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  • Faking it
     OP - August 22, 2009, 12:44 AM
    To all who have to unwillingly fast or at least fake it, you're not alone. I remember having to fake fasting as a juvenile and it was a challenge. I was even once asked to show my tongue as proof of fasting. I guess a dehydrated tongue looks different than an irrigated one. The person wasn't convinced, but to his credit he didn't rat me out.

    Today I celebrated the arrival of the holy month with a shot of vodka. To quote Bob Weir (grateful dead): "I may be going to hell in a bucket, babe, But at least I'm enjoying the ride."

    There's no such proof that fasting is beneficial to health or it engenders any feelings of compassion for the poor. You can still help out the poor and it doesn't have to be in ramadan.

    A shout out to any moslem Eskimos who can't eat or drink for an entire month as the sun doesn't set in their neck of the woods at this time of the year. I guess allah neglected to make special exemptions for them.
  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #1 - August 22, 2009, 04:23 AM
    HAH i'm glad i'm not the only one ughhh luckily i don't have to fake all 30 but only a couple ugh. However I'll abstain from food, but WATER is a def no-no.

    and fasting is not beneficial for your health at all! it's basically eating when u wake up (which is good) but starving till night SLOWS your metabolism!! ughhh
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  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #2 - August 22, 2009, 05:42 AM
    Quote from: nothingthere on August 22, 2009, 12:44 AM
    A shout out to any moslem Eskimos who can't eat or drink for an entire month as the sun doesn't set in their neck of the woods at this time of the year. I guess allah neglected to make special exemptions for them.

    There's a fatwa for that. I should know.
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  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #3 - August 22, 2009, 02:05 PM
    Quote from: AisaLagtaHAI on August 22, 2009, 04:23 AM
    HAH i'm glad i'm not the only one ughhh luckily i don't have to fake all 30 but only a couple ugh. However I'll abstain from food, but WATER is a def no-no.


    I can handle hunger... But I'm so f***ing thirsty! xD

    But it feels good to know I'm not the only one who isn't doing it for an invisible man... xD
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  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #4 - August 22, 2009, 02:09 PM
    Am fasting too , but not faking.. This could be my last ramadan, and funny thing is that am not Tired or hungry at All, like i used to be when i had faith :-/
    Maybe i wanted to feel that am suffering so i get more rewards ..
    أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدآ عبده ورسوله
  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #5 - August 22, 2009, 02:11 PM
    I'm sneaking in food whenever I can. The daylight is ridiculously long atm, I cant survive all day lol
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  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #6 - August 22, 2009, 02:16 PM
    Am craving Dates with nuts tho :(
    أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدآ عبده ورسوله
  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #7 - August 22, 2009, 04:44 PM
    i feel terrible for pretty much every single muslim next year and the year after, especially june and like 16/17 hr fasts like oh my god...........
    Closets after closets
  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #8 - August 22, 2009, 04:44 PM
    PS going to school/uni/work or just plain "out" is the best excuse to go eat heheheh
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  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #9 - August 22, 2009, 07:56 PM
    some turbanite should give a fatwa and cut it down to a week or something
  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #10 - August 22, 2009, 08:33 PM
    Quote from: nothingthere on August 22, 2009, 07:56 PM
    some turbanite should give a fatwa and cut it down to a week or something


    That'd be a day to celebrate.
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  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #11 - August 22, 2009, 10:31 PM
    My mum does expect me to read prayer, great :( I managed to get out of it tonight by pretending to be sick. Don't think I can keep that up for a month though. I don't know if I should come out or just pretend to pray. I wanna come out. Hopefully dad will help me out...
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  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #12 - August 22, 2009, 10:36 PM
    Quote from: PeruvianSkies on August 22, 2009, 10:31 PM
    My mum does expect me to read prayer, great :( I managed to get out of it tonight by pretending to be sick. Don't think I can keep that up for a month though. I don't know if I should come out or just pretend to pray. I wanna come out. Hopefully dad will help me out...


    Don't you live on your own?

    I remember the days of needing to fake it. The worst were the Ramadan and the Muharram days. UGHHH. Never going back to being in that situation again. N-E-V-E-R. You all who have to fake it till you make it outta the situations you're in that force you to have to fake it, keep the faith - in yourself. This place and the support here and other blogs/sites like this were not around when I was in that stage of coming out. It was sooooooooo difficult. Enjoy the fact that you have places to vent now with the interwebs and everything.
    Here's a big lovin' murtadi hug for the closeted ones among us.  far away hug Your day will come, stay strong.
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  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #13 - August 22, 2009, 10:38 PM
    allat, I live with my family. While I'm in uni I live away but I still have to visit my family for the majority of those weekends.
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  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #14 - August 22, 2009, 10:40 PM
    Quote from: PeruvianSkies on August 22, 2009, 10:38 PM
    allat, I live with my family. While I'm in uni I live away but I still have to visit my family for the majority of those weekends.


    Ah I see. .Well Uni should be starting soon, yes?
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  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #15 - August 22, 2009, 11:00 PM
    In a month. Not sure if I can cope that long. I'm already breaking down. I hate home.
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  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #16 - August 22, 2009, 11:09 PM
    Quote from: allat on August 22, 2009, 10:36 PM
    Don't you live on your own?

    I remember the days of needing to fake it. The worst were the Ramadan and the Muharram days. UGHHH. Never going back to being in that situation again. N-E-V-E-R. You all who have to fake it till you make it outta the situations you're in that force you to have to fake it, keep the faith - in yourself. This place and the support here and other blogs/sites like this were not around when I was in that stage of coming out. It was sooooooooo difficult. Enjoy the fact that you have places to vent now with the interwebs and everything.
    Here's a big lovin' murtadi hug for the closeted ones among us.  far away hug Your day will come, stay strong.


    ugh muhurrum is the worst!! sitting through those majalis for hours, and the day of ashura spending the ENTIRE day! ugh i manged to get out of last year thankfully, hopefully this year too

    i only have to cope for a few more years. once i'm out, i'm out of there hehe
    Closets after closets
  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #17 - August 22, 2009, 11:10 PM
    Quote from: PeruvianSkies on August 22, 2009, 11:00 PM
    In a month. Not sure if I can cope that long. I'm already breaking down. I hate home.


    Hang in there!!!

    Fake praying is the way to go, i love it, like i take glances around the people around me and i'm justthinking to myself "wow.... crazies"
    Closets after closets
  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #18 - August 23, 2009, 03:41 AM
    Quote from: AisaLagtaHAI on August 22, 2009, 11:10 PM
    Hang in there!!!

    Fake praying is the way to go, i love it, like i take glances around the people around me and i'm just thinking to myself "wow.... crazies"


    ironically they probably think the same about you. most of them guys genuflecting and prostrating aren't even convinced themselves. they're probably thinking about other stuff like food, sex, or money.

    i kinda remember as a kid trying to get into the spirit of it but guess i have adhd and no matter how much i tried to focus, my thoughts would just scatter. eventually i realized the futility of the whole thing.
  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #19 - August 23, 2009, 05:29 AM
    Hahah same I coul never focus and went with the notions most of the time lolol
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  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #20 - August 23, 2009, 07:44 AM
    Quote from: nothingthere on August 23, 2009, 03:41 AM
    ironically they probably think the same about you. most of them guys genuflecting and prostrating aren't even convinced themselves. they're probably thinking about other stuff like food, sex, or money.

    i kinda remember as a kid trying to get into the spirit of it but guess i have adhd and no matter how much i tried to focus, my thoughts would just scatter. eventually i realized the futility of the whole thing.


    Yeah tell me about that. When I used to go to Friday's prayers.... I used to think, if people are sneezing and coughing and moving and scratching their asses!! Then where is the khoshoo3 ?

    I remember, hearing a hadith or something about Mohamed telling Some Sahaba that he will be giving him his Abaya (coat) before the prayers... and after that, Mohamed asked if he was in a state of Khoshoo3 when praying, and the Guy said.... Errrr Nopes, I was thinking and wondering which one you wanted to give me? The Black Abaya or the Brown one?


    ...
  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #21 - August 23, 2009, 03:39 PM
    Quote from: PeruvianSkies on August 22, 2009, 10:31 PM
    My mum does expect me to read prayer, great :( I managed to get out of it tonight by pretending to be sick. Don't think I can keep that up for a month though. I don't know if I should come out or just pretend to pray. I wanna come out. Hopefully dad will help me out...


    I'm so glad I don't have that problem. My missus made me my roti earlier on!
  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #22 - August 23, 2009, 03:46 PM
    Quote from: PeruvianSkies on August 22, 2009, 10:31 PM
    My mum does expect me to read prayer, great :( I managed to get out of it tonight by pretending to be sick. Don't think I can keep that up for a month though. I don't know if I should come out or just pretend to pray. I wanna come out. Hopefully dad will help me out...

    I'd put money on the fact that you'll come out, I cant imagine you doing anything different  (P.S I thought you already had?)
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  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #23 - August 23, 2009, 04:41 PM
    I've only come out to my dad IsLame but he's still expecting me to follow the Islamic traditions. He doesn't seem to understand my position very well. I get the feeling he'd rather I keep this a secret. I'm gunna have to have a talk with him tonight if I can get him by himself.
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  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #24 - August 23, 2009, 04:47 PM
    yep that;s like my mom but she goes to the other extreme and whenever ppl ask like her annoying ass siblings, she goes on about i'm such a disappointment and I don't believe in it! but yeah, UGH i wish I could finish school wanh
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  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #25 - August 23, 2009, 06:41 PM
    obviously what i say here is based on my own experience, but in general don't be too harsh on your parents. they can't help being like that. they were raised that way but they mean well. you know that already.

    i had the fortune of having a more liberal mother that shielded me from my father's strict beliefs, but as i've grown older, my father and i have become more comfortable with each other. mind you, there's an unspoken don't ask, don't tell policy between us, but i'd love a chance to debate religion and philosophy with him. of course that may never happen. other than religion i'm pretty similar to my old man. it's scary.
  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #26 - August 23, 2009, 08:20 PM
    I hate my father, I haven't fought with him in years because well, I don't talk to him besides really the barebones basics. I never tell him what I like or what i'm REALLY doing, i basically just lie and pretend when he's around and there hasn't been a spate between us in about 5 years. but ugh he's just an idiot. strict is one thing, but he's full of double standards and crazy paki mantality shit, i just can't stand it!
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  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #27 - August 24, 2009, 01:07 AM
    Quote from: AisaLagtaHAI on August 22, 2009, 11:10 PM
    Hang in there!!!

    Fake praying is the way to go, i love it, like i take glances around the people around me and i'm justthinking to myself "wow.... crazies"


    Whenever forced to stage prayer I used to go along but pray to Ishtar and Odin instead hehehe  Tongue


    Quod est inferius est sicut quod est superius,
    et quod est superius est sicut quod est inferius,
    ad perpetranda miracula rei unius.
  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #28 - August 24, 2009, 01:09 AM
    Quote from: PeruvianSkies on August 22, 2009, 10:31 PM
    My mum does expect me to read prayer, great :( I managed to get out of it tonight by pretending to be sick. Don't think I can keep that up for a month though. I don't know if I should come out or just pretend to pray. I wanna come out. Hopefully dad will help me out...


    saaame situation.. hopefully I'll be able to move out for Uni soon...  wacko


    Quod est inferius est sicut quod est superius,
    et quod est superius est sicut quod est inferius,
    ad perpetranda miracula rei unius.
  • Re: Faking it
     Reply #29 - August 25, 2009, 12:38 AM
    Well my situation just went belly-up! Lucky me...

    (in case anyone's wondering what happened, I posted about it here- http://www.councilofexmuslims.com/index.php?topic=3776.msg161976;topicseen#new)
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