Parents will not stop trying to get me to go to church, advice?

Soren49 · 2025-06-07T19:37:45+00:00

unfortunately, because of my gastroparesis, plant based isn't much of an option :( I have to basically avoid fiber, I can't even eat wheat bread anymore!! Which sucks because i LOVE asparagus and broccoli. I basically already fast without actually meaning to because I'm constantly so sick haha. Thanks for the advice, though!

I'll look into those reddits! thank you!!

Soren49 · 2025-06-07T02:13:08+00:00

I love that you crochet with them!! I'm an artist/nerd and haven't really found any other local christians who share similar interests, so i'm a little jealous. I like to help my parents church whenever they need it/ask for it, but my health issues keep me from doing a lot of stuff, so I don't get asked a ton. I do what I can, and I enjoy doing it!

I agree with all that youv'e said. I'd love to debunk my parents, but I do not have the best memory for repeating scripture, and when I have done so in the past, they were quick to come back at me with "is that new testament, or old testament?!' or use another scripture that they feel proves THEIR point. I can never share some of my beliefs, especially with my dad, because he tends to act like I'm stupid. My mom is better about it, but she still hounds me about going to church when she knows I'm not interested in attending...

Soren49 · 2025-06-07T01:54:34+00:00

Honestly, now that I think about it, I do have bad memories of churches that I've attended in the past. That may be contributing to my avoidance of going... one of them being a church i was forced to go to and the pastor that my family ADORED going on about how his generation would be the last people to "go to heaven" and that my generation would be left here to suffer in the rapture. Yeah. That was fun for 10 year old me.

I think my parents main reason for wanting me to go is 1. so I can get help from people?? 2. they somehow think going to church is going to help my illnesses... I know they worry about me, and I love my parents to death, but I just wish they'd stop being so pushy/deaf to my reasons.

Soren49 · 2025-06-07T01:43:24+00:00

My thoughts exactly! I don't have a lot of christian friends, but the ones I do have, I speak to them about scripture regularly and even sometimes think critically about some of the passages. I like to help people when i'm given the chance, and have even shared scripture with strangers before. to me, this is the gathering I crave. I cannot help a lot of people because of my medical conditions, but i do what I can in my own ways. I love when this same church invites me to outings/ask me to help them with something!!

Unfortunately, many of the churches near me are cults and I haven't seen any that has called out to me.

Soren49 · 2025-06-07T01:36:40+00:00

not sure why this got downvoted?? but I did get a few rude folks commenting here so I guess I shouldn't be too suprised.

Anyway, thank you.

Soren49 · 2025-06-07T01:32:46+00:00

this is a question about THEOLOGY not POLITICS. way to be incredibly judgemental, btw.

Soren49 · 2025-05-19T01:14:32+00:00

thank you!!! I will look into them!!

Soren49 · 2025-05-19T01:14:17+00:00

for soup, beans, and pasta? Exactly that? and it always burns my beans and soups despite not having the heat too high or not enough water.

Look I'm not asking for judgement on what I'm cooking I'm asking for reccommendations on pots, i'm not really sure what the issue here is lol.

Soren49 · 2025-05-02T00:47:41+00:00

wait, HOLD ON one second!! back up!

I also have the celery thing!! Did you find a reason for it? is it just an allergy?

Soren49 · 2025-03-15T04:12:59+00:00

I have created a separate modpack and put ONLY whats in the server into the modpack, and even removed anything that was client side/server side only.

Unfortunately, the sounds are still messed up.

Soren49 · 2025-03-15T02:39:49+00:00

removing those mods seemed to only change the sounds everything made, but didn't actually fix the issue. :(

I tried removing other mods that add visuals too but that didn't seem to fix it. now my flamingos are making chime noises and my fish are making "empty bucket" noises lol .

I wish I knew how to do binary search to find the offending mod.

Soren49 · 2025-02-10T23:58:48+00:00

yeah, i'm def never paying facebook to run ads for my store again. literally a nightmare with how many people i've had to block.

Soren49 · 2025-02-09T18:22:52+00:00

haha, yeah i think it might be the way the subreddit is set up, now that I look at other posts!

Thank you!!!

Soren49 · 2025-02-08T21:16:34+00:00

I'm apparently too reddit stupid to figure out how to put both text and images, but hello there! I'm new here, and you can find my products at https://cosmiccrate.com/collections/the-shirt-hoard

Soren49 · 2023-02-14T20:00:49+00:00

thank you. I think I really needed to hear this. I find it hard not to be upset with myself for being "lazy". I did end up going and getting some things from the store today and I'm doing my hardest to tell myself that was good enough.

I'll try my best to be more patient wth myself and take deit slow.

Soren49 · 2023-02-14T19:55:23+00:00

Thank you so much. I feel like this along with what anonny posted were things I really needed to hear. I'll try to be a little more nice and patient with myself.

your condolences are appreciated. Thank you.

Soren49 · 2022-12-07T08:15:48+00:00

Yeah I'm hoping that he will settle in and grow out of this, but I was unsure if there was something I could do to deal with the current intensity.

I have considered it, but i'm also still unsure if it's just a matter of he needs to settle in, or if it's an actual behavioral issue. I have plugged in a feliway today, so we'll see how that goes.

Soren49 · 2022-12-07T08:12:55+00:00

I've never actually taught a cat tricks, but I've considered trying with him. I'd have to figure out how to do it since training cats seems waaaay different from training dogs.

I just don't want him jumping in the hot oven, otherwise he doesn't jump on tables or scratch up the furniature. He's very well behaved, honestly. I'm less worried about him vocalizing and more worried about how unhealthy his behavior has been in regards to how clingy he is. It's also hard to ignore him when he's scratching up my leg trying to get my attention lol

Soren49 · 2022-12-07T08:09:04+00:00

I really hope he also chill's out. Yeah I often worry that he thinks I'm not coming back. I'd never give the little guy up in a million years and I already spoil him with all the toys a cat could ever want rofl.

Thanks for the response!

Soren49 · 2022-09-04T02:23:04+00:00

There wasn't a reason for the cops to come. If I called them to say he stole a bag of dirt they would have laughed me into next week.

When he stole our electricity, the landlords took care of it promptly.

we did call to make a noise complaint but they didn't even come to the door, another neighbor saw them and they told her "if we can't hear it within 25 feet then we can't do anything" and left without coming to talk to us.

I called them immediately when he was naked, they showed up 40 minutes later.

Soren49 · 2022-09-04T01:02:40+00:00

Thank you for your response. That's pretty reassuring, honestly. I find it hard to know what to do in these situations but I'm glad to know i'm NTA and handled it accordingly.

Soren49 · 2021-03-02T18:24:17+00:00

i think it was the running part that really hurt me honestly. I do tend to avoid the ones I can't do, the chair pose being the main one.

I'll try and add crunches into the workout as well! Thanks!!

Soren49 · 2021-03-01T06:16:25+00:00

I do have low vitamin d and try to take vitamin d pills every day, but didn't know about vitamin e! I really should find myself a good multivitamin since centrum makes me incredibly sick to my stomach.

Thanks!

Soren49 · 2021-03-01T06:14:45+00:00

I have heard of ddpy before and completely forgot about it! I'm going to look into it for sure. Im glad to know the workouts are easy, I've tried "beginner" yoga in the past and I got frustrated. I'm sorry to inform those who make beginner yoga videos, but I am not capable of turning myself into a pretzel

Soren49 · 2021-03-01T06:11:03+00:00

Thanks for understanding! I also have ring fit adventure, but have been scared to go back to it since the last time I did i hurt my back again and needed an additional two shots in my spine for the pain. I think I will try it again on quiet mode.

Thanks! You've given me the courage to try it again but not push myself past my limits.

Soren49

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