It's me, crunchy, attachment, church donut mum. Fancy an update?

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Thought in thanks for everyone's time on my thread I'd give a quick update.

Apparently there's a crew of ladies in my church who tell me I've to show respect/shhhhh people/tell people not to sit near them and basically just make everyone feel unwelcome.

Unsure what the solution is but hopefully we can all find one.

Anyway, thanks again for every response on my initial thread.

Crunchy, silky, attachment parenting (as opposed to unattached?) I'm bloody lost

I've read the original thread and didn't comment as I don't attend church, so don't know the standard protocol these days. I also don't really consider myself crunchy.

But after your update, I must ask out of interest; you obviously like going to church. It's meant to be relaxing for you. Why don't you go on your own? Have someone watch your son?

Unsure what the solution is but hopefully we can all find one.

How about keeping an eye on your "wild" son and not letting him cause a disturbance during the service? Not sure why this hasn't occurred to you yet.

Get your child settled down so he doesn't disturb everyone else, or find a crunchier church where you can drop the mic, weave some yogurt, grow a soul patch and pay a fiver for a bowl of cereal.

Evening all
Peace and love please

What the Jeff is a soul patch?
Oh mevermind....

I practice shité parenting.

Olivia is obviously embracing her inner crunchy self

Noncommittal because I thought my son was disturbing people I did think of going on my own but he loves church and it's a huge part of our lives. As selfish and "our lives" focussed as this might sound I couldn't bring myself to not take him when he wants to go. Not sure people who don't practice would understand but I'd feel like I was denying him his right to his faith. (Obviously opening myself up to a couple more pages there).

Paul

Well he obviously is disturbing people so either get him to sit down and behaved, carry on taking him and ignore their comments, take him to another service or leave him at home.
In this instance, being 'crunchy' seems to be an excuse for lazy non discipline - which won't bother me in this scenario because I don't go to church, but would irritate me if I were at the cinema with the DC for example.
Although maybe you're too 'crunchy' for the cinema!!

Crunchy nut?

Am I only one
. Got the munchies for a crunchie here.
Ooh Munchies and Crunchie. I'm a poet and I don't know it. . Sorry. I think I'm having a funny half hour.

What is all this crunchy nonsense? What happened to good old Groovy?

I went to a christening once where the pastor instructed all the parents to send their kids out to the Sunday school before the preaching of the sermon began. The mothers (but not fathers) took their kids out to the Sunday school and stayed with them. I assume they were not people who attended that church regularly (being there for the christening), so didn't feel comfortable leaving their kids with strangers. I found it truly bizarre - dozens of people in the congregation, most of them not regular churchgoers, only there for a christening, and they were sent out of the service halfway through! The sermon wasn't that great anyway.

I don't really buy this 'children disturb my very important praying' attitude. It's just meanness.

Oh god, I don't know what's more embarrassing, groovy or crunchy

Cake Definitely crunchy. At least those who use the term groovy seem to realise their absolute ridiculousness in using the term but the crunchy amongst us seem not to. Unless you are a breakfast or chocolate bar then you are not crunchy. Can someone call the BBC to see if we can get that out as some sort of public service announcement?

STOP SAYING CRUNCHY!

Oh god, Paul is right, that word needs an end putting to from this point.
I can't read it without thinking it = crusty twat which is a bit unfair as I'm sure op isn't. 90% sure...

Hi CRUNCHY PaulAnka
I know. Isn't CRUNCHY a really irritating word?
I'm not going to say the word CRUNCHY to you, because you find the word CRUNCHY so annoying and I know that if I say the word CRUNCHY that would be really irritating to you. So can we all agree to stop using the word CRUNCHY, please, as people are finding the word CRUNCHY off putting. Hmm, trying to work out if there should be one 'f' or two 'f's in the word off/of after the word CRUNCHY.

(Obviously opening myself up to a couple more pages there)

Which you'd embrace, it seems.

Oh OP. I tried to be all nice and supportive on your other thread, but I misjudged I think. I'm not sure that's what you wanted at all.

Thanks for the update though...

OP, do you go to my church? Was your child one of the ones who so loves attending and expressing themselves that the priest was shouting over them this morning?!

I suspect the mean girls in the congregation have more of a problem with the crunchy mummy rather than the wandering little chap.

I know, I would.

The OP's behaviour seems all rather unchristian to me. Surely it is kind, sensitive and thoughtful to respect the tradition and mores of the congregation she has joined. It certainly seems pretty arrogant to expect others' time of peace and reflection to be intruded upon by an untamed child. A community can only function if people learn to compromise and get along with each other. That requires trying to understand how others might feel when your personal parenting choices intrude on them.

Crunchy, my arse

Sorry, but what?