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Dinner time, Giving thanks
Angel_Cece
post Mar 28 2005, 04:39 PM
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I felt really bad the other day when I went to my friends house and her mother offered me dinner. Well when i got to the table i picked up the fork and started eating... pinch.gif . Everyone looked at me and her mother told me that it was rude... i felt really bad because i didnt know why and then she told me to put the fork down and pray. Then her dad started to say a prayer. I was like omg i'm such an idiot. I wasn't used to praying before each dinner. I only pary on thanksgiving or christmas...how many of you actually pray before eating dinner? cry.gif
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 04:47 PM
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post Mar 28 2005, 04:48 PM
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My friend does. And my ex-best friend did.
I don't because I'm uh.. not Christian or Catholic.
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 04:48 PM
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um...not me cause it's not really a mandatory ritual? not sure if it would be the right word to describe it.
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 04:58 PM
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i dont.. i try and think if im at someone else's house, but ive slipped up... dont worry about it, she'll forgive and forget

kinda harsh for the mom to reprimand tho
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 05:00 PM
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no, unless it's some type of special occasion.
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 05:08 PM
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I'm jewish...so nope =)

only on friday nights when we all actually eat together and remember that it is Shabbat.
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 05:13 PM
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dang, that must have been so awful cry.gif
i don't, but that would have happen to me anytime so i'll remember that
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 05:20 PM
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I pray before every meal.......once, when i went over to someone's house I started to pray and this kid was laughing at me and was like...it's not thanksgiving....idiot...
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 05:21 PM
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i was brought up to pray before i eat but i dont alot of the time
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 05:22 PM
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QUOTE(MarchHare2UrAlice @ Mar 28 2005, 11:58 AM)
kinda harsh for the mom to reprimand tho
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i dont pray before i eat..
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 05:25 PM
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Nope, not even during thanksgiving or any of those special holidays. My family does and all that but all I do is sit there put my head down and wait for the blabbering to be over so that I can start eating.
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 05:34 PM
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QUOTE(purpleyes @ Mar 28 2005, 5:33 PM)
i think you should buy her a cake or something and then send her a note and say  that you had no idea....
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lol. oh yeah and then we'd have to pray before we eat that.
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 06:22 PM
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it's not something we do in my religion...but then again in movies they do it so idk...hmm
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 06:25 PM
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I don't pray before.. I just eat. lols.
I'm not that religious.
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 06:28 PM
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we only do when my grandparents come rolleyes.gif its cause we used to but now my family barely eats together cause we are so busy. we do on like easter and stuff tho too, or when my mom thinks about it
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 06:34 PM
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i always try to but i always froget. omg she said tht was rude to your face? isn't that kinda mean
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 06:37 PM
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I do... I feel safer when I eat.
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 06:43 PM
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I don't. (: I just..eat.

I have no religion, so it doesn't really matter.
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 06:46 PM
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i give thanks to the people who prepared the food and will clean it up.
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 07:02 PM
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I normally don't....but sometimes I do.. _smile.gif
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 07:19 PM
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post Mar 28 2005, 07:39 PM
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sometimes but we don't do it as a family. but it was kinda rude of HER to say you were rude becus .. you are a guest and everyone got different customs.
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 07:43 PM
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No, I don't. I pray before I go to bed sometimes. =\ Iunno why.
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 07:44 PM
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i used to pray before when i went to a catholic school cause i was so used to it because they make you pray before you can eat lunch but i dont anymore...i moved schools _smile.gif
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 07:54 PM
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lmao, thats sad... that happens. all my friends are asian and when i go to their house, theres things they all do that i dont and i feel a bit odd there ><;; but yeah
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 08:05 PM
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no. only when we have visitors though.
 
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Ah, that sucks. I don't pray before I eat dinner...=/ One time, I went to a youth group thing at my friend's church, and we all were supposed to make some sort of prayer....it felt really weird, and I didn't know what to say, cause I'm not Christian or anything. ><
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 09:55 PM
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when we eat family dinners everyone prays together.
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 10:01 PM
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ahh.. not really.
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 10:04 PM
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i dont pray...i not christian/catholic and only when i have to or like ders an occasion
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 10:30 PM
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i do, but when we have guests over that most likely don`t have the same religion, we just eat.
 
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post Mar 28 2005, 11:48 PM
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I do
it's polite to give thanks
and to say thanks for the people who made the food too
 
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post Mar 29 2005, 12:05 AM
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Yes, I pray before my meals. At school, I forget to. Or maybe it's because I feel embarrassed. I should start praying before meals in school too..haha.
 
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post Mar 29 2005, 12:06 AM
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omg that happened to me too when i was younger pinch.gif but yea i dont pray before meals unless its a special ocassion
 
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post Mar 29 2005, 12:06 AM
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Basically only for supper when I'm at home.
Not for lunch or breakfast or if I'm anywhere else.
 
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post Mar 29 2005, 12:09 AM
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you shouldn't dig in before they don't eat anyways.. well, thats jsut politeness i guess
 
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post Mar 29 2005, 12:16 AM
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I don't pray when I eat unless I'm at a family gathering or a party. I do pray at night when I lie down though.
 
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post Mar 29 2005, 02:28 AM
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Nope, I've never done that. That's pretty embarrassing though. Haha. When I eat at a friends house, I usually wait till they start eating first, then I'll eat too.
 
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post Mar 29 2005, 05:02 AM
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I do.
But why did you eat before your friends' family?
 
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post Mar 29 2005, 10:14 AM
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You should've ask your friend if they pray before they eat, so you can be informed. Or you should've waited for your friend's family to start. That happened to me before. I felt so embarrassed. Anyway, my family and I only pray before dinner or supper. _smile.gif
 
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post Mar 29 2005, 10:18 AM
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I always pray to myself before each meal!
 
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i dont pray at all.
 
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post Mar 29 2005, 04:28 PM
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i dun pray b4 dinner =P but one of my friends does.. happy.gif
 
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post Mar 29 2005, 06:09 PM
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nope i dont pray. but the idea of sending a cake is good (:
 
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post Mar 29 2005, 07:14 PM
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i never pray..
wow.. that must've been really awkward.
 
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post Mar 29 2005, 07:26 PM
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our family isn't religious, so we basically dig in. but some of my other friends' families do pray before eating, so I always wait until someone starts eating, then I follow along=)
 
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post Mar 29 2005, 07:42 PM
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When I dine at my aunt's house, I bow my head out of respect as her family give thanks/pray before dinner. Any other time, I simply "welcome" older people to the food first. It's tradition.
 
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post Mar 29 2005, 08:15 PM
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QUOTE(XKali_chik_4_lifeX @ Mar 28 2005, 5:00 PM)
no, unless it's some type of special occasion.
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