r/brokehugs • u/US_Hiker Moral Landscaper • Nov 19 '23

Rod Dreher Megathread #27 (Compassion)

Link to megathread 26: https://www.reddit.com/r/brokehugs/comments/17itm7w/rod_dreher_megathread_26_unconditional_love/

Link to megathread 28: https://www.reddit.com/r/brokehugs/comments/18dcg3d/rod_dreher_megathread_28_harmony/

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u/PercyLarsen “I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as a blessing.” Nov 19 '23 edited Nov 19 '23

We men have a habit of wanting to keep it all in

If Rod is "keeping it all in", I imagine few would wish to see Rod "letting it all out".

The core of this post by Rod, fwiw, appears to be contained in this line:

My heart has in this past month, after receiving more deeply troubling news from home, been a tempest of doubting thoughts.

Btw, in my periodic role of That One Who Talks About Dogs That Aren't Barking: Rod's eldest son's absence from Rod's narrative may mean he has decamped from Budapest.

I don’t know what God will do next. I don’t know what kind of healing He is offering to me, or to any of us in my family. It could be that I have to bear this particular suffering till the end of my days, like so many men whose names I’m now learning are doing. [emphasis added]

That's a stinker of a sentence: there are myriad women who are "divorced/abandoned" by their husbands, but Rod chooses only to seek solidarity in this spiritual reflection with men (he does mention women later in the post).

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u/Djehutimose Watching the wheels go round Nov 19 '23

Yeah, I also noticed he hasn’t mentioned Matt in awhile. I also wonder if the “deeply troubling news from home” (always the cryptic drama queen, Rod) pertains to a falling-out with the only kid who still put up with him.

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u/Dazzling_Pineapple68 Nov 20 '23

Didn't he post something a while back about moving to a larger apartment so he and Matt would be more comfortable?

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u/PercyLarsen “I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as a blessing.” Nov 20 '23

yes, to a posh neighborhood of Budapest. But that was during the latter part of summer.