RE: How to deal with family?
March 20, 2014 at 12:10 pm
(This post was last modified: March 20, 2014 at 12:11 pm by Clueless Morgan.)
Can you tell her that you don't appreciate her snarky attitude and point out to her that you're not snarky or disrespectful of her beliefs (assuming this is true) so could she show she the same courtesy?
I'd start by making this request and seeing how it goes, that way you can at least claim that you were trying to be mature and respectful and she was the one screwing it up. Once that request is out there and it's understood that you have tried to keep things civil, I would giving it back to her*, every so often reintroducing the idea that maybe your family just shouldn't talk about religion for the sake of everyone getting along.
* If you're in danger of her kicking you out or losing necessary financial support or anything, I'd say keep your trap shut and deal with her disrespect as well as you can until you're financially independent and there would be no (or much fewer) repercussions for responding.
And remember that you can always come the AF to vent.
I'd start by making this request and seeing how it goes, that way you can at least claim that you were trying to be mature and respectful and she was the one screwing it up. Once that request is out there and it's understood that you have tried to keep things civil, I would giving it back to her*, every so often reintroducing the idea that maybe your family just shouldn't talk about religion for the sake of everyone getting along.
* If you're in danger of her kicking you out or losing necessary financial support or anything, I'd say keep your trap shut and deal with her disrespect as well as you can until you're financially independent and there would be no (or much fewer) repercussions for responding.
And remember that you can always come the AF to vent.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
