First world problems – dealing with parents

[VinnyParticipant]

So, we’ll be heading down soon to have christmas with my family and we’ll be there a week.  They don’t know yet that we’ve dumped our old church and haven’t glommed on to any other since.  I’m sure the subject will come up eventually, and I know my mom was already troubled when my older brother and his family stopped attending church.  Have any of you had this conversation with parents?  How did it go?

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• This topic was modified 1 year, 11 months ago by  David Hayward.
• This topic was modified 1 year, 11 months ago by  David Hayward.

[David HaywardKeymaster]

Wow. Big question. I usually advise, if people push for advice, to just say, “Things weren’t working out well. We just needed a break.” But if someone REALLY wants to know and seems genuine, then I give them the full meal.

[Ruth AnneParticipant]

I’m with David on this one Vinny. “We are regrouping” might work. They really don’t need to know. Spirituality is a journey and if they view it as a destination they will get all flipped out that their children and grandchildren are going straight to hell. I live 3 miles from my folks and the truth is, I keep what I do on Sunday’s very vague. They don’t ask, I don’t tell.

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