at our most recent counselor “lunner,” somehow the topic of my future spouse came up in conversation at my little table of “grown-ups” (i.e. 21+). sam insisted that whomever i marry has to be, and i quote, “equally MOD.”
what the heck does that mean??
“you see, there’s God [level hand held up high], there’s Fr. Mark [level hand held a little below that], then there’s MOD [hand a little farther below], and then the rest of us [hand at the bottom, practically on the table]” followed by burst of laughter.
and then sam went on to laugh about how whomever i marry has to go through all of them and meet their approval because they can’t have me marrying a substandard dude.
great. if there ever were a reason men found me unapproachable before, now they have reason #8329… 20 or so boys who will gauge his “MOD”-ness to make sure i am not lowering my standards.
whatever the heck MOD means!
i don’t wanna be single for the rest of my life!
what is it with str men and preventing me from doing things? e.g. fr. mark not allowing me to take a day off to go to SF for r’s solemn profession of perpetual vows. 
extreme such a meanie! i can’t make heads or tails of it (ha, he was trying to make me flip for it today… but then he went to an unknowing j instead and she ended up “losing on my behalf”… wt…) is he put off because i’m seeking other places of employment? is he finally annoyed with me for whining so much? is he just messing with me to get me riled up??? (that’s definitely working)
ok, i will admit though, on the subject of standards for my future husband, i do find the notion half humorous… the notion of some poor gentlemen i bring to raphael undergoing close scrutiny by the boys. ahahahahaha. that could be pretty funny. but likely not. surely they wouldn’t actually do anything.
cuz they could get MODified. 