Today, my son announced he was leaving our religion. I told him that, as sad I was, that I accepted and loved him. He seemed disappointed, and I noticed him discreetly fiddling with a camera. A little snooping led me to his Reddit account, where he called us all, "inbred, illiterate, bible-thumpers." FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my husband won’t speak to our son anymore, because our son has slowly become more religious and is now studying to be a priest, "bringing shame on the family" as my husband calls it. FML
Today, my son got angry when he came out as gay and my husband and I told him that we loved him no matter what. Turned out he wanted us to reject him so he could have a sob story and make people feel sorry for him. FML
Today, my boyfriend and I went to my parents' barbecue. He knew my family is extremely religious, so what did he do? Called for silence to make an announcement, namely: "God isn't real." Cue a riot that ended in us being kicked out and me all but disowned for "putting him up to it". FML
Today, my son told our whole family and all our friends that I kicked him out for being gay. I kicked him out because on more than one occasion he got drunk and sneaked random men in the house while he was supposed to be watching his younger siblings while I worked nights. They believed him. FML
Today, I told to my son that I'm pregnant. After I'd told him, he looked up and yelled, "Fuck this shit!" and walked out of the room. My son is nine years-old. FML
Today, my son broke up with his girlfriend. When I asked why, he said, "Because I found out she's adopted. Ugh. I just can't with that, y'know?" Never before have I ever felt the desire to disown one of my kids. It's not a pleasant feeling. FML
Today, I finally mustered up the courage to tell my overly-religious parents that I'm an agnostic. They asked me why. As soon as I gave my reasons, my mom called me a "bigot" and hurled a bible at me, and it nailed me in the crotch. She then said, "That's what you get, non-believer." FML
Today, I broke up with my boyfriend of 5 years after finally realizing I'm a lesbian. He then outed me to my very religious and conservative family. FML
Today, I met my boyfriend's family for the first time. We got on the subject of theatre, and his dad brought up "The Book of Mormon", how finally someone was making fun of those "nasty, polygamist, cultist freaks", and if his son ever dated one, he would disown him. I'm Mormon. FML
Today, my son decided to come out of the closet by wearing a shirt that said "Mom, I'm gay" to the family reunion. FML
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Brightside86 31
Refreshing that you took the news so well, that level of acceptance with religious parents seems rare.
FluffythePink 23
Congratulations on being an Actual Christian, you're kinda like unicorns these days. I'm sorry your son is a dick. Please continue in the true ways of Jesus, He appreciates it even if most humans can't. Yours sincerely, an Atheist 🫂
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Brightside86 31
Refreshing that you took the news so well, that level of acceptance with religious parents seems rare.
Brightside86 31
Your son could really learn something from you about accepting/respecting other people regardless of their belief system.
FluffythePink 23
Congratulations on being an Actual Christian, you're kinda like unicorns these days. I'm sorry your son is a dick. Please continue in the true ways of Jesus, He appreciates it even if most humans can't. Yours sincerely, an Atheist 🫂
jlc82 14
an atheist with a kind word for a christian and no insults? you too are a unicorn
cpguru24 18
Your son is a POS.
JasonThorn 23
Yeah, he was ticked he couldn't use outrage for fake Internet points to validate his own beliefs.