A bit shocking but funny

[Medusa]

Speaking of nuns.... When my son was in college, my (then) husband, son and I were flying to CA for vacation and to visit family. Two of us got moved up to first class seating so my son said "You two go ahead. I'll stay back here". We both knew my son's sense of humor and thought "Ruh roh!" but we decided to go ahead w/it. My son was seated next to a nun and we'd both look back periodically and all was well. My son was wearing his ear buds and crazy sun glasses and he was mercifully leaving the nun alone. A little while later when I looked back again, the nun was wearing the far out sun glasses and his ear buds and she was rockin' to the music, head bobbing up and down! My son cracked jokes for the rest of the flight and the nun just loved him and she wasn't that young either. So don't judge someone by their garb, Monica, or even their facial expression. As Catty1 said, they could've been just coming back from comforting someone or maybe they had just heard of a tragedy. We just never know.

[K9soul]

Chocolatepuppy,

I feel sad for you. No wonder I don't post much anymore.
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That's ridiculous. She has every right to post her opinion and she did not do so in a way that had personal attacks.

I was raised Catholic and I can tell you that the old stereotypes of priests and nuns are usually far, far from reality. They're human beings just like anyone else who laugh and cry, feel anger and sadness, have strengths and weaknesses. People seem to particularly like to mock nuns, and old Hollywood portrayals don't help. One of my family's best friends when I was a kid was our church's nun. She had us over for dinner, watched movies, laughed at jokes, just like anyone else. The local bishop where I used to live in Minnesota had a beautiful borzoi that he walked every day and loved to answer questions and talk about the dog to anyone who stopped and asked. The butt of the whole joke here was simply because these women were nuns who "can't have sex."

I can tell you, too, why sometimes elderly people in particular may look "dour." Working in the medical field, they often are plagued with a lot of different pains and health issues that they deal with every day. They've often lost a lot of close friends and family who have passed before them. My grandma is in that situation. She's in her 80s now and all her closest friends have passed away from one thing or another, including my step-grandfather.

Nuns are often very remarkable women who give and sacrifice much to help and serve God and the community. It'd be nice if that was the first thing people thought of when seeing a nun, rather than that vow of celibacy.

[chocolatepuppy]

Chocolatepuppy,

I feel sad for you. No wonder I don't post much anymore.

It's her opinion and she's entitled to it.

Why Donna, how nice of you to speak to me, first time ever!!! I too, am entitled to my opinion.

[Asiel]

Very well put K9Soul--- a sense of humour is one thing but to turn it into something else and feel you're entitled to make fun of someone is totally digusting.

Yes, it might be her opinion but sometimes an opinion is best kept to themselves. I too was and still am able to chat and laugh with my daughter about anything, including sex, but heaven forbid we should make fun of someone because they had a serious expression...wonder how many people would sit in a car and laugh their heads off after attending the funeral of a family member.

[Marigold2]

Thank you Mary. I am sure nun had a better time on that plane ride then the sister who sat next to your handsome, talented and incredibly funny son. Had I been sitting next to him we would have probably been thrown off for laughing too loud or starting a congo line.
As for the nuns they did not even look our way, they were too busy in their own world.
As for posting private things on PT.
Here on PT we talk and share all kinds of personal info. Births, deaths, finanical, cheating, being fired. I feel it is a safe honest place for me to post and be myself. Not everyone is going to like what I say however when one person is down on their luck here, we put our differences aside and jump in to help and support. We are a loving, somewhat disfunctional family and it is great.
If I see you in the Macy's parking lot I will call your name and hit you with a snowball. Then I will ask you where you want to go for coffee after you lob one back at me. It's how I roll.