If you can determine if your father is doing this in a passive-aggressive way, I'm wondering whether there is some greeting that would make him feel equally uncomfortable and just ask him "if I said [XYZ] to you, would it make you uncomfortable?" and if he says yes, explain to him that that is how you feel when he says "shabbat shalom" to you.
Put him in your shoes, show him how it feels and see what happens.
Determine the sentiment behind the statement before you determine how to handle it, though. As others have said, he could just be sayin' hi.
Put him in your shoes, show him how it feels and see what happens.
Determine the sentiment behind the statement before you determine how to handle it, though. As others have said, he could just be sayin' hi.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
