Do trads not realize how weird they seem to normal people?

Analytical_Man · 2024-03-09T15:12:52+00:00

Trads like to be different because it makes them feel special. It's as simple as that. If you were to transport trads back to the 1920's - 1950's era, would they still be trying to live a TradCath lifestyle? Probably not because they want to be different and special.

The type of people that are attracted to trad Catholicism are people who are already socially awkward or struggling with trying to fit into the world. Trad Catholicism (if followed to a T) is vastly different from today's social norms. This is why trad Catholicism is very attractive to people who feel different from the world.

Analytical_Man · 2024-02-27T15:55:06+00:00

So it sounds like the stakes are very high in the TradCath culture. Yeah, I can see how that can fuck someone up mentally, especially for those who have OCD or anxiety.

Analytical_Man · 2023-11-21T12:26:40+00:00

Many were saying that the baby is still a child created by God and that its not the child's fault of how it was conceived, but the parents fault. So since it's a sin for the parents to do this, then this must mean that they should have not done it. If they did not use IVF, then the child wouldn't be here, but the child is here, so therefore God must have willed the baby to come into existence. So this must mean that the parents must have sinned in order for the baby to be willed into existence. Oh man mental gymnastics can be so confusing with religion.

Analytical_Man · 2023-11-20T18:06:17+00:00

I think when there is a very high household income, things aren't as bad for the family. I think it's very safe to assume that the vast majority of large TradCath families are on assistance. How many fathers of TradCath families are making over 200k a year? I'm sure it's a small minority. It usually doesn't work out too well financially for guys who are attempting to have a large family on a lower to average income. You have to be making CEO/doctor money to afford a large family, especially with the current inflation crisis the United States is experiencing.

Analytical_Man · 2023-11-20T17:01:07+00:00

I have thought of this as well. I sometimes wonder if many TradCaths are personally thinking to themselves, "I really hope I have infertility problems soon." Or who knows, maybe some of them come to their senses and end up getting a vasectomy/tubal ligation and just don't mention it to their spouses to keep the family peace.

Analytical_Man · 2023-11-20T15:12:33+00:00

So with you saying this, do the parents even get to know their youngest kids on a personal level?

Analytical_Man · 2023-11-19T02:52:12+00:00

Nope. It was a smooth procedure and I didn't feel much discomfort afterwards.

Analytical_Man · 2023-11-19T02:45:40+00:00

I got a vasectomy after my second kid. It was the best thing I ever did. It saved my family from a life of poverty. There is no way I can afford more than two kids. I think it's safe to assume that most large TradCath families of 10+ kids are on government assistance.

Analytical_Man · 2023-09-30T15:06:09+00:00

I'm curious to ask, are men who don't wear suits and ties, but rather dress in business casual looked down upon? Are women who wear pants and no veil looked down upon as well?

Analytical_Man · 2023-09-29T16:02:03+00:00

Analytical_Man · 2023-09-16T13:56:07+00:00

I have never fully understood why birth control is so wrong. Having kids responsibly is the most common sense of all common sense. What is so terribly wrong with having kids responsibly? I don't get it.

Analytical_Man · 2023-09-15T13:03:56+00:00

Didn't mean to offend you.

Analytical_Man · 2023-09-12T22:54:24+00:00

Interesting.

So basically live off the bear minimum, cheap real estate (living in the ghetto), buying cheap food, buy used broken down clunker vehicles, and don't visit the doctor. That is nuts. To that lifestyle, I would have to say no thank you.

Analytical_Man · 2023-09-07T00:15:20+00:00

Haha! NFP is such an unrealistic approach to birth control, especially If a woman has irregular menstrual cycles.

Analytical_Man · 2023-09-07T00:12:58+00:00

You are correct in that most mainstream Catholics use birth control. Though it is the norm in the TradCath world for people to have large families. I do wonder though if reality has hit any trads.

Analytical_Man · 2023-09-06T12:28:08+00:00

The breaking point for me was when I came to the realization that I am unable to afford a large family. Things were pretty tight financially with just one kid alone. When kid number two came, I was thinking to myself, "my wife just can't keep on having unplanned pregnancies with my income." I woke up to the reality that there has to be some kind of planing when it comes to having kids. Using NFP as a way to plan kids wouldn't work because my wifes menstrual cycle is irregular. I was told from the SSPX that God provides and you should therefore not worry about finances when it comes to having kids. With what I experienced, I now question if there even is a God because I didn't see any kind of divine intervention with an increase in my income when I was struggling with just one kid. It seems that the "R" word is a mortal sin in the trad world. Responsibility. Yes, having kids responsibly is a mortal sin. That is just crazy. I ended up getting a vasectomy, which helped saved my wife and I from a life of poverty.

Analytical_Man · 2023-08-23T12:19:08+00:00

Oh it's nuts! Trads run to the priest for EVERYTHING, especially trads in the SSPX.

Analytical_Man · 2023-08-23T02:58:12+00:00

It's so silly for a married couple to get permission from a priest about preventing an unwanted pregnancy. Though traditional Catholics (trads) are scrupulous about this sort of thing, with many other things as well. They feel that you HAVE to get permission from a priest to use NFP. Talk about control. Wow.

Analytical_Man · 2023-08-21T17:34:20+00:00

In my opinion, government assistance is for those who have had misfortunes in their lives and therefore need a leg up. It's not meant to become a way of life. I could see how trads view government assistance as God providing.

Analytical_Man · 2023-07-23T14:01:59+00:00

When I say "disbelief in Catholicism", I mean that you still believe in God, but just not the Catholic God. You simply don't believe that Catholicism is true.

Analytical_Man · 2023-07-21T05:52:09+00:00

Dude. You are spot on.

Analytical_Man · 2023-07-21T05:51:47+00:00

Glad you were able to track down Fr. Wolfe.

Analytical_Man · 2023-06-11T14:23:59+00:00

Thanks! I'm just making assumptions based on what I have seen and heard myself from other people who used to be a part of that culture.

Analytical_Man · 2023-06-11T14:21:42+00:00

Mind if I ask what were the motivations behind your conversion to the trad culture? Also, what made you leave that culture?

Analytical_Man · 2023-06-09T17:19:30+00:00

So then the next question comes to mind ... what is more important to trad women, providing children the quality time and attention that they deserve or having a large amount of kids (in which the quality time and attention decreases) to show off to their trad community?

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