Jenniffer Groceman's Page

And greetings to you!!! :D

You might like this image I made awhile back:

welcome to AN (: im a word nerd as well, actually more of a grammar and punctuation nerd

Jenniffer -- Welcome to A|N and to the Linguaphiles etc. group. I see you're kind of in my neck of the woods -- I'm out on the southwest side of Elgin.

Hi Jenniffer
You did well that day at school.
Welcome to this great Nexus meeting place and its thousands of bright people like you who recognise religion for the superstition and giant fraud that it is---
and that gods exist only as fictions inside people's heads.

Terry Meaden
originator of the busy discussion group
"ORIGINS: Universe, Life, Earth, Humankind, Fossils, Religion, Evolution, Darwin..." with its over 240 discussion topics.

We invite you to come and see, and to make sensible good new friends.
http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/originsuniverselifehumankindanddarwin

For the North side, the Chicago Brights (meetup.com) meets often and that sounds like it is right up your way.

As for the AADV:

As a person that hasn't been involved in a abusive relationship, I do not have stories about personal experiences; however this subject dear to my heart. I you have a story to share, please share it.

With every story that I hear about domestic violence, there are a lot of parallel stories; It only happened only, it only happens when..., I should not have done... . How long is too long what is too far?

From my point of view, even a abusive language is too far. In 12 yrs of marriage to my best friend, we have never verbally abuse or physically abused each other. My wife and I mutually respect each other so much that we could not and would not do something like that. When verbal or physical abuse occurs, it show how much the offender feels that he/she is above the other person and has little to no respect for that person.

I hear how her best friend is spoken to by her husband and I get pissed, but I cannot get involved because the only person that can make that decision is the best friend.

In another case, my sister in law was physically abused by her husband. I attempted to assist in this situation and ended up making matters worse.

My goal for this discussion and group is to discuss these type of issues, as well as provide real life information to assist in these situation without getting directly involved.

Please feel free on expanding upon this topic, as well and giving any input that you feel that can assist people in these type of situations.