A good hit of Tea Rose

To answer your question, Jillian, about the do-not-publish, I agree.

What's the thought for today?  Voting with my money.

For instance, some other Christian ladies and I were talking about perfume, and I was really shocked.  A lot of them like Victoria's secret.

Y'all know I like some cheap generic stuff I found online.  Today I wore "Orange Blossom".  I plan to take both the "Orange Blossom" and "Patchouli Lavender" when I travel next week.  I'll just tape the little roll-ons shut and stick them in my quart bag.

So, I don't have a personal axe to grind with any perfume company - I want to be clear on that.  In fact, as I type, it seems like most of the perfume companies use very seductive, visual ads to convince women to try their perfume.

Ron has allergies.  I can wear something off and on for years, and suddenly it provokes a huge allergy attack.  He thinks my "Tea Rose" smells like "Old Ladies" so I only wear it when I'm mad at him or I'm just really craving a good hit of Tea Rose.

Case in point - I wanted to watch a gospel rap video by KB.  You Tube ran an ad first, a woman, with breasts mostly exposed, spraying cologne into her cleavage.

I just think - if I'm buying that, I'm endorsing the porno ads.  That's not something I want to do.

I am very sensitive to porn.  I have known many men with horrible addictions.  I know one young man ran an accountability thread - he was just a teen - this was almost a decade ago, and he was inundated.  He is now with Jesus.  He had a medical condition.  If a visual image like that is going to cause a problem to my brothers in Christ, I feel I shouldn't support it or endorse it.

Now, does that mean I care how you spend your money?  No.  It's your money, you earned it.  I know a fair percentage of you are unreached.

I would be interested to get opinions: unreached (unsaved, agnostic, whatever) men: do you have a problem with the pornographic ads today?  Or is it just a Christian man thing?  I've never had a frank discussion.

If someone bought me a bottle of perfume,  and I liked it, I would wear it.  Even if I didn't like it I would probably wear it around them.  Ron bought me a perfume or two I wasn't wild over, but I did wear them.

The problem I always had with Ron, and perfume - other women.  He had so many "friends" before me, he associated many popular fragrances.  Jean Nate?  Sung?  Charlie?  Chanel #5?  He had a woman for them all.

I had to find something off the shelf, so to speak.  Something I liked, he liked, and his allergies tolerated.  No one else has ever complimented my perfume, but they haven't complained, either.

Trust me, if I was too strong, Ron would let me know.  His "filter's broke" - anything he thinks comes right out his mouth these days.

And knowing that, guess what?  We have to attend a manager conference next month and socialize with all the other vendors.  God help us all.  It's mandatory.