Sigh... what is it about this religion? My dad was in the seminary for years and became nuts from it to the point that he thinks the Devil is around him. I was sent to Catholic school, where I was scheduled to get “spanked” by the nun because I helped my friend with her math assignment when she was stuck. My mother…

Nearly 60 years ago a parochial school in Chicago, Our Lady of the Angels, burned to the ground. More than 90 children died in the blaze, along with three nuns. Dozens of others escaped with injuries ranging from minor bumps and bruises to major, devastating burns.

Do you live in Innsmouth by any chance?

Yep. I grew up in an Irish Catholic parish on the south side of Chicago. I was educated for 12 looooong years in Catholic schools (Sisters of Mercy, an order founded by an Irish nun). Nuns remain some of the worst, most dead-souled, downright evil, enjoyers of inflicting pain I’ve ever encountered. They were execable,…

I’m 68 yrs old now, I attended St. Edwards School in Rockford, Il. I was hit many times with rulers, yard sticks, pointers, a belt and I had my head bounced off the concrete block wall by being stood next to it and slapped hard in the face. But the worst thing was the psychological abuse. I was one of the smartest…

Oh, I’ve got one for you.

She even got married and had kids, and then divorced the guy. She kept the faith though, and her two sons are two of my best friends in this world.

It constantly amazes me how Catholics, especially women, go back for abuse time and again. As a former Catholic and Catholic School survivor, I can tell you those blue haired bitches I dealt with were as nasty and abusive as they come. And so I left the church. Why the hell are you still there? You think it’s only a…

Idon’t know about the schools thing. My brothers went to catholic school, and as a seven year old, the youngest of the two was in a serious accident and had to be in a body cast. The nuns who ran the school refused to let him use the handicapped bathroom, so whenever he needed to go, he had to wheel himself over to…

i know some amazing social justice nuns. i also know the ones who humiliated and shamed me at catholic school.

MrChicklet lasted a year at a Catholic elementary school in the ‘70s. The nuns kept beating him on the hand with a ruler because he’s left-handed. Which is apparently a sign of demonic possession or some such BS.

My one aunt is a former nun, who left the convent and became a Jew. I have another aunt who is still a nun, and she absolutely hates it. She is a free spirit, and only joined to escape a bad, abusive home situation, just like her sister did. The other nuns are terrible to her- they force her to eat in silence, they…

I was raised Catholic and spent several years being taught by nuns in Catholic school. While most of them were unobjectionable, there were always a few who were evil scions of Hell. I’m sure they went into teaching purely to give maximum expression to their innate sadism.

Powerful and important, even if convent life is substantially different now. Too many sisters and nuns are given a pass by young women who think they are great because they occasionally do something politically liberal or because they had some good ones who taught them in school. It’s the “Nuns Rock! Squee!” school of…

My 78 year-old mom walks her (tiny, dopey) dog every night around her condo building at about 10:30 pm.

I think maybe just tell your friends not to put you as their emergency contact.

I carry pepper spray that has ink in it that is visible under a UV light for up to 72 hours, even if the person tries to wash the shit off. I also carry this tool that can easily shatter a femur or take out an eye with enough pressure. I haven’t had to use them and hopefully never will, but it’s nice to have a little…

Yeah, what are you going to do, show up and say, “I know >you< didn’t invite me but facebook said you’d be here, so I thought I’d come along.”??

I’m still just trying to figure out why Facebook sends me notifications (beyond just showing it in my newsfeed) whenever the guy I want to date is interested in an event near me, since I haven’t added anyone as a “favorite” on Facebook, so I shouldn’t be getting notifications every time someone does something. Like,…