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Help, I need someone to talk to
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RE: Help, I need someone to talk to
It took me some years of arguing with my parents before they came around. At first I would start arguments with them about religion and they would get so mad and just tell me they don't want to hear it. Eventually my dad came around and told me he didn't really believe in god or religion either. Eventually it got to the point where I could just talk about it calmly with my mom and she said that she was an agnostic. My parents are very smart, successful, liberal people though. I dunno how it might work trying to do what I did with obstinate, stubborn parents. I know some parents just throw their kid out of the house. You can't be wimpy about it though. You have to let people know that it's what you truly think and not waver if you truly want to get people to think that you're serious. It might be a good idea to just not bring it up again if they don't want to talk about it though. I remember when I was really young (like 15 or 16) I would just start confrontations with my parents over religion for no reason and I know that it made them way more pissed off than they needed to be.
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Help, I need someone to talk to - by onebluethinker - September 2, 2014 at 6:20 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by Tobie - September 2, 2014 at 6:23 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by rexbeccarox - September 2, 2014 at 6:28 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by ShaMan - September 2, 2014 at 6:31 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by onebluethinker - September 2, 2014 at 6:35 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by ShaMan - September 2, 2014 at 6:39 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by ignoramus - September 2, 2014 at 11:43 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by The Grand Nudger - September 2, 2014 at 6:46 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by Minimalist - September 2, 2014 at 6:55 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by pocaracas - September 2, 2014 at 6:57 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by onebluethinker - September 2, 2014 at 7:15 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by pocaracas - September 2, 2014 at 8:00 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by onebluethinker - September 2, 2014 at 10:30 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by Losty - September 2, 2014 at 8:08 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by pocaracas - September 2, 2014 at 8:25 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by ShaMan - September 2, 2014 at 8:11 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by Losty - September 2, 2014 at 8:15 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by onebluethinker - September 4, 2014 at 10:59 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by XK9_Knight - September 8, 2014 at 1:53 am
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by robvalue - September 8, 2014 at 3:52 am
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by Alex K - September 8, 2014 at 8:21 am
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by onebluethinker - September 13, 2014 at 10:38 am
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by genkaus - September 13, 2014 at 11:52 am
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by Thumpalumpacus - September 8, 2014 at 8:48 am
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by genkaus - September 13, 2014 at 2:02 am
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by vodkafan - September 13, 2014 at 8:48 am
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by Whateverist - September 13, 2014 at 2:26 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by Lemonvariable72 - September 13, 2014 at 11:23 am
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by Losty - September 13, 2014 at 1:35 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by onebluethinker - September 13, 2014 at 2:21 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by genkaus - September 13, 2014 at 2:44 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by onebluethinker - September 13, 2014 at 4:13 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by genkaus - September 13, 2014 at 5:05 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by onebluethinker - September 13, 2014 at 5:35 pm
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by MusicLovingAtheist - September 14, 2014 at 8:28 am
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by TaraJo - September 14, 2014 at 9:21 am
RE: Help, I need someone to talk to - by TheGamingAtheist - September 14, 2014 at 10:37 am

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