Every week the monks at Empty Cloud Monastery host a livestream on YouTube called "monk chat." I was tuning in and saw that another listener had asked in the chat:
"Venerables, my friends were pressuring me to drink, so I lied and told them that I am concerned about my liver. I feel bad because I lied, breaking a precept, to cover for another precept about not drinking. Now my friends think I'm sick when I'm not!"
The monks laughed, and said that he technically didn't lie. We all should be concerned about our livers.
Thought I'll share this anecdote in case it's helpful for the reader and husband, or readers here. :)
a friend's husband is frequently offered drinks at work schmooze-fests.. he has found that a simple, 'no thanks, I don't drink anymore' works very well.
Every week the monks at Empty Cloud Monastery host a livestream on YouTube called "monk chat." I was tuning in and saw that another listener had asked in the chat:
"Venerables, my friends were pressuring me to drink, so I lied and told them that I am concerned about my liver. I feel bad because I lied, breaking a precept, to cover for another precept about not drinking. Now my friends think I'm sick when I'm not!"
The monks laughed, and said that he technically didn't lie. We all should be concerned about our livers.
Thought I'll share this anecdote in case it's helpful for the reader and husband, or readers here. :)
The ugly cute cat has no eyeballs. And her eyes and fur are monochromatic. I think that’s the feedback I’d get if I was responsible for her design.
a friend's husband is frequently offered drinks at work schmooze-fests.. he has found that a simple, 'no thanks, I don't drink anymore' works very well.
And why is there no picture of the pony???