the reason my mother cannot be permitted to know i am bi is because she'd freak the fuck out
see, here's the thing
years ago, like we are talking about 15 years back or so, my uncle (my mother's brother) is trying to fight against his own homosexuality. realizes he's gay, and he hates himself for it, and his self-hatred has made him an alcoholic.
my mother, who has had to deal with a lot of alcoholism (my father is an alcoholic) sees the signs in her own brother, and eventually gets him to fess up to the source of his drinking problem: he's a big ole gay.
my mother tries to "help" him with his "problem". she tries to get him girlfriends, even hooks him up with one of her best friends. of course, being a gay, it basically didn't go anywhere and it just made him more miserable. but my mom felt she was making "progress" in "curing" him.
so then, like a year later, he meets this gay dude, hits it off real awesomely, and through him comes to accept who he is and stuff.
comes out to his family. my mother is crushed, and feels personally betrayed. it's not that she hates him for being gay, she'll say, but that she was angry at him for "giving up".
she doesn't speak to him for a year, and avoids family gatherings where he is there. he says he hates her for the fucked up shit she put him through, and avoids her too. things come to a head at christmas (christmas is important in my mother's family) when my grandmother puts her foot down and declares the one who doesn't show up is out of the family.
years later, they've finally patched shit up, and my mother has learned to tolerate her brother's homosexuality, but she doesn't accept it.
now
given this
and the previous statement
you understand why my mother doesn't know about me.
One Fi'tty how much of these funny posts come from personal experience?
Surprisingly, most
My father is insane
He is one of those people who is extremely likeable and the most fun person you ever knew for about 40% of the time
The other 60% he is an incredibly pompous and irrational ass who makes everyone around him hate him with a passion
It's depressing really to have a dad that goes from being your best pal to being verbally and physically abusive
My father has:
- Never once said he was sorry for anything... literally, never once, I can't recall a single time
- Threatened to kick me out of the house because I had the audacity to go to church in the afternoon, not morning
- Never once said a single word directly to my girlfriend because she is "not a Christian" and therefore this means in his mind that he should be extremely rude to her... not one word to her ever in almost four years
- Spanked me I would estimate probably 300 times for such horrifying offenses as leaving the mailbox open when going to get the mail, not properly finishing chores quickly enough, and not eating dinner fast enough. Then right after spanking you he would sit down and watch Looney Tunes with you and laugh and laugh as if nothing happened
when my batshit crazy grandma found out i wasn't mormon anymore she sat there gaping like a fish, then said in a voice that sounded forced:
"Don't worry, you're still my granddaughter."
haha, as if i care.
Belruel do you still wear the sacred underpants
They will protect you from harm you know
(for serious how did you stop being a mormon, that is pretty near impossible to be able to do)
they still try and get me back, if they ever really start being obsessive again i'll just get excommunicated and shut their mouths. my parents still call it "the church" (as in "he is a member of "the church") and talk to me as though i am a member. but oh man, am i ever not.
How in the world did you get away from the Mormon brainwashing
Mormon brainwashing is some of the best because Mormonism is all about what you're feeling and if you feel like it's right it must be true
"I have a burning in my bosom that tells me Mormonism is right so don't you go showing me rational evidence that Joe Smith was a crook and that early Mormons were asshats"
Don't get me wrong I like how nice Mormons are except for the fact that they are often nice in the way Christians are: nice because they have to be, and nice in a pretentious we're better than you way
the reason my mother cannot be permitted to know i am bi is because she'd freak the fuck out
see, here's the thing
years ago, like we are talking about 15 years back or so, my uncle (my mother's brother) is trying to fight against his own homosexuality. realizes he's gay, and he hates himself for it, and his self-hatred has made him an alcoholic.
my mother, who has had to deal with a lot of alcoholism (my father is an alcoholic) sees the signs in her own brother, and eventually gets him to fess up to the source of his drinking problem: he's a big ole gay.
my mother tries to "help" him with his "problem". she tries to get him girlfriends, even hooks him up with one of her best friends. of course, being a gay, it basically didn't go anywhere and it just made him more miserable. but my mom felt she was making "progress" in "curing" him.
so then, like a year later, he meets this gay dude, hits it off real awesomely, and through him comes to accept who he is and stuff.
comes out to his family. my mother is crushed, and feels personally betrayed. it's not that she hates him for being gay, she'll say, but that she was angry at him for "giving up".
she doesn't speak to him for a year, and avoids family gatherings where he is there. he says he hates her for the fucked up shit she put him through, and avoids her too. things come to a head at christmas (christmas is important in my mother's family) when my grandmother puts her foot down and declares the one who doesn't show up is out of the family.
years later, they've finally patched shit up, and my mother has learned to tolerate her brother's homosexuality, but she doesn't accept it.
now
given this
and the previous statement
you understand why my mother doesn't know about me.
my parents can't know i'm bi for related reasons, but they weren't as douchy about it. my uncle was gay and died of aids, but my dad loved his brother to the very end, they just
'don't plain agree with the gays'
'we love them, but it isn't acceptable'
etc.
I think religion is pretty important, if you believe in it. Don't say you believe something and then not practise what it requires.
I had a HUUUUGE problem with doing Confirmation, because at that time I wholly rejected religion and Catholicism in particular so the very idea of Confirmation (making the adult choice to serve the Church) seemed directly hypocritical and a lie.
My mother's argument was basically "Just do this for me, and if after, you decide something else, then fine. But have your bases covered"
mom i am pretty sure that is not how sacraments work.
But I did it anyway because I didn't want to fight with her about it.
I think religion is pretty important, if you believe in it. Don't say you believe something and then not practise what it requires.
I had a HUUUUGE problem with doing Confirmation, because at that time I wholly rejected religion and Catholicism in particular so the very idea of Confirmation (making the adult choice to serve the Church) seemed directly hypocritical and a lie.
My mother's argument was basically "Just do this for me, and if after, you decide something else, then fine. But have your bases covered"
mom i am pretty sure that is not how sacraments work.
But I did it anyway because I didn't want to fight with her about it.
That is Protestants too
"JUST SAY YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS AND GET SAVED SO YOU CAN GO TO HEAVEN"
when my batshit crazy grandma found out i wasn't mormon anymore she sat there gaping like a fish, then said in a voice that sounded forced:
"Don't worry, you're still my granddaughter."
haha, as if i care.
Belruel do you still wear the sacred underpants
They will protect you from harm you know
(for serious how did you stop being a mormon, that is pretty near impossible to be able to do)
they still try and get me back, if they ever really start being obsessive again i'll just get excommunicated and shut their mouths. my parents still call it "the church" (as in "he is a member of "the church") and talk to me as though i am a member. but oh man, am i ever not.
How in the world did you get away from the Mormon brainwashing
Mormon brainwashing is some of the best because Mormonism is all about what you're feeling and if you feel like it's right it must be true
"I have a burning in my bosom that tells me Mormonism is right so don't you go showing me rational evidence that Joe Smith was a crook and that early Mormons were asshats"
Don't get me wrong I like how nice Mormons are except for the fact that they are often nice in the way Christians are: nice because they have to be, and nice in a pretentious we're better than you way
haha, i know exactly what you are talking about. i figured out it was all bullshit once and for all when i was 15, i was in 'young womens' and they blatently said to my face "women should only live in the home, and it is their duty to have as many children as their husband may want." also "women may not enter 'the highest level of heaven' (best heaven planet) unless they are 'sealed' to a male holder of the mechelzadick priesthood."
"Your church leader is worried about you, (NAME REDACTED)! She says you are not learning your Bible verses as well and you just want to socialize with your friends!"
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You believe that there is some sort of god, but you admit that you can't possibly know what/who it is?
I grew up going to church and stuff
never have met anybody as crazy as the families you people seem to have
Isn't that an agnostic?
Yeah, and that it doesn't interact with us. So, an impersonal god.
isn't that agnostic
No, agnostics just don't give a shit.
also, this is my careface.
I don't quite see the point in most cases.
No
Deists believe there is a God, but He kind of just created everything and then went off to have a beer for eternity
It is the sort of thing a douchebag says
see, here's the thing
years ago, like we are talking about 15 years back or so, my uncle (my mother's brother) is trying to fight against his own homosexuality. realizes he's gay, and he hates himself for it, and his self-hatred has made him an alcoholic.
my mother, who has had to deal with a lot of alcoholism (my father is an alcoholic) sees the signs in her own brother, and eventually gets him to fess up to the source of his drinking problem: he's a big ole gay.
my mother tries to "help" him with his "problem". she tries to get him girlfriends, even hooks him up with one of her best friends. of course, being a gay, it basically didn't go anywhere and it just made him more miserable. but my mom felt she was making "progress" in "curing" him.
so then, like a year later, he meets this gay dude, hits it off real awesomely, and through him comes to accept who he is and stuff.
comes out to his family. my mother is crushed, and feels personally betrayed. it's not that she hates him for being gay, she'll say, but that she was angry at him for "giving up".
she doesn't speak to him for a year, and avoids family gatherings where he is there. he says he hates her for the fucked up shit she put him through, and avoids her too. things come to a head at christmas (christmas is important in my mother's family) when my grandmother puts her foot down and declares the one who doesn't show up is out of the family.
years later, they've finally patched shit up, and my mother has learned to tolerate her brother's homosexuality, but she doesn't accept it.
now
given this
and the previous statement
you understand why my mother doesn't know about me.
Surprisingly, most
My father is insane
He is one of those people who is extremely likeable and the most fun person you ever knew for about 40% of the time
The other 60% he is an incredibly pompous and irrational ass who makes everyone around him hate him with a passion
It's depressing really to have a dad that goes from being your best pal to being verbally and physically abusive
My father has:
- Never once said he was sorry for anything... literally, never once, I can't recall a single time
- Threatened to kick me out of the house because I had the audacity to go to church in the afternoon, not morning
- Never once said a single word directly to my girlfriend because she is "not a Christian" and therefore this means in his mind that he should be extremely rude to her... not one word to her ever in almost four years
- Spanked me I would estimate probably 300 times for such horrifying offenses as leaving the mailbox open when going to get the mail, not properly finishing chores quickly enough, and not eating dinner fast enough. Then right after spanking you he would sit down and watch Looney Tunes with you and laugh and laugh as if nothing happened
Yeah, most people seem kind of cool. I mean, not where I live, but I think that somewhere, cool people who also church it up probably exist.
I don't know what my intended point was.
Except my grandmother.
She's was a hippy art chick before the hippies were around and I don't know how she ever met and married (and divorced) my grandfather.
Secret Satan
Iron & Wine is a folkcore group and oh my gosh dogg they are awesome
If you go after noon you will miss football. THIS IS A SIN.
How in the world did you get away from the Mormon brainwashing
Mormon brainwashing is some of the best because Mormonism is all about what you're feeling and if you feel like it's right it must be true
"I have a burning in my bosom that tells me Mormonism is right so don't you go showing me rational evidence that Joe Smith was a crook and that early Mormons were asshats"
Don't get me wrong I like how nice Mormons are except for the fact that they are often nice in the way Christians are: nice because they have to be, and nice in a pretentious we're better than you way
my parents can't know i'm bi for related reasons, but they weren't as douchy about it. my uncle was gay and died of aids, but my dad loved his brother to the very end, they just
'don't plain agree with the gays'
'we love them, but it isn't acceptable'
etc.
SON THE LORD WILL KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT WATCHING THE COWBOYS GAME
man I hate that when my dad calls me "son"
its rough being agnostic (i guess thats what you would call me) in the buckle of the bible belt
STEAM!
I had a HUUUUGE problem with doing Confirmation, because at that time I wholly rejected religion and Catholicism in particular so the very idea of Confirmation (making the adult choice to serve the Church) seemed directly hypocritical and a lie.
My mother's argument was basically "Just do this for me, and if after, you decide something else, then fine. But have your bases covered"
mom i am pretty sure that is not how sacraments work.
But I did it anyway because I didn't want to fight with her about it.
I'm talking to the point where he starts shouting about how stupid Christians are whenever anything remotely religious catches his attention
?
That is Protestants too
"JUST SAY YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS AND GET SAVED SO YOU CAN GO TO HEAVEN"
Sucks for them I guess.
You should start referring to him as "father" or perhaps "man who befouled my mother"
I'm sure someone has asked you this before, Teefs, but why do you always link through the Dutch version of Youtube?
"An atheist doesn't believe. An agnostic doesn't know. An apatheist doesn't care."
YOU ARE MY FAVORITE
NOW QUOTE SOME OF MARK LOWERY'S CHRISTIAN COMEDIC STYLINGS AND I WILL BE FOREVER IN YOUR DEBT
HERE I WILL GIVE YOU A VIDEO OF IT
MAY YOU FIND IT HUMOROUS AND FILTHLESS
haha, i know exactly what you are talking about. i figured out it was all bullshit once and for all when i was 15, i was in 'young womens' and they blatently said to my face "women should only live in the home, and it is their duty to have as many children as their husband may want." also "women may not enter 'the highest level of heaven' (best heaven planet) unless they are 'sealed' to a male holder of the mechelzadick priesthood."
fuck that noise.
"Your church leader is worried about you, (NAME REDACTED)! She says you are not learning your Bible verses as well and you just want to socialize with your friends!"