Well I never!!

I think something may be wrong with us. My family, I mean. I've come to notice over many years of observing human behavior, that people are just prone to belch, blow their nose and experience flatulence occasionally. My family does none of those things. Well...okay, we do those things, but we certainly don't do them in front of each other and certainly not in front of anybody else. This morning, I decided it was a sickness. I think our behavior may be abnormal. I was sitting at the table and Litkia jumped up and left the room. She got a Kleenex and started blowing her nose in the next room. Now, I SAY she was blowing her nose, but it was the most pathetic blowing of a nose I've ever heard. It was like she was purposely trying to be quiet. I yelled to her from my seated position, "BLOW IT for Pete's sake. What GOOD are you doing like that?" So she just gave up being shy about the noise and blew it. In the car later I asked her a few questions, like "WHY are you embarrassed to blow your nose in front of people? Did I do that to you? Did I tell you that you should be embarrassed about blowing your nose in front of people? Do you think other people feel the same way that we do?" She had no answers for me. I started telling her about my friend who tends to burp a lot and how she's never embarrassed about it. Litkia named her immediately; almost without hesitation. The reason she KNEW who I was talking about is because she has NOTICED. It isn't normal behavior in her eyes and I'm sure my friend was judged harshly in Litkia's head. It goes WAY beyond just trying not to be offensive to people, it's more like a moral issue or something. You know? Like....people who are willing to make disgusting noises in front of other people can't possibly have a personal relationship with Jesus. That's bound to be wrong thinking. I should be more accomodating. So I will try, but I'd be lying if I told you it didn't bother me.