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So I've come to the brilliant conclusion that I simply have to tell my foster parents [the last ones I had, and the best ones, the ones I closest consider my family] that I'm an atheist. They're divorced, and truth be told they aren't very traditional christians...and to be honest? I think my foster mother is a quiet atheist herself. But my foster father...well...he keeps telling me to "speak with god" and "be with god" and "have faith" and stuff. I've always kind of been...squeemish, about saying anything, I just kinda smile nervously and nod my head and hope the conversation just kinda...moves along.
So...I'm going to just come clean with them, try to be calm about it, and hope they hear me out. They've always been pretty rational people.
It's gonna come out sooner or later. Might as well be sooner.
Also one of my guinea pigs just had more babies. I'm running out of space to keep them.
Coming out as an atheist is a mixed bag. Some get the worst treatment, and others like me have been lucky with family. It is something only the person facing it can gauge.
My adoptive mom treated it like a phase at first but now accepts it and sometimes is willing to listen to my arguments. My biological brother however, is a bible thumper and I have unfortunately had to cut ties with him because he won't leave me alone on that issue.
So I've come to the brilliant conclusion that I simply have to tell my foster parents [the last ones I had, and the best ones, the ones I closest consider my family] that I'm an atheist. They're divorced, and truth be told they aren't very traditional christians...and to be honest? I think my foster mother is a quiet atheist herself. But my foster father...well...he keeps telling me to "speak with god" and "be with god" and "have faith" and stuff. I've always kind of been...squeemish, about saying anything, I just kinda smile nervously and nod my head and hope the conversation just kinda...moves along.
So...I'm going to just come clean with them, try to be calm about it, and hope they hear me out. They've always been pretty rational people.
It's gonna come out sooner or later. Might as well be sooner.
Also one of my guinea pigs just had more babies. I'm running out of space to keep them.
Good luck Honey! Won't be easy for you
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
THAT could have gone better. But, it could have gone worse. I think my foster father is in denial. His adoptive son is a non-believer? "Oh hell no" is probably his mindset right now, given how he reacted. I think he's a bit devastated, actually, but he didn't seem willing to argue me out of it. I think he realized it was something I hadn't made a decision on lightly.
Foster mother, as I assumed, simply did not care. Well, she CARED but she was like "Hun, it doesn't matter. Doesn't matter you're adopted, doesn't matter you're an atheist, I'll always love ya."
THAT could have gone better. But, it could have gone worse. I think my foster father is in denial. His adoptive son is a non-believer? "Oh hell no" is probably his mindset right now, given how he reacted. I think he's a bit devastated, actually, but he didn't seem willing to argue me out of it. I think he realized it was something I hadn't made a decision on lightly.
Foster mother, as I assumed, simply did not care. Well, she CARED but she was like "Hun, it doesn't matter. Doesn't matter you're adopted, doesn't matter you're an atheist, I'll always love ya."
Yeah...it could have been much, much worse.
Good on ya mate!! Like you say...It could have been a lot worse.
How are you??
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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Won't be easy for you
