(June 3, 2014 at 1:37 pm)Heywood Wrote: It doesn't matter if Mormonism deserves to be ridiculed. Ridiculing your dad's beliefs and calling him names isn't an effective tactic at building a relationship with him.
As much as I don't normally agree with Heywood, he is right in this regard.
Elconquistador, if your goal is to have a relationship with your dad, you can't expect to meet vitriol with vitriol and expect a kind reaction. Yes, your dad is being incredibly immature, but if one of you doesn't change the equation, it won't change. It doesn't appear your dad is going to do that on his own.
That being said, I'm not saying you have to be nice to your dad. It sounds like he's being an insufferable twat. It's just, you have to decide what you want and act accordingly.
