Arrogance of Large Church Families
The last I checked, pride goeth before the fall. It happens every Sunday, we sit in the pew at church and a friend followed by her large family sits in front or behind my little family and I. When we first attended mass with his community, I was foolish for thinking some of these women would be friends with me. I literally concealed my professional life to be "just one of the girls." Turns out, with this community, if you don't meet the number of children the other catholic (homeschool) families have, you are on the outside. I even argued with myself, that perhaps I bring this thinking on myself, after all they are Church goers, they know they shouldn't judge and just be neighborly, no? It must be my insecurity, trying to be a round peg in a square hole, no? No! I think the worst comment I heard was, "I feel sorry for small families," it was a close second to, "Why are you tired, you only have two children?" and "You're lucky, no more b...