[metmom]

Not me. I'm glad she's not Catholic. To think, I might have to work with her in the kitchen, feeding the poor people at our Wednesday luncheons. All that "poor precious me" might throw someone into a diabetic coma.

I rest my case, MD.

Nor do I want to be where I'm not wanted, so don't worry JA. You're safe.

[Judith Anne]

Most of us, as part of growing up, learn that we are not our Daddy’s girlfriend, or the center of the universe. Most of us, when we have children, learn that others’ needs are more important than our own. Most of us, in middle age, find out that we are not going to get the ingenue parts anymore.

That upsets some people, and they seek to re-create what they feel has been stolen from them, online in precious little dramas, instead of facing life and loving life just the way it is.

[boatbums]

Well, at least the vindictive, hateful, arrogant and self-righteous thoughts and intents of some of the same hearts are out there in the open for all to see. Your experience was not an isolated one.

I left because I recognized the Gospel was not taught and it was so evident, I KNEW I had no reason to stay. My husband, on the other hand, can pinpoint the exact moment he left in spirit and never had any desire to return as an adult. He was only about nine or ten years old, visiting a Catholic Church that his older cousin attended, when a nun in full terror-invoking, head to toe, black habit first stopped him from entering and, looking down on him, sternly said, "You don't belong here!" That was it, he never looked back. I have a feeling, by the tone some here take, they could have BEEN that nun. Sad. Really sad.

[caww]

Nor do I want to be where I'm not wanted,

I see the demons are dancing on this thread Metmom. Wow....I don't see that sort of ruthlessness even among non-Christians! Sorry the firey darts are coming at you but then the armor you wear withstands such as we know....but there's more going on here then considering the source I'd say.