u/TiredofIdiots2021

As a kid, this would have been the year I hated even more than usual going to the annual "Fourth of July Meeting." Every year, there were services Sunday through Friday evenings, and then ALL DAY ON SATURDAY. When the Fourth of July fell on Saturday, as it does this year, it was particularly miserable. Sitting through mini-sermon after mini-sermon, including BOYS in the afternoon, made me want to tear my fingernails out. That was one of the best parts about escaping that place - I had the holiday back to myself! They don't have the meeting any longer, lucky kids.

Of course, then there was the out-of-town New Year's Meeting that Dad would drag us to some years. Just thinking about it is depressing.