How do you feel when you see a nun?:)

@grenery8 (3077)
Croatia (Hrvatska)
May 4, 2024 4:26am CST
The other day, when i wasn't feeling great, i was in a tram and one nun actually sit next to me. I was typing sms and i had noticed she was in her thoughts too,she kind of looked like she had a headache or was in deep praying, not sure. She was all in white, with an exception of black jacket. Not sure to which order she belonged, all in white but i felt even nuns don't always have a great day. For me, when i see them,mostly in their black attire, i feel good about them as a good sign for that day. Maybe it is just me How about you?
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@Juliaacv (48647)
• Canada
4 May
I know that they do not always have great days either, they are human also. I have 2 aunts who are nuns, and they have bad days also.
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@grenery8 (3077)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
6 May
wow, 2 of your aunts are nuns! i agree, they are humans also. i remember one girl that wanted to be a nun but she gave up in high school; not an easy call at all.
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@Juliaacv (48647)
• Canada
6 May
@grenery8 No it is not an easy call. I went to high school with a girl who entered the convent.
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@grenery8 (3077)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
11 May
@Juliaacv she was brave. if it was really a call for her, i hope she managed. also, i wonder, nuns get paycheck too,right? i know priests do but for nuns is kind of secretive.
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@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
4 May
Well, I have studied in a private school run by nuns during 8 years... I have not a "pleasant feeling" when I see a nun, even if two of my aunts were nuns. The nuns dressed in all white are of the Dominican order.
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@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
7 May
@grenery8 Mother Teresa order is white but with also blue in the uniform. During those 8 years I learned even too well to know nuns and to stop appreciating them. Of my 2 aunts, one was a simple good woman, the other NOT at all.
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@grenery8 (3077)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
11 May
@LadyDuck indeed. uniform doesn't make a person more human. also, we hear a lot about priests, when some scandal appears but about nuns, none.hm
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@grenery8 (3077)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
6 May
i thought this nun belonged to mother teresa order but there wasn't any blue colour but i think habit was also white, not sure, i forgot. 2 aunts? wow, incredible! you know, my old acquitance was also taught by nuns and she didn't like them too
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@just4him (308637)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
4 May
I don't think about it when I see them.
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@just4him (308637)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 May
@grenery8 I'm never negative.
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@grenery8 (3077)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
6 May
that is also good. as long as you don't feel negativity.
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@grenery8 (3077)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
11 May
@just4him never say never
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• New Baltimore, Michigan
5 May
Guilty
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• United Kingdom
6 May
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• New Baltimore, Michigan
8 May
@grenery8 Was always getting yelled at by the nuns and teachers and school psychologists for hanging out with the “bad guys” from other schools. (God forgive me.)
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@grenery8 (3077)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
6 May
nuns taught you in school too or?
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@pitsipeahie (4425)
4 May
Though I don't see nuns often now, I don't feel anything when I see them. Its just like, "oh, a nun" and that's the most of it. During my school days, I see them everyday as I studied in a private Catholic school run by the SSpS or Holy Spirit sisters. Maybe I just got so used to their presence that it has just become a common thing for me up until now.
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6 May
@grenery8 Yes, from primary to secondary even collegiate education. Yeah strict and lots of rules hahaha
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@grenery8 (3077)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
11 May
@pitsipeahie but rules sometimes help,when i look at it a nowwhat a long period for you i think i saw one nun studying in my university
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@grenery8 (3077)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
6 May
when i was in high school, there was a church next to us so we greeted them often or just me but in a bigger city, i learned, it is not a big deal if we don't greet them you attended both primary and secondary catholic school? were they strict? well said; you can get used to their presence
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@Shivram59 (32188)
• India
4 May
@greenery8 I have seen nuns here.Here they are in white attire.I had once seen one in a shop.We began talking.She told me about her family..
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@Shivram59 (32188)
• India
6 May
@grenery8 I often see them shopping in the market.One of them I personally know had been the principal of St.Convent school.
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@grenery8 (3077)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
6 May
white with blue, right, order of mother teresa? wow, very kind of you. was she surprised by your reaction or people can approach them easily there?
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@grenery8 (3077)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
11 May
@Shivram59 they are fashion gurus then o, you have divine connections,not bad
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@snowy22315 (171193)
• United States
4 May
Most of the nuns in the US no longer wear a habit, so it is kind of hard to tell them apart from the general population. I am sure they have good and bad days like everyone else.
@snowy22315 (171193)
• United States
6 May
@grenery8 I guess their order doesn't require it?
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@grenery8 (3077)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
6 May
really, they don't, how come? i am sure too about their days. we worship the illusion of them, in a way.
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@grenery8 (3077)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
11 May
@snowy22315 you are right and every catholic or christian or other church is different in every country.
@rebelann (111427)
• El Paso, Texas
4 May
I have never actually seen nuns and since I am not Catholic I have no idea what they would be like except what some TV shows depicts. However I remember seeing 3 monks in a store some years ago, that was a strange sight for me.
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@grenery8 (3077)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
6 May
i saw nuns only in black; other nuns, in other colours are not so known to me. i saw monks too but it was 2 years ago. they were young monks and they belonged to order of st. francis, in brown attire but with good sneakers. they didn't look poor like st. francis preached
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@xstitcher (30551)
• Petaluma, California
9 May
Never saw a nun, but I saw some monks the other day.
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@xstitcher (30551)
• Petaluma, California
11 May
@grenery8 Surprised. I had never seen them before.
@grenery8 (3077)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
11 May
i also see them sometimes. how did you feel when you saw monks?
@grenery8 (3077)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
14 May
@xstitcher i am too,especially when they are younger. remind me of college kids
@paigea (35825)
• Canada
6 May
I can't think of the last time I saw a nun. I don't even know if there are any around here that dress differently than us.
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@paigea (35825)
• Canada
7 May
@grenery8 I just can't tell if someone is a nun, because they dress the same as the rest of us.
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@grenery8 (3077)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
6 May
we weren't next to church so i was surprised too. actually, i saw one last year in a tram too; they like using a public transportation, i guess
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@grenery8 (3077)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
11 May
@paigea i guess it's not instinguished at your place, which is cool.
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@dya80dya (34169)
7 May
I have a negative feeling when I see them because they are dressed in black clothes. Their clothes make me have negative feelings.
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@grenery8 (3077)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
11 May
i am sorry that the colour is at fault. not all nuns wear black. have you always felt like that about them? i feel they are mourning something with this colour, maybe their old life.
@Rimps85 (1167)
• India
4 May
the feeling is NONE
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@Rimps85 (1167)
• India
6 May
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@grenery8 (3077)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
6 May
that is good. not positive, not negative, just right
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