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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents weren't regular church goers when I was growing up, so a lot of my friend's parents would invite me over on Saturday night, and remind me to bring a nice outfit because "maybe we'll go out for pancakes in the morning!" or some garbage like that. Never got the pancakes, always got taken to various churches where I didn't know the traditions and had no idea what to do. But over time I got better at faking it, so I do think it helped me to be very aware of social cues. In high school, even kids who didn't like me would invite me to their "youth festivals" or whatever their new member recruitment event was. Baptists were the most aggressive; [b]Jewish kids mercifully didn't pull these stunts[/b].

I'm an atheist now, but I still like pancakes. [/quote]

Yeah, we were NEVER talked to about recruiting fresh meat.  Honestly, if anyone ever invited you to temple, it was because they had to go and wanted someone who was a friend there, to make it more fun. I spent many a Friday night huddled in the coat closet petting fur coats rich ladies had had their husbands hang for them, and giggling with other kids who'd also escaped the service. [/quote]

PP here, and yes! The Jewish kids were the best because if they did invite me to anything unless it was just to eat food or have fun! And unfortunately they got picked on at my high school (southern, so a lot of evangelicals). One person went up to one of my friends and asked, "do you ever feel empty in the pit of your stomach, knowing that your people killed Jesus?" We laughed about it, but it was awful. [/quote]

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