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Änσnymσus

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Do you follow your wife in Communion line?
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    • Frequently, I see that when husbands are closer to the aisle than their wives, they step back and let their wives go first when it's time to enqueue to receive Communion. Why? To keep an eye on them, or feminism (letting wives be the head/leader of the family, drive the car, etc.)?
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    • Quote from: Änσnymσus on Yesterday at 12:47:15 PM
    Frequently, I see that when husbands are closer to the aisle than their wives, they step back and let their wives go first when it's time to enqueue to receive Communion. Why? To keep an eye on them, or feminism (letting wives be the head/leader of the family, drive the car, etc.)?
    Do you do it and why?
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    Re: Do you follow your wife in Communion line?
    « Reply #2 on: Yesterday at 01:10:16 PM »
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    • Quote from: Änσnymσus on Yesterday at 12:47:15 PM
    Frequently, I see that when husbands are closer to the aisle than their wives, they step back and let their wives go first when it's time to enqueue to receive Communion. Why? To keep an eye on them, or feminism (letting wives be the head/leader of the family, drive the car, etc.)?
    I always saw that as a protective father and husband thing. But I’ve never thought about it more than that. When I was in the Novus Ordo I would always get annoyed by my father not moving back to his original spot, everyone would shift down one. 😂
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    • "Ladies first" originated with Christendom, during which time not only was Our Lady honored, but all ladies. Boys were taught to open doors for women (including automobile doors), to pull out a lady's chair for her at the dining table, to carry a white handkerchief with them and to offer it to a lady if needed, and when walking with a woman to walk on the outside toward the road (to protect her from splashing of vehicles). My DH taught all of these to our sons.

    The war on Chritendom aka Western Civilization is nearly complete, with many men and women ignorant of these traditions.
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    Re: Do you follow your wife in Communion line?
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    • Quote from: Änσnymσus on Yesterday at 12:47:15 PM
    Frequently, I see that when husbands are closer to the aisle than their wives, they step back and let their wives go first when it's time to enqueue to receive Communion. Why? To keep an eye on them, or feminism (letting wives be the head/leader of the family, drive the car, etc.)?

    It’s called chivalry and being a gentlemen, something that was, for the most part, lost by the X generation and the generations that followed.
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    • Quote from: Änσnymσus on Yesterday at 12:47:15 PM
    Frequently, I see that when husbands are closer to the aisle than their wives, they step back and let their wives go first when it's time to enqueue to receive Communion. Why? To keep an eye on them, or feminism (letting wives be the head/leader of the family, drive the car, etc.)?

    Regarding driving the car, I think that depends on how emotional vs. rational the woman is. Not all women are unhinged balls of emotion, which is what propagates the true but unflattering horrible female driver meme. Emotional control, or Reason being firmly in the drivers seat, is crucial to being a good driver or pilot. I'm sorry if you've had limited experience, or where your travels have taken you, but exceptions do exist. Maybe even several % of the total female population, which only proves the rule that female drivers are awful, generally speaking.
    Also, is it inherently true that the driver is above the one driven? What about chauffeurs?
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    • Quote from: Änσnymσus on Yesterday at 12:47:15 PM
    Frequently, I see that when husbands are closer to the aisle than their wives, they step back and let their wives go first when it's time to enqueue to receive Communion. Why? To keep an eye on them, or feminism (letting wives be the head/leader of the family, drive the car, etc.)?
    If you sit on the outside of the pew you let the inside Pew sitters go first so they get back in first...
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    • Quote from: Änσnymσus on Yesterday at 02:58:27 PM
    is it inherently true that the driver is above the one driven? What about chauffeurs?
    good point
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    • Quote from: Quo vadis Domine on Yesterday at 02:03:57 PM
    It’s called chivalry and being a gentlemen, something that was, for the most part, lost by the X generation and the generations that followed.
    Perhaps it's a good thing it was lost, as today it just seems to fuel feminist pride.
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    • My wife and I rarely attend the same Mass on Sundays. When we do, I will usually follow her to the altar rail.
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    • Quote from: HeidtXtreme on Yesterday at 01:10:16 PM
    I always saw that as a protective father and husband thing.
    Protecting from what?
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    • Quote from: ElwinRansom1970 on Today at 12:23:29 PM
    My wife and I rarely attend the same Mass on Sundays. When we do, I will usually follow her to the altar rail.
    You bring up an interesting point. Did husbands and wives even sit together during Mass before Vatican II? Weren't the sexes segregated?
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    Re: Do you follow your wife in Communion line?
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    • Quote from: Änσnymσus on Today at 12:24:24 PM
    Protecting from what?
    Maybe “protecting” the wrong wording. It just seems like something husbands naturally do to keep their wife and children separated from the people behind them. It’s just a way to mark out their family. I don’t know how else to explain it really, because I haven’t thought about it that much. But I don’t see a “ladies first” principal as problematic.
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    • Quote from: HeidtXtreme on Today at 12:38:23 PM
    It just seems like something husbands naturally do to keep their wife and children separated from the people behind them.
    I know what you mean; it just comes instinctually.
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    Re: Do you follow your wife in Communion line?
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    • I don't with my wife, and I'm as protective as they get. 

    None of the men do at my Church.

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