I know its a forward but for some reason it strikes me as hilarious (wish
I could come up with stuff like this)

——— Forwarded message ———-
From: “Jane Doe”
To: CoptsTalk@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 23:44:52 -0500
Subject: [CoptsTalk] Current epidemic sweeping our culture

Dear fellow Copts and brothers and sisters in Christ,

I am writing this email anonymously. This is not my normal email address and not my normal profile so as to avoid anyone knowing who I am. Please do not try to find out who i am. The reason I am doing this will be come apparent when you read this email.

I am concerned about the problem, actually more the epidemic that is happening throughout our American culture. And our little Coptic community is a microcosm of this culture phenomenon. We are not getting married. There is a breakdown in the cultural value for family and for matrimony. As a woman, I’m writing this because I’d like to understand what is happening, especially from the man’s perspective. I think that I am not desperate, or maybe I am. But I see these beautiful young women, women that are walking with the Lord, serving, have promising careers; graceful, strong, amazing young ladies. And I just wonder, what’s going on? Where are the men? There is obviously nothing wrong with the girls. And from
what I observe there doesn’t seem to be any major issues with the guys.

So I just want to know what the issues are. I’m hoping that bringing this up will create some discussion and hopefully change the current dynamic or rather static situation. I seriously would not be so worried about it if I saw the girls getting together with the guys. But it just seems that there are more single 20
and 30 something’s then there should be.

Why does everyone make fun of some retreats calling them ‘meat markets’ and people are so cynical about other activities the churches have. Could someone please tell me what so wrong with wanting to meet someone and get hitched? What are wrong with set ups? What is the problem with coptsmatch.com? I have to be honest; something inside me has an aversion to these above-mentioned activities. But I’m wondering why? I heard once at a retreat someone telling the girls to hurry up and get married before it to late. But how can we if the men are not taking the initiative and getting to know us? And do men think that a girl in her 30′s is too old? Please be honest. What’s the truly Christian way of dealing with this? Not the Coptic way, the CHRISTIAN, BIBLE CENTERED way.

So what’s the issue? And how do we combat this situation? I hope that you guys out there will not be afraid to answer me. Maybe if we spoke about it openly we would come to some kind of understanding, Hopefully then Mars and Venus will come closer in orbit.
A few theories I have:
1. Men are afraid of commitment
2. Society and media has created the “perfect man’ and “perfect woman” to which we are comparing everyone, hence we are all picky
3. Girls are too picky so guys are afraid to ask
4. We have been taught that dating is ‘wrong’ so we chose not to date because of our reputations.

Thanks

Questioningcopt

Ps: I hope to get plenty of honest responses

F.B.I.tis:

Where during important church events, such as major holidays and especially during papal visits, people who normally don’t go to church show up wearing dark suits and sunglasses and acting important. They are often wearing or carrying a badges. Almost always fake, upon closer examination of the badges will often say things as Crest Cavity Patrol or Lil’ Detective. They sometimes can be seen touching their ears as if they were wearing an ear piece. Have been known to tell people when confronted “Do you know who I am?”

Matchmaker Syndrome:

Most people are afflicted right after graduation from college. They find suddenly the old ladies of the church take a keen interest in them. Ladies who never said more than hello to the person start asking questions about their field of study, future earning potential, and idea of a perfect mate. After an impromptu ambush interview these old ladies will almost weekly thrust potential mates at the person, usually at the most inopportune times, such as entering the bathroom, having a mouth full of korban et c.. This assault does not stop until the subject is married, occasionally it will continue even after the person is married only stop after they have children.

Confused Deacon Complicated Tourettes:

A condition that mostly afflicts young inexperienced deacons. What occurs is when said deacon is placed in front of a microphone, their mind freezes and and a random phrase comes out of their mouths. At best its just the wrong response, usually it is something that ends up insulting half the congregation.