Please could I have some non-judgemental advice about this, as it's starting to bother me. I'm a regular poster but have name-changed for this as it's more sensitive than my usual posts.
I was brought up as a Catholic, and received the sacraments of baptism and communion at the usual points. I come from a strongly Catholic family, very active in the local parish, although my family were always happy for myself and my siblings to make our own However, when I was 15 and we started preparing for confirmation at school, I decided not to be confirmed. To be honest, this was far more because I really hated my school, the teachers were largely useless, I didn't really identify with anyone, and so opting out of confirmation was far more a rebellion against the school than against the Catholic faith.
In common with many people, my attendance at Mass throughout my 20s was sporadic to say the least, but I would always describe myself as a Catholic, which for me was as much a social descriptor as a religious one.
Fast forward 20 years, and I do feel as though my faith has been reaffirmed to some degree. All my children have been baptised into the Catholic church, and attend a Catholic primary school. Increasingly, I'm becoming involved in the parish and I feel very welcome and very much at home.
I know it sounds weird but I had really forgotten that I'd never been confirmed, but now I've remembered and it's bugging me. I know the obvious thing would be to go and see my (lovely, very approachable) parish priest and talk to him about it, but given that my husband is a non-Catholic, I'm really scared that this means I've had my babies baptised under false pretences, and that therefore they shouldn't be at the faith school.... and that by talking to our priest, I'll open up a huge can of worms.
I realise that if you believe that God can see everything and is all-knowing, then He knows and so it isn't really a secret. But in practical day to day terms, what are the implications of this?
Please could anyone advise?