Today, my mother and wife are arguing over raising our baby Catholic or Church of England. They’re mad at each other and as a bonus they’re both mad at me because I’m non-religious and genuinely don’t care which made-up religion they try to raise her in, I’m just enjoying being a dad over here. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my kids are at the age where they no longer want to go to church, and if I take them anyway, they misbehave on purpose to embarrass me. I don’t even want to go, my wife is the religious one, but if I refuse to go she’ll see to it I get hell on earth daily. FML
Today, my dad got married to a woman who's an atheist and makes fun of me for being a devout Christian. FML
Today, my fiancé spent three hours arguing with his mom about how Scientology is a cult followed by simple-minded asshats; she shouted at him saying Xenu will come and fuck his shit up for not believing. This woman is going to be my children's grandmother. FML
Today, my wife and I have been in the same massive argument for two weeks. We agreed when we were dating that we couldn’t think of anything worse than having kids, we married on the basis we would never want kids. Now, a year later, she wants a baby. FML
Today, stressed to the point of breakdown over my impending daughter's birth, I went to a small church. After a long talk with the pastor, I finally began to feel some calm and peace. Too bad my wife flipped out, accused me of wanting to make her a "handmaid" and made me sleep on the couch. FML
Today, my mother-in-law, who lives with us rent-free, still daily tries to get my wife to divorce me and marry a decent Catholic boy who is actually Irish, unlike me who was born in France, even though we’ve been married 23 years and have three kids together. FML
Today, and ever since we announced our pregnancy, my mother-in-law has invaded our home, taken over my hobby room, and tries to run our lives. I tried to go to the pub for a pint, one solitary pint, and she came and dragged me out by my ear, because "drinking is a sin", and I hadn’t done the dishes yet. FML
Today, I’m devastated that I had to completely sever all ties with my mother. She’s a hyper religious zealot who’s gone as far as to threaten to kidnap my children in order to get them baptized after I refused to raise them in her archaic, abusive, oppressive cult-like “church”. FML
Today, my mother refuses to acknowledge that I’m married because instead of a church, we got married outdoors in a lovely pagan ceremony (with a real marriage licence from the city council, obviously) and she keeps trying to introduce me to nice, single men from church. FML
Today, I’m pregnant with my boyfriend’s baby. He’s been saying he’s gonna leave his wife for the past 10 months, but there’s constant hemming and hawing. He wants me to get rid of the baby because, “I’ve already raised my own child for 19 years, I don’t got time for this.” I’m Catholic and don’t believe in abortion. FML
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Yudith 28
It's time for you to step up and to loudly proclaim that your child will be raised atheist. If he or she wants to become Catholic or Anglican when he or she turns 13, fine, but no one will force their religion on your kid. That will settle the matter.
maverick83 15
You're right. Religion is bullshit. The best thing to do is raise your kid independently of any religion and let them make up their own mind. Tell them both that that's what you want to do, and if they really think there's a god, they should have faith that he will guide your kid in the right direction, himself. But if you don't care, I'd side with your wife. Parent outranks grandparent in matters of child rearing, that's how it works.
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Yudith 28
It's time for you to step up and to loudly proclaim that your child will be raised atheist. If he or she wants to become Catholic or Anglican when he or she turns 13, fine, but no one will force their religion on your kid. That will settle the matter.
MidnaLink 35
Nah, it should be 18. Kids shouldn't be involved in religion in any sort of way.
thinman12345 17
The mother of the child gets to choose since the father doesn’t care. Grandparents don’t get a say.
GoogieWithers 25
Shouldn't the child get the choice when they are old enough?
maverick83 15
You're right. Religion is bullshit. The best thing to do is raise your kid independently of any religion and let them make up their own mind. Tell them both that that's what you want to do, and if they really think there's a god, they should have faith that he will guide your kid in the right direction, himself. But if you don't care, I'd side with your wife. Parent outranks grandparent in matters of child rearing, that's how it works.
smoochmysnoot 6
You need to back up your wife. Your mother got to raise her child/ren how she wanted to, and now it’s you and your wife’s turn to raise your child how you want to. Your mother is not the parent, she should have absolutely no say whatsoever in the rearing of your child. That’s up to you and your wife. That boundary should have been established early on, but it’s better late than never.
Taurus_ChicKa 37
This is the decision of the parents, not the grandparents. Your mother needs to back off and let you raise your own child the way you see fit.