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Herbs
This past Saturday Marjorie, her mom, her sister, her brother-in-law and her niece and nephew went out to a beach
town. Marjorie and her brother-in-law are thin, her sister and mom are overweight.When they arrived in town at 1PM
all six of them decided to have lunch. When they were having their meal, Marjorie's sister said to Marjorie "Aren't you
going to finish your eggs?" After they had their meal Marjorie's mom, sister and nephew decided to go to the beach
and sit for awhile. Marjorie's brother-in-law and niece decided to go the lake nearby for a swim. Marjorie decided to
walk around town. Marjorie's brother-in-law said that in an hour or so he would meet Marjorie at a central location
(because Marjorie wouldn't know where everyone else would be due to the fact that her brother-in-law was going to
drive Marjorie's sister, mom and nephew to the beach site and Marjorie wasn't going to be with them). The first time
Marjorie went to the central location her brother-in-law wasn't there, so she checked back 15 minutes later and all
five of them were at the central location. Marjorie had a package in her hand and her mom said to her "What did you
buy?" And Marjorie said she brought her herbs - end of conversation. When Marjorie's sister saw the package
Marjorie's sister asked Marjorie what she brought and when Marjorie told her sister what it was her sister said "Why
do you take it?" Marjorie said "For Menopause/PMS." But her mother said "Marjorie takes it for weight." Then her
sister said "Who else takes it?" And her mother said "Horses take it. " This infuriated Marjorie and she picked a
nasty fight with her mother.Marjorie and her sister had two conversations throughout the day and her sister told
Marjorie both tmes the following: "Just ignore mom when she says things like that, you know why you take the
herbs, you don't need anyone else to tell you why you take them. You don't need anyone's approval. It is like
if I asked you what you think of this blouse I am wearing and you said you don't like it, I know I do and that is
all what matters." MY QUESTION: LETS SAY YOU WERE MARJORIE WOULD YOU CARE WHAT YOUR MOM
SAID or WOULD YOU JUST TAKE THE HERBS AND NOT CARE IF SHE PUT THEM DOWN and go by what
Marjorie’s sister said And why?
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hey, first off, i answer a lot of these marjorie questions. so im just wondering, what are they for? are they real life situations or what? anyways, i think that marjorie knows what she takes them for and shouldnt care what her mother thinks. i think that her mother is just jealous because marjorie is thin and therefore wants marjorie to stop taking them so she can become overweight also like her mother.
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It's understandable why Marjorie would feel upset. Anytime someone says something critical, a natural response is to feel irritated or worried.
However, it is up to Marjorie what she chooses to do with her feelings. If she is taking herbs, that's really no one's business but her own. And if she knows she is taking the herbs for one reason, and her mother says it is for a different reason - her mother is either misinformed or wilfully trying to aggravate Marjorie.
Neither reason should make Marjorie feel like she is doing anything wrong. Marjorie may want to speak to her mother and let her know that her feelings were hurt, or she may choose to just move on.
While it can be tough to rely only on your own judgements and not other people's, it really is the only way you'll be able to find contentment.
I wish you the best.
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Hmm, a little confusing but I think I'm on the right page now,. :) Well, from what I could tell from the conversation Marjorie's mom didn't actually say she shouldn't take them or she can't take them. Just that she takes them for her weight. I personally thing that if Marjorie feels they help (and their not illegal) then by all means she shouldn't let anyone dictate what she can and can't take. That would be no different than someome telling me I can't have a bar of chocolate that I paid for and brought.
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