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My DCs annoy the padre...

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IveOffendedThePadre · 07/09/2008 15:42

Name changed here to at least pretend that my RL friends don't know me on here...

Anyway, was in cafe on camp last week with my 2 DCs aged 3yo and 10mnth. 3yo was being quite good - usual fidgeting, asking for stuff, wanting ice cream etc. Baby was asleep but woke up 5 mins before leaving and really cried. 2 men, obviously irritated by the noise, were sat on nearby table - they looked over with disgust a few times and muttered to each other about us. couldn't hear exactly what they said, but def about us...

Eventually, one of them slammed down his drink and said to the other that they should leave because of "this bloody racket"!! I was so angry, as they were leaving I asked them (quite calmly) if they had families of their own? and if so, how lucky that their babies never cried! they ignored me, but everyone in there stopped and stared when we left they were stood by a car still moaning about us.

anyway, to cut a long story short, we turned up for mass today and there was one of the men - the padre!! i am 99.9% certain it was him anyway, he was wearing a distinctive piece of jewellery that i remembered.

it's a small congregation with coffee after, but he didn't say anything to me, and during the sermon he talked about "if a neighbour annoys you, don't complain to a higher level, just talk to the person yourself"

do you think he recognised us?! and should i jokingly mention this?! i had planned to get DD christened by him...

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flossie64 · 07/09/2008 15:58

I think , you did well not to say anything when you recognised him.
I'm afraid a lot of people are good at preaching ,but don't always put into practice what they say.
Vicars etc being prime examples in my experience.

Twims · 07/09/2008 15:59

Well if he is the Padre he should be apologising to you and maybe rethinking his job

hf128219 · 07/09/2008 16:43

A Padre wearing jewellery

IveOffendedThePadre · 07/09/2008 17:00

LOL hf, not like mr T jewellery!! one of those signet rings that posh folk wear on their little finger!

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IveOffendedThePadre · 07/09/2008 17:03

twims, he doesn't seem the type to apologise really...

flossie - i think the reason why i didn't say anything today was because i'm a bit shy sometimes it took me all my courage the first time!

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hf128219 · 07/09/2008 18:22

Well that means the bloke in the cafe could be one of hundreds of British Army Officers

Was it a new signet ring? Or a family heirloom?

Bridie3 · 07/09/2008 18:29

Some men have very short memories about crying children.

IveOffendedThePadre · 07/09/2008 18:33

hf, i had thought that, but i thought i recognised him before i saw his ring - dh is reading over my shoulder and thinks that sounds rude!?!

and i'm sure the cafe man was talking about another priest... plus the sermon seemed too much of a coincidence...

my bf has just said i should just mention it to him next week to clear the air

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IveOffendedThePadre · 07/09/2008 18:36

don't know much about rings really so couldn't tell you hf!

bridie - don't think he will have any children as he is a priest, but you never know!

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hf128219 · 07/09/2008 19:18

If he is a Padre (as in Church of England) he could well be married with children.

If he is an Army Chaplain (Roman Catholic) he shouldn't won't have any children.

IveOffendedThePadre · 07/09/2008 19:22

ah, i see hf, he'll be a chaplain then...

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littlelapin · 07/09/2008 19:23

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IveOffendedThePadre · 07/09/2008 19:26

do you think i should say something though? i have to keep going for my DCs and esp as DD is to be christened soon... there is no other church nearby that we could go to

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hf128219 · 07/09/2008 19:27

And when you speak to the Chaplain about DD remember it is BAPTISM, not Christening

You don't want to upset him further!

littlelapin · 07/09/2008 19:29

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IveOffendedThePadre · 07/09/2008 19:35

ooh yes, baptism, i'll try to remember! thanks all for replying. i have become rather obsessed with this subject. i am a bit of a loon at the best of times

i don't think he will remember me tbh, he seemed to look through me when i spoke to him. i hate that - when some people think that wives and dcs are just a necessary nuisance iykwim.

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Bridie3 · 08/09/2008 13:25

If he's RC he probably has no idea about children. Our local priest is very kind to the children and tries his best, but he has no idea about things like not letting the Family service run into an hour and 10 minutes. (Groan) Or that working mothers who volunteer to help in various church groups shouldn't be made to feel bad because they can't make the annual retreat, usually held on a Saturday, because they're trying to do things with their children. Or catch up on a week's laundry and cleaning.

Do I sound a little tart?

hf128219 · 08/09/2008 13:58

You should relish 70 minutes of mass.

So yes, you are a little tart

kerryk · 08/09/2008 14:27

i managed to fall out with the padre one day as well.

i suppose i was kind of in the wrong

dh was not impressed when he found out what had happened.

at least you let him know what you thought of him though.

hf128219 · 08/09/2008 14:54

Kerry - what did you do?!

herbietea · 08/09/2008 15:26

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hf128219 · 08/09/2008 15:48

You must all be very bad women

IveOffendedThePadre · 08/09/2008 15:50

maybe i should have done this

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herbietea · 08/09/2008 15:57

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IveOffendedThePadre · 08/09/2008 15:59

herbietea that is awful

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