tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722447614945782871.post2459131137723880364..comments2023-09-12T11:31:20.729-05:00Comments on Straight-Friendly: Repost: Crowded OutTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271248501086241494noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722447614945782871.post-18322472831937007502009-05-17T17:45:00.000-05:002009-05-17T17:45:00.000-05:00Sherry, you're absolutely right--and I think it ge...Sherry, you're absolutely right--and I think it gets worse every year. By the time I got to Junior High it looked like the entire Partridge Family had exploded in my closet. And then by the time I got to college, I had every Lacoste shirt there was it seems. I only needed them, wanted them because I was told I was supposed to!<br /><br />Right this minute I'm in Miami (South Beach), where this crowd mentality reaches surreal levels. I got out of the cab last night to check-in just as the rest of the hotel was headed out to clubs. I immediately noticed that everybody looked at me and then looked at themselves. I had on a pair of GAP jeans, a button-down shirt, and Top-Siders. I have no idea what they were looking at, and don't care what they thought, but it was just so obvious that everyone was running some sort of "IN/OUT" game in their heads.<br /><br />I felt sorry for them all...<br /><br />Don't know, Sherry, how the first Christians ignored the system--except a lot of them were too poor to kowtow to it. Whatever freed them from this crowd-mania, good or bad, was a blessing indeed!<br /><br />Always a great joy to hear/see you! Have a great week.<br /><br />TimTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01271248501086241494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722447614945782871.post-31618797227210473302009-05-17T15:06:00.000-05:002009-05-17T15:06:00.000-05:00Tim, we start this out so young. I can remember as...Tim, we start this out so young. I can remember as a child shopping for clothes for school, and the saleslady telling my mother, this color or that type of skirt was all the "rage" and what everyone was wearing. We learn very young to fit it, not buck the system. We examine our friends Christmas "take" versus ours. By the time we are adults, we are madison avenue ready. Its a shame, and I'm not sure why it starts. <br /><br />I wonder how those first Christians ever had the guts to buck the system and stand up for this new "Way". lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com