People bring expectations to church that they don't carry to work. Church is somehow supposed to make up for all the shortfalls of the rest of life. Sometimes we'd just like church to be a place where our inner child can stick its thumb in its mouth, mash its banana into pulp on the tabletop, and not worry too much about what's in its diapers. And church is supposed to be full of Christians, and Christians never hurt other people, not even accidentally. Christians are good, kind, loving people.
Christians are saints.
If Pete were a real Christian, he would know not to say things that might hurt sensitive people like Selina. Or so Selina believes. Selina wouldn't go back to Pete and try to untangle the problem. Instead, for the last few weeks, she talked it through with all of her friends, and even some who weren't her friends, over bottomless cups of tea at kitchen tables. Selina, of course, wouldn't even think about gossiping.