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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP should have stayed home. I'll bet her brat ruined the service for the other worshippers nearby. [/quote]

Probably!   :mrgreen: [/quote]

Not the OP, but are you and the other PP the same people on here professing your welcoming nature of people at church?  I bet you are.  Ironic, huh?[/quote]

I'm the PP who said I feel like an interloper.  This is the kind of attitude I'm talking about!  I go to church sporadically, I will admit it - but when I do go, even on non-holidays, no one says "hi, welcome!  By the way, most people with toddlers sit in the annex" or "good morning!  may we join you?" or anything, i mean ANYTHING to make it less awkward.  Why must people be so cold?  I worry that it's something about me - like I look grouchy or scary or something -  and my DH has admitted to me that he feels the same.

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We're long time members of our NW DC Episcopal Church, which is populated by many people who would describe themselves as "comfortable." Well, one day we became parents of our dear sweet son who is a handful. We asked the minister who focuses on children whether we were becoming too disruptive and perhaps should go to the kiddy service or just take a break for a few months.

She laughed and encouraged us to continue coming because (like most parents, apparently) we were not nearly as noisy/busy as we thought and that as long as we kept coming, the other parents would feel more comfortable because their kids weren't nearly as bad as ours. That's us - setting the bar low for families across the parish![/quote]

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