Reply #18: funny you mention it

[Gelliebeans]

I had surgery about 10 days ago and I was sitting in my doctor's office yesterday waiting to see him. I was in a great deal of pain and the wait was extraordinarily long (you know how HMO's are) I had tried to close my eyes and nod off until I was called.

My son and my mother were with me, she read while he was quietly trying to do his homework so he would be done by the time we left the office.

These two annoying women were discussing Jesus, Israel and the bible (quoting scriptures and "amening" one another.... sheesh) but the REAL problem was they were talking 3 feet away from one another and they were loud and went on for approx ONE hour.

My son would look up at me occasionally just waiting for me to explode. Finally after the pain medication wore off and the sheer agony of waiting for the doctor to remove the stitches from my stomach, I stood up and shouted "OH FOR CRISSAKES SHUT UP WILL YA" "NOT EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM GIVES A RATS ASS ABOUT JESUS"
My mother and son burst out laughing and I felt better then ever. Luckily one of the women was called in to see the doctor soon after my tantrum and the other woman sat there in silence until she was called.

I guess we all have our limits.

Since I was raised by hippies in California, things haven't been much of a challenge for me to be "out" but I think most of the time I don't wear atheism on my sleeve but if someone asks, I admit it proudly.