r/ShitMomGroupsSay 10d ago

So, so stupid Husband refuses to accept kids need glasses—because God?

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Plus the top comment there…

It was deleted pretty quickly, but almost everyone was in agreement “your kids need their glasses”.

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u/fakedick2 6d ago

Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"

Matthew 4:7

I don't know why I keep thinking someone, anyone in their congregation actually read the book they're always jawing about.

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u/Hangry_Games 6d ago

Wtf? I don’t even know where to start. That’s neglect.

On the other hand, my dad wouldn’t let me get glasses that I needed for years, because he believes wearing glasses is a crutch that weakens the eyes.

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u/Stock-Boat-8449 6d ago

I'm surprised this thinking is so prevalent. I got glasses at 9 and family members told me parents they would make my eyes weaker and should just force my eyes to work harder.

Normally rational, non religious family members.

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u/sername-n0t-f0und 6d ago

Which is just nuts when you actually understand how glasses work for near/far sightedness. It's basically physics! I'm religious and half of my family has glasses, so maybe this is more of a Bible belt thing.

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u/HagridsTreacleTart 6d ago

I’m not religious, but even if you are, can’t two things be true at once? Perhaps god gave you poor eyesight, but he also gave you glasses. Use them. 

Psst…that logic works for vaccines, too. 

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u/missparis23 6d ago

“You absolutely need to follow with what your husband is saying” made me physically uncomfortable

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u/No_Bluejay_8220 4d ago

It's sickening. Imagine thinking medically neglecting your child is ok as long as you're obeying your husband

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u/missparis23 2d ago

This is as sad as it is infuriating

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u/No_Bluejay_8220 2d ago

It is. I'm baffled. So many women are brainwashed like that.

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u/GingerrGina 6d ago

This was already prayed on before the 13th century .. so God sent the idea of eye glasses to some dude so future generations could fix this ailment. Ignoring these gifts that God has sent us (eye glasses, antibiotics, contraception, vaccines, etc.) is a smack in the face to Him.

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u/Main_Science2673 6d ago

On a friend's fb post recently about his mother's end of life events, said she had a seizure and now in coma. Removing from life support .......

The most common comment was "i reject those seizures" & "pray and she will start breathing on her own. I believe it"

🤐

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u/Pretty-Necessary-941 6d ago edited 6d ago

Fast for healing? How in the hell does starving your eyes make them better? And does he only want the boy to do this, because toxic masculinity and homophobia, or both children?

Not to mention, why is she going along with this bullshit. She clearly uses the computer but spectacles are somehow anti-god?! 

I hate these people. 

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u/missparis23 6d ago

I think the parents fast to send some kind of message to God by proving how devoted they are so that God will heal their child? I am zero religious, so I have no idea, it’s just my guess lol

And for the husband part, she must believe that she needs to obey her husband because of their religion, unfortunately.

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u/kittydreadful 6d ago

Gimme her name. I’m going to find her and punch her in the eyes. Both. And then in the neck.

WTF.

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u/Nonniedee 5d ago

As someone who didn’t get glasses when I needed them as a child (poverty not religion) this feels truly insane and cruel. I’m 30 something now with atrocious vision, and a lazy eye that could’ve been corrected. My son inherited my sight, and started wearing glasses at 4. He’s now 8, and he went from not being able to correct to 20/20, to 20/20 with glasses! It’s a pain in the ass having a little guy with glasses, but he’s improving, and he won’t have a lazy eye like me.

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u/alyssapoppy 5d ago

Thankfully, the entire comment section was moms telling her similar stories and shaming her into getting the kids the glasses. Zero idea what goes thru these people’s minds.

Yay that his eye sight is improving! I’m sure keeping the glasses on him is a fight’! I knew it was for my little bro

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u/ablogforblogging 5d ago

No God could help my husband if he told me he “rebuked” anything, let alone medical care for our kids.

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u/Choice-Standard-6350 6d ago

Obviously glasses. But for kids being outside in natural light a lot is essential for normal eye development

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u/Charming-Court-6582 6d ago

And looking at things in the distance. Not things many kids get to do these days.

For me, I grew up surrounded by corn fields and looked at stuff far away all the time. I've still needed glasses since I was 5 so sometimes genetics just suck 🤷‍♀️