The Hope of Adele
I was in a public place recently and heard an older gentleman tell a joke about a 30-something woman who was despairing over not being married.
Such jokes don’t amuse me — it doesn’t matter if the women are portrayed as single, pregnant, want-to-be pregnant, divorced, blonde, anorexic, fat, or grannies — especially when it’s men who are doing the telling. I’m even less amused when the men doing the telling are standing behind a pulpit, as this particular gentleman was.
If you are that single person who longs for the companionship of a soul-mate that you hope & pray God has for you, such jokes are hurtful. I know so many people — both men and women — who have yet to experience the kind of delight and intimacy that comes with a love that lasts through the decades.
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