(September 21, 2014 at 12:58 pm)interstice Wrote: My mom literally started crying, and talking about how she had failed at parenting and life because i wasnt a christian anymore.
Sounds similar. Mine were/are a bit calmer about "it" once I finally "came out" as an atheist, but my mother expressed the same sentiment of being a failure as a parent because they didn't give me enough spirituality or whatever.
How have/did I handle this? I sort of haven't, just put the onus on them to accept my beliefs or outright reject me as their child. Fortunately, they haven't done the latter yet.
