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Does your family know? (self.exchristian)

submitted 1 week ago by Flagstaff to c/[email protected]

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If so, how did they take it (I'm guessing "not well"), and where do things stand now?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

My family know, but mostly because of my lived example rather than any explicit conversation with them.

They knew when I moved to a more liberal church (Society of Friends, who I have a lot of respect for), and when I eventually stopped going there as well, but I never explicitly said.

My sister has asked if id consider "coming back to church" but it was a pretty relaxed conversation to be honest.

It's just something that's the way it is now. Occasional remarks (especially as I'm marrying, legally, without a religious ceremony) but nothing terribly cutting! My mother is a little passive aggressive at times but that's not explicitly to do with my religious practice (or lack thereof).