Ate up with Freemasonry a bad thing ?

Ashlar2006

Ashlar2006

Masonic Mafia
The wife says I am ate up with Freemasonry . Most all of my friends are Freemasons , I would just as soon go to lodge than to the movies and I am always looking for a lodge meeting or function to attend , most all I talk about is lodge/Freemasonry . As a DAV , there are limited things I can do anymore so I focus most all my energy on my lodge and Freemasonry in general . There ARE worse things I could be into .

Has anyone else been accused of being ate up with Freemasonry ?

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Zack

Active Member
Yes and it was true.
One of my grandsons, who was about 10 at the time, asked"what does the "G" on your ring mean, before I could answer my wife said, it stands for "gone." To her credit, she never complained, which is her nature, but it was evidently bothering her to react that way.

Sure there worse things I could be into but at the time I was very involved with ritual, lectures, lodge instructor, laying carpet and tile at the Lodge, traveling to other Lodges, etc.

Needless to say I cut my activities way back.
 
Windrider

Windrider

Plus-sized tuxedo model
Well, When I was at my investigative committee interview, the chair of the committee warned me that Masonry is addictive. He put my sponsor up as an example of a victim of this addiction. He is the Lodge Chaplin, a District Service Officer, the Lodge Ambassador, Sponsors at least 3 men every year, is active in York rite, Scottish Rite and the Shrine. I've never been at a Lodge meeting or LOI where he wasn't there. He fills in any empty officers chair and does a great job. He was recognized by Grand Lodge with the Joseph Warren Medal, the highest award in Mass Masonry, this year. It was the first time I've ever seen him speechless. He and I have been friends for 20 years so he knew I would be as attracted to Masonry as he is.

I was raised in November of last year. I became the webmaster for the Lodge while I was still a FC. I was placed in charge of the Widows' Committee a week after I was raised. I organized and executed a successful fund raiser starting our Lodge's Angel Fund. I qualified for the Master mason Rookie Award so fast that the Grand Master wrote me a personal letter congratulating me. I'll be installed as Senior Steward tomorrow evening.

My wife loves me, too. I asked her if this was bothering her. Her answer made me love her all the more. She said, "My father was a Mason. I knew you would do this the day I met you. I'm just glad you finally got around to it."

Hooked, ate up, yup...
 
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Gary

Guest
My wife is seeing that I'm very involved in Freemasonry. I've got books all over the house, etc,. Yeah I guess you could say "I'm ate up".

She doesn't consider it a bad thing because of the positive changes in our lives that have occurred since I became a Freemason. I do have to force myself to back away from some activities though. I don't want the "G" to stand for gone... Like Zack had happen to him.
 
Ashlar2006

Ashlar2006

Masonic Mafia
If the wife asks me to do something else with her , I will not attend a lodge/lodge function . But she normally leaves me alone , it is just her and I and we like to get away from one another and have our own time . And she knows not to plan anything on my lodge's stated meeting night because she knows how much I enjoy attending lodge .
 
Winter

Winter

I've been here before
I don't think "ate up" is a strong enough term for my involvement in Freemasonry.

Most of my friends in Masonry refer to me as a "Cleric of the Great Architect" for my complete devotion to the Order! LOL
 
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Gary

Guest
Winter said:
I don't think "ate up" is a strong enough term for my involvement in Freemasonry.

Most of my friends in Masonry refer to me as a "Cleric of the Great Architect" for my complete devotion to the Order! LOL
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LOL I like that!
 
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sgvfreemason

New Member
I don't have a family or a wife for that matter, but I do bring my GF to lodge functions when she is permitted, and she is cool with me going to the lodge for now. I believe lodge time is meant to be spent with the brothers, but you should still make time for other things, everything in moderation, right? :D

I'd like to visit other lodges, and check things out, visit DC and SF and check out the Masonic sights and whatnot. I guess one could devote their entire life to Masonry if they wanted..
 
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removed12612

Guest
I dont think spending hours and hours on the internet reading masonic info and participating in Masonic forums plus appendant bodies, lodge meetings and traveling ..."Ate Up"......but then again, I could just be in denial....
 
Winter

Winter

I've been here before
As fun as this discussion has been, I wanted to interject my own experience with the term "ate up".

It is most often used in the military and law enforcement to describe someone who is not meeting standards and is generally considered a [censored]up. "Soldier! Why is your Kevlar on backwards? You are all ate up!"

Other similar terms are a soup sandwich (not soup but another word that starts with s)
 
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