You Know You're A Convert

[Sojourner]

I thought of one today ...

You say, "See you at church" instead of "See you at Mass."

[Googlebot]

You know you're a convert when I assimilate you.

[P3chrmd]

[quote]You know you're a convert when:

an "office" is the place where you work... and nothing else...

a "doctor" is the guy who delivered your babies... and nothing else...

You can't help but refer to the deuterocanonical books as the "extra books" even when you know they aren't...

You can't refer to Mary as anything other than Mary without forcing yourself to... (and the apostles still go without St. in front of their names...)

You hear "scapular" and think shoulder blade... and then remember that's "scapula"....

You always feel like everyone is watching you at mass... even though no one is...

You think one of these days you should call your new pastor's wife and introduce yourself... then you remember he doesn't have one...

You still feel weird about beer and cigarettes...[/quote]

As a convert I can answer these things for you!

1. yes true about the office thing
2. not true
3.Yes...I always seem to say "the extra books" and I just have to stop myself...thinking I KNOW they are not "extra" so why do I say it
4. A big wrong on that one...I almost always call Mary "Our Lady"
5.I didn't know there was a bone named that...so not true for me
6. YES..probabley the most true for me...even after all this time...I still feel like the eyes are on ME!!!
7.not true...but funny none the less
8.I don't understand what you mean by this...I drink a beer or alcoholic drink every now and then...always have (even before conversion)