Was this conversation sinful?

[sonickel77]

Hi, I was a the hairdressers and we got talking about our elderly grandmothers. The hairdresser has met my nanna a few times before. We were swapping stories about some of the odd, blunt and inadvertently funny things they have said. We were good natured about it, we love our nannas. But now I am wondering whether I committed a sin by making fun of the elderly, or speaking about her when she wasn’t there. Am I being scrupulous or an I in the wrong?

 

[MeganCecilia]

Honestly I doubt it would be a sin. If anything venial? I don’t really know what the conversation was about.

Either way it’s best to ask a priest about this at your next confession.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

You love your nannas, it was not done with any bad intent, and your nannas weren’t there so they wouldn’t be hurt by it. So it’s okay. It’s like joking with your peers about stuff your mom or dad says.

There are humorists and comedians who wrote whole books about the odd, blunt or funny things their families said, and they obviously love their families. Also parents who write books about funny things kids say. Sometimes family members are indeed inadvertently humorous.

Just remember one day you will be the grandma and some young whippersnappers will be talking about you

 

[paperwight]

But now I am wondering whether I committed a sin by making fun of the elderly, or speaking about her when she wasn’t there. Am I being scrupulous or an I in the wrong?

I was recently with a group of retired priests and they were having a glorious time remembering former confreres and their little ways.

So yes, you are being scrupulous. As a pp said, it all depends on what was in your heart.

 

[brown_bear]

It also depends on what you said!

I don’t think this is the case for you, but I speak in general: if you have ridiculed your grandmother, telling her faults in a comical and shameful way, maybe there is some problem.

Then: I don’t know if you are scrupulous, I was and I remember that, when I finally excluded that a certain thing was a mortal sin, I no longer considered it.

But things also have half measures, there is venial sin, if a thing is not a mortal sin it does not mean that it is “nothing”, it depends, it can be a venial sin to ask for forgiveness from Jesus in one’s heart.

It may sound strange, but this and other discoveries helped me find peace.