Mark/Rissana

They flub the stunt in mid air, bang their heads on the crossbar, mess up the dismount.... but nail the landing?
10, 10, 10, 10, and a 3.5 from the judge from Belarus

I'd like to know this as well... esp seeing the OP wrote a post just 3 days ago complaining that her fiance won't tell anyone about their relationship because he wants respect from his family... doesn't sound like a good start to me!

Just as " The Darren Turns" closes to a packed house a new feature opens!!

The K-1 process is like a REALLY long walk down the aisle at the church, if you are worried about what folks are going to say about your Fiancee because of a bad past experience and think "keeping her a secret' will fix that you are soooooo wrong, "those people" are going to talk behind your back just the same, heck some have a pair and will say it to your face... only time will prove them wrong. So man-UP and let the world know you are a proud Fiance and if they can't deal with it tell them to go pound salt!
The rope is still handy!!
Yup I think you are only protecting your fragile little feelings from having to confront the nay-sayers right now.

If you and your spouse won't put each other first then who the heck will? Seriously I love my family, but they could take a flying leap if they didn't like my husband.

No its completely nuts, why would he not want them to know? And then, if they are going to react negative then why be apart of that church or around the family who will be negative about it?
Both his family and his church should respect his decision and if not, he needs to re-evaluate what he is apart of

. I wish could've one for my fiance. But, he never into the thing like this. Even if my fiance and I have a personal problem like fighting, we would never going to share it on public forum. We always maintain that everything can be solved just by talking to each other. Communication is the key.

I don't care about my exes, hopefully my friends will and do love her, just glad she is my wife now. If you're not done with the past don't mess up someones future.
Yes Sir.

If the first wife would have been an American woman would it seem bad to ever marry another American?

Naaaa I say get a rope!!!

Darren I really don't understand why you are getting all worked up over people you have been on the outs with for years and have not spoken to in just as long.
Seriously, are you just some sort of DQ?
If you are a church going person, take this yarn to your pastor, bring a framing hammer along and hand it to him that way he has something to wack you with when he hears this bull do-do!

Agreed.
Pretty sure OP wanted the response he got from his sister. He would have been disappointed if she had said anything but what she did. He wants to play this game with his family. I hope his wife is more than just a way to 'get back' at his family.
Focus on her and your new life rather than dragging her into all this BS with your family. What is the point of making her write your sister? You care more about this drama than making her comfortable and helping her adjust to her new life. "Welcome to America! here, write a bunch of emails to people who don't like you on principal (when really this is about you, not her) and who you would never actually have to deal with if I didn't make you".
As someone else said, grow up. Focus on your wife and her wants and needs right now.

Of course I'd defend my wife's honor to the grave of anyone who would attack her like that.
I don't think it applies in this situation though as he has distanced himself from the offensive family members already and is making a choice to offer her up as cannon fodder.
Just look at the totality of the situation here, it almost seems like cheesing-off his family may be one of the reasons he shopped for a Filipino to marry in the first place.
This whole situation stinks really badly and I can't see why he would willingly put his wife into it.
For example: I have no relationship with several members of my family, they all know about my marriage to Anna and some of them have even made inappropriate comments about it. They are attempting to use her to get to me because they know they can't directly affect me anymore. If I allow myself to get drawn into it then I've diminished Anna by allowing them to utilize her in that way. How do I prove them wrong? By living a happy life with my wife and kids despite their opinions.
There is a big difference between someone voicing an honest concern (which I always respond to) and someone making a blatant attack on her/us. The only real motive of the latter is as I've previously stated so tell me who really wins if I engage them?

Get over it! Your sister isn't starting something, she finished it, you just haven't figured out to put a grave marker on it.
Don't you have better things to do then "trying to win" ? Maybe get your mind wrapped around life with Gretchen...

I say...fight fire with fire. Lay down a "fundamental" barrage.
1st...a disclaimer...(the following comments do not represent the opinions, beliefs or attitudes of myself or my wife. The following comments are provided as a thought on how to "fight fire with fire". Frankly...my wife and I do not agree with the mindset of "fundamentalists" but...we also don't care what road another takes to find spirituality, tranquility and "heaven" with the condition, their actions do not impede or impose on our individual and marital rights)
oh yessss...the self righteous ones.....The snake handlers...

The more righteous begets the more pious. Gotta love that mentality. Darren, take advantage of it.
Provide your non-judgemental "Christian" sister this link.
Fundamentalist women are instructed to serve man. They adorn themselves plainly and do not cut their hair...much.

Hit her with this scripture...,
Paul's Third Charge to Timothy
Part II
Timothy 2:11-15
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Verse 11
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
But I suffer not a woman to teach,
nor to usurp authority over the man,
but to be in silence.
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and then tell her....,
Men Who Failed God
They Didn't Shut Up a Woman!
(please...be aware..this mentality repulses me. but...I provide this as food for thought. Darren, Do not take the self righteous smack down anymore. Stand up for yourself and shove the scriptures right down their throats! )
BTW...A VJ member named "Kevin". You might consider sending him a PM and open yourself to his advice. My wife and I have nicknamed him "thumper" because he can lay down a stump thump with the best of them.
Darren..there's your chauvinism showing itself again! Let?...Let?...
( I'm still working on my montage. I ran into some technical difficulty yesterday which caused a delay. Technical difficulty = Asawa ko thinks I'm being too nice to you so... Technically speaking...I'm not allowed to up the post... yet. )

Rebecca Jo never left.
I see you managed to accomplish your goal. Bring the girl here and wait till almost 90 days to marry her, to make sure it's "right". I was really hoping she'd run like hell back to her family before she married you. But you knocked her up. All before your wedding. Before the commitment.
Way to go dude. You're a tribute to males everywhere.

A staggering blow.
After a punch like this, the fight isn't in question, but only how much longer before the refs call an end to it. We do see Darren doing some impressive bobbing and weaving with word games, but he's been hit with further blows, like Bob4Anna's comment - it's all about Darren's manipulation himself. No, we don't have to agree that being manipulative is the answer. It is extremely inefficient and baffling to be interacting with manipulative people. It is much simpler to live above-board and open. To mean what you say.
But you know, Darren's still on his feet counterpunching too. He's a warrior. Blaming the people for misinterpreting what he said. A blame the victim counter. But the end is inevitable. There's no manager to throw in the towel for Darren so he's going to keep slugging until the refs count him out.
Jethro referred to it as the cee-ment pond. Stay down, Darren. You can't even remember a sit-com line.

I wonder if your kids never mentioning Gretchen is really because they have learnt to avoid the family drama, or they have been manipulated into being deceptive, or the kicker...they really are not all that accepting of Gretchen as you think. They might avoid talking about her because they maybe feel ashamed, that they now have a stepmother close in age to themselves, and hoped you would get the hint. Just a thought.

Ding !! Ding!! Knockout blow...........

Dude, you are 45 years old - you need to grow a set and be forthcoming about this with your family. She faced the music how long ago and told her parents that she was going to marry a man almost twice her age and go live in some foreign country with him. He just so happens to be divorced and has children - what a catch! This chick is now your wife, who is knocked-up with your kid. If you don't have the cojones to be a man and face your family with this news, your wife has every right to drop your azz like a hot potato from shame. You don't man-up now, she might not be dropping trou' until frickin' Easter or beyond.

Darren Gretchen drama. Las Vegas bookies are saying it's 3:1 that the thread is eventually closed. The smart money is calling it a moderator KO sometime before the sixth (page).
Can he do twelve rounds? Hard to say. Darren comes out early in the first swinging hard but in the middle rounds it is all about bobbing and weaving, counterpunching, and not getting hit. Ultimately in the late rounds it comes down to stamina. OK, so he comes out with a haymaker: going to spring the hot new babe on the family.
But he took a solid body shot, straight up the middle with calling his wife a friend. He has to come back off the canvas from that one folks, or he's done for. I'd say this one is going to be over early. The refs will have to stop this one. Another shot like that and someone's got to throw the towel in for him.

My fiance is a lot younger than me, better educated than me...she has a 4 year degree, vs 2 for me, and she is exploring med school when she arrives here. She is also a RN, very beautiful and is not desperate for me or any man. She and I have many common interests and both enjoy life to the fullest, our age diff is just numerical.
That said, I take offense to Enigma's post and find it insulting....I will say that I have found, in most instances, people with such a narrow minded opinion are usually older women, or old guys who can't get a younger woman, or are with an older woman and are a bit jealous...but thats my 2cents.
IMO, live and let live, everyone else can bite me.

What's your point?

no refund policy- If you bought an item that has a defect or realized that you don't want it, you can't get your money back anymore. They will just replace your item with a better one. Same price same kind
Also in a restaurant, if you didn't appreciate the meal and talked the manager, they will just serve you another order of the menu of what you are complaining for.
Asking someone if they can you speak English can be offensive- An ability to speak English is in a way a measurement of intelligence here even if in fact it's just a matter of exposure and education. Remember when you ask a question like this to a Filipino, it's kinda asking them if "they are intelligent or not."
fish is served with a head- Filipinos are not used to fillet fish. Serving fish with a head is just a matter of presentation and "manners". We feed out pets with leftovers here so if you served the fish without a head, it looks like you fed the pets first.
All white guys are American- When Filipinos sees a white guy, even a black guy, they quickly assume it's an American. Who knows it's a German or Brit or Canadian?
Movies and Music- 95 percent of the movies being shown in Cinemas here is an American, 50 percent of the songs on the radio is american too.
You are expected to treat everybody- They think you are loaded so if you invite someone to go out for a drink, you are expected to pay for them. It's a tradition here to share your blessing and it goes the say with everybody.
If there's anything else that you would like to add, just post your comments here and have a good laugh of fun!