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<blockquote data-quote="Tanya M" data-source="post: 656659" data-attributes="member: 18516"><p>Oh Copa, I've been there with my son.</p><p> </p><p>I am a Christian and he is not. He would want to draw me into a debate about my faith, telling me things like I was stupid, naive, blinded to believe what I believe.</p><p> </p><p>I told him that I my choice of beliefs were not up for discussion. He would not respect this boundary so I had to block him from my FB. He did finally get the message, months later and sent me a PM on FB telling me he was sorry. Whether he was or not I will never know. It was shortly after that when he asked for a favor. My gut tells me his "apology" was to prime me for the "favor" I will say however that he has never brought up my beliefs again.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>I have found with my son if he starts on one of his tangets, (he buys into a lot of conspiracy theory's) that I just listen, I let him get out what he wants to say and if he asks me what I think I tell him something like "I have no opinon" or "that's interesting" I do not elaborate at all. The less words you say the better. You don't have to like or agree with him but it doesn't hurt to listen.</p><p> </p><p>I also think that part of why they do this with us is to try and engage us into an argument.</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/OSDnqVdqkHvfL-*bnADNbsBOUnwN42xthFk-ThVMxqt6cGMOJlFnxp6J-VBVDCj7DFTDD7bWKC3YkJiYCaXvNuKgEGh-4ol6/hug.GIF" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tanya M, post: 656659, member: 18516"] Oh Copa, I've been there with my son. I am a Christian and he is not. He would want to draw me into a debate about my faith, telling me things like I was stupid, naive, blinded to believe what I believe. I told him that I my choice of beliefs were not up for discussion. He would not respect this boundary so I had to block him from my FB. He did finally get the message, months later and sent me a PM on FB telling me he was sorry. Whether he was or not I will never know. It was shortly after that when he asked for a favor. My gut tells me his "apology" was to prime me for the "favor" I will say however that he has never brought up my beliefs again. I have found with my son if he starts on one of his tangets, (he buys into a lot of conspiracy theory's) that I just listen, I let him get out what he wants to say and if he asks me what I think I tell him something like "I have no opinon" or "that's interesting" I do not elaborate at all. The less words you say the better. You don't have to like or agree with him but it doesn't hurt to listen. I also think that part of why they do this with us is to try and engage us into an argument. [IMG]http://api.ning.com/files/OSDnqVdqkHvfL-*bnADNbsBOUnwN42xthFk-ThVMxqt6cGMOJlFnxp6J-VBVDCj7DFTDD7bWKC3YkJiYCaXvNuKgEGh-4ol6/hug.GIF[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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