Church is your safe place, right?! Sometimes. Okay, so most of the time. But last week it was just another thing that knocked me down.
I heard hours (quite literally) of good things. Why does one comment contaminate the waters?
Someone got up and actually said he'd been talking with a woman in her 30's and asked why she didn't have children. (BTW, NEVERRRR ask a woman that! And know that you may or may not be given an honest answer if you do ask.) The woman (who probably wanted to run from the room and cry, or smack his face) said she and her husband had two dogs they were raising. (Okay, does this sound like a typical infertile woman's response to anyone besides me?!) So he proceeded to tell her that dogs won't live as long as children, and they can't take care of you when you get old, and that there is nothing on earth like bone of your bone and flesh or your flesh.
I am astonished and sick for not only her, but ME! I had to listen to the repeat, and I could barely sit in my seat. After he'd moved on to something else and it wasn't obvious I was being rude to him, I rushed to the bathroom, managed to make it to a stall, sank onto the toilet seat, and cried. Then I collected my emotions off the bathroom floor, washed my face, and behaved.
This person is not malicious, and probably just didn't think about it. But he's constantly telling people to "watch their dashboard." Watch YOUR dashboard! There were nine adults in the building that night. Did he not notice I was one of them?! I just looked at my best friend in shock (yeah, she turned around, probably sensing that I wanted to bawl), and mouthed, "Nice."
Re-living it has made me tired. I need an afternoon nap.
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