey, it is black and white.
I refuse to consider lust as love. Love is patient and kind (1 Corinthians 13), not abusive and manipulative. #NoGreyNoWay — Jill Coyne (@jillkcoyne) February 11, 2015
“40% percent of abused women indicated that their partner used violent pornography.” – The Center For Cognitive Therapy #NoGreyNoWay — Kristin Adams 🙂 (@kristinadamstv) February 7, 2015
My husband and I married in October 2010. I was on birth control for about 5 months, but went off due to it making me non-stop emotional. For the next two years our birth control method was going “Catholic style”, which basically meant not having sex between days 11 and 18 of my cycle. We were so glad that it had “worked” and that we didn’t have any surprises along the way.
In August 2012 we decided to start trying for kids. At this point for us it meant taking prenatal vitamins and doing the deed between days 11 and 18. After 6 months of trying without any luck, we decided to try a little harder. I started using an ovulation kit, taking my basal body temperature, not drinking coffee, and giving up my casual wine drinking. Another 2 months went by without any luck of getting pregnant. At this same time 4 of my friends had gotten pregnant. I was ecstatic for them, but I was also very envious of their joy.
In May 2013, I went in for my annual pap and decided to ask my obgyn about the next steps. She suggested that I get 3 blood tests and my husband get a sperm analysis. That day she also gave me an ultrasound since it happened to be my ovulation day so she could see my follicles. Everything looked great for us! My follicles were large enough to ovulate, my blood work looked perfect, and my husband’s sperm analysis came back great. It was frustrating to know that we were healthy, fit, and everything seemed to be functioning normally, yet we still could not get pregnant.
We tried a few more months without any luck. Each month it was heartbreaking to get a negative test. No one around me really understood the pain that I was feeling. This month my husband and I decided to take the next step. We called to make another appointment with my obgyn, only to find out that she moved. We live in a smaller town and there are no other fertility specialists, so we made an appointment with a different obgyn to talk about our next course of action. We will see how that appointment goes next month.
Dabblism.com is a blog that is a little bit about everything. I believe that you should constantly be trying and learning new things. Though the world may tell you that you have to become an expert in one field, I just don’t believe that. How can you ever know if you will like something unless you try them all.