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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I now try to go about 1x a year, but that's because both kids (now just one; other graduated) attended Catholic school which is very connected to the adjacent church, and the priests there are awesome.  So when the kids were going through 1st confession (reconciliation) the priest asked us parents why we should expect our kids to do what we don't do?

Anyways he also talked about how confession is different from just praying to God, because it forces you to say stuff out loud to another person; forces first, you to reflect and second forces you to hold yourself accountable in a "safe space."  Anyways it sounded good to me, and felt like a challenge so I've done it.

One thing our priest has done that I think has backfired a little is to go on and on about how he's heard everything, nothing is too shocking for him.  Ok if you are me, you kind of end up feeling like I've got nothing to say because my stuff feels trivial by comparison to the al.  So I had to get over that.

For me, it's more philosophical, like, currently I can't wait for my eldest to go to college....I don't like that I'm doing a little too much of wishing my life away, because I am cognizant that that means I'm not appreciating my present life, and all the blessings that I have (including my eldest who is actually really a good kid, just a snarky teen that gets under my skin constantly)

I'd like to mention a tip--I have a "confession buddy."  We go to confession, then our reward is dinner at the local sushi place. (or a glass of wine).  I like having a motivator and reward.  And meeting a friend makes confession less intense.  [/quote]

sounds like you should keep the confession buddy and skip confession[/quote]

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