You know you were raised Catholic if...

[JLeigh]

...guilt is your best friend, and you feel obligated to share it with others.

 

....you only crave hamburgers and steaks on Fridays during lent and you crave fish every other day in Lent...just never on Fridays.

 

...you sneak into protestant churches, sprinkle holy water, and hide blessed medals.

 

...just about every special interest group in the country hates your guts.

...you have an overwhelming compulsion to say, "And also with you," when Yoda says, "May the Force be with you."

 

...someone asks you your favorite Madonna song and you say “Hail Holy Queen.”

 

…one of your crucifixes has five years worth of dried out palms stuck behind it.

 

...you spend the first five minutes of the day untangling your scapular from your Miraculous Medal.

 

…you know more than 15 recipes for preparing tuna fish.

 

...your coworkers point out that you have something on your face and as they go to wipe it off for you, you duck and scream, "No, they’re my ashes!!"

[thetimman]

 

...you sneak into protestant churches, sprinkle holy water, and hide blessed medals.

 

 

Go get 'em!

[DominusTecum]

...you spend the first five minutes of the day untangling your scapular from your Miraculous Medal.

 

 

 

Yesss.... it's almost enough to make one an impious wretch who doesn't wear his miraculous medal 24/7... almost. :p

[Mornac]

I think your first one is just for Italians.  All older Italians I know have two kitchens, no two houses, one in the basement to live in day by day, and the immaculate upstairs is kept just for company.  Must be a cultural thing.

That was my understanding of it. I’m from a largely Irish neighborhood and living in their basements (during the summer anyway) was one of the many peculiarities about Italian families that kept us amused.

[Jarrod_D]

Being a convert mine differ somewhat:

 

You know you converted from Protestantism if the first thing you do after Easter Vigil mass is a keg stand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[KatieRD]

You genuflect in the aisle of the cinema before finding your seat!!!!!!

[kmomto6]

It was always an Italian thing (the two kitchens) when I was growing up (and grown).
We also had a phenomenon called 'the Italian Living Room' where the garage was set up as a socializing area in the spring/summer. Sometimes even screened in.