i'm not talkin' about our blood related brothers & sisters here. i used to go to a church (or two or three) where many of the people would greet each other & for that matter, anything they said would have sister or brother on the end of it. for example, how's your spiritual walk, brother? "i really like mindy, she's my sister". what? "i'm blessed & no less, brother". what? "we're an army of soldiers for Christ, brother". what?
i understand the whole family thing of being God's children & we're all siblings of God's family. okay- i know this. but, dagnabit, what's w/the "brother/sister" @ the end of every comment thing? on my drive in this morning, me & my mormon brother were talking about how much time we took off for each pregnancy (funny, i know what you're thinking). for me it was 10 days for each girl to help mindy w/things (if ya could call it that). my mormon brother then tells his pregnancy history (6 kids) & says, "i went back to work a day or two after the baby was born. me & my BROTHERS have a little saying, 'get back to work & let the SISTERS take care of the wife'"!
sisters/brothers, brothers/sisters- man those words get to me. i think it had to do w/being a kid during the Jesus freak time-frame. all the church adults i knew, incessantly put brother/sister on the end of every sentence. i say "bro" to some guys & "lady" to some women, but you have permission to choke me if i say, "brother or sister". i guess it seems really insincere & unauthentic to say it all the time.
any other thoughts on church things we do that irritate a bit?
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How about if I call you dude? Would that work out okay for you? :)
the giant calls his wife dude. hee hee. just thought i would comment on that. the phrase i hated when i knew people didn't know my name was "hello there woman of God"
Sister, doesn't bother me because I haven't been OVER exposed to it, and Lady would probably bother me from a stranger, but not from you, jaybird. What I hate is when middle aged men call me "Honey" "Sweetie" or "Darlin'" It's just creepy...
Now, honey, that's the way all us southerners talk, sugar.
hey, saints
or
hey, beloved
when i don't know or remember someone's name, i say, "hey, guy/lady". it works everytime.
we used to know a guy who used "glorious" in almost every situation. "how are you doing?" "glorious" etc.
Georgia, it's okay for you to call me honey if you must... But only because I'm fairly certain that you're not a middle aged MAN! :)
hi pilgrims.
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