7/7 weekly check in

[ovenrack]

(aves0708 I thought I'd do a check in this week)

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Thoughts and/or vents and/or encounters with religion/lack thereof in parenting this week:

QOTW: Do you have any non-religious friends?  Do you find it impacts your friendships?  Anything you have to roll your eyes at or walk away from?

[ovenrack]

You got it, @socialbutterfly!

The holidays have been fine. I am lucky in that my family is pretty Christmas-friendly in name only, and not actually very Christian. My husband's family is moreso, but it is relatively mild. I love a good Christmas carol, even the super god-y ones.

QOTW: Most of my friends aren't strongly religious, and a couple are fellow atheists. I feel glad - respecting others' beliefs is important, but I find it hard to hold back the eye rolls when someone outwardly attributes everything to a higher power. It isn't a matter of a lack of respect on my part, just a total disconnect - to me, it's like someone believing in the easter bunny or tooth fairy at age 50 or something.

In the next few weeks I'm going to try to post more on this board - I can't promise anything big, but maybe some other prompts to keep us going.