Standing out like a nun at a rodeo
My family isn't religious, so I'm not terribly familiar with the nuances of most religious customs. One thing I have noticed is that people who do know these things assume that everyone around them shares that knowledge and will fail to enlighten newcomers, such as the time I went to my husband's cousin's wedding. Catholics all (save for my husband, who gave it up years ago), and not a one so much as hinted that in addition to the usual wedding goings-on there would be a full Catholic mass.

Out of around 100 people, I was the only one who didn't stand up and get in line to eat the wine/biscuit. Awkward.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Thu 1 Sep 2011, 14:00, 7 replies)

Tell them
you're veggie
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Thu 1 Sep 2011, 14:02, closed)

Or that you don't believe in cannibalism.

(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 1 Sep 2011, 14:05, closed)

But Jesus
COMMANDED us to eat him. The weirdo.
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Thu 1 Sep 2011, 14:09, closed)

Not really awkward
I revel in being a heathen at such events
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 1 Sep 2011, 15:13, closed)

I'm too old to revel in something as trivial as lack of religion, honestly
What made it awkward was that it was the first time I'd met his extended family and I was seated in a place where they all passed me after walking back from the altar. Each staring at me. So. Uncomfortable.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Thu 1 Sep 2011, 16:44, closed)

I wouldn't worry about it.
The biscuit would just be soggy by the time you got to the front.
(Pie of Meat ___°¬¯O¯____\o/_____/\_,____Y¯¯Y, Thu 1 Sep 2011, 16:49, closed)

Eww
Like cannibalism jokes didn't make it off-putting enough! At least now I know the ideal way to keep the spouse from giving in to habitual ritual and abandoning me the next time we have the misfortune to attend a service like that.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Thu 1 Sep 2011, 21:14, closed)