# Would you have a priest for dinner? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 20, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-a-priest-for-dinner/554344 "2010-09-20T00:23:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-a-priest-for-dinner/554344/61 "2010-09-23T14:50:51Z")
Keep in mind that many priests are married and some are women. Not all priests are Roman Catholic. I’ve had dinner with my priest and his wife many times. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-a-priest-for-dinner/554344/62 "2010-09-23T14:57:00Z")
If it’s a friend who just happens to be a priest, sure. But if I’m having a priest over just to have a priest over, no. I wouldn’t trust myself to be as respectful as I should to my guest. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-a-priest-for-dinner/554344/63 "2010-09-23T20:57:49Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > > [@Perciful](#): > > > > I can’t have a priest for dinner because I am a single woman but I would if I was married. > > 😕 Why not? IME, many RC priests prefer not to be unaccompanied in the presence of women. For that reason, when I invite my volunteer coordinator to dinner, I invite others as well. It’s all about avoiding the appearance of hanky-panky. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-a-priest-for-dinner/554344/64 "2010-09-23T21:05:23Z")
> [@missred](#): > > > [@Nava](#): > > > > 😕 Why not? > > IME, many RC priests prefer not to be unaccompanied in the presence of women. For that reason, when I invite my volunteer coordinator to dinner, I invite others as well. It’s all about avoiding the appearance of hanky-panky. What? As if anyone would believe a RC Priest would molest a grown woman! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-a-priest-for-dinner/554344/65 "2010-09-23T21:18:29Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > > [@missred](#): > > > > IME, many RC priests prefer not to be unaccompanied in the presence of women. For that reason, when I invite my volunteer coordinator to dinner, I invite others as well. It’s all about avoiding the appearance of hanky-panky. > > What? As if anyone would believe a RC Priest would molest a grown woman! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-a-priest-for-dinner/554344/66 "2010-09-23T22:35:05Z")
Can I pick a fictional priest? If so, Father Ted might be fun. Maybe Father Dougal. But not Father Jack–I’d have to lock up the Toilet Duck, and I wouldn’t trust him not to do inappropriate things to the roast. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-a-priest-for-dinner/554344/67 "2010-09-23T22:46:30Z")
> [@winterhawk11](#): > > Can I pick a fictional priest? If so, Father Ted might be fun. Maybe Father Dougal. But not Father Jack–I’d have to lock up the Toilet Duck, and I wouldn’t trust him not to do inappropriate things to the roast. 🙂 Or you could go for our own **Friar Ted** , although friars are laypeople and he’s not fictional. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-a-priest-for-dinner/554344/68 "2010-09-24T01:22:26Z")
Father-in-law is a Methodist minister (though retired now), so a sort of inevitable “yes”. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-a-priest-for-dinner/554344.md?page=3)