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Originally Posted by StressedMess
My self esteem takes a hit these days. I'm aging and all the fun that comes with that (wrinkles and grey hair and aches) and I've gained up to my highest weight ever. Most of my work clothes no longer fit. Shopping is a real eye opener. I am a fashion terrorist anyway, but I'm lucky if I can find something that's a neutral solid color appropriate for business casual dress code in my size. Either I'm fatter than the rest of the population, or they wear clothing snugger than I'm comfortable with. I did get a few tops, no luck for bottoms, and I'm frustrated and so done with shopping!
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I will say that (if you are in the US), over the past decade or more, they DEFINITELY have made clothes sizes smaller, while putting larger labels on them, if that makes sense.
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Originally Posted by JustShakey
A question for theist parents: your atheist adult child (who has asked you many times not to discuss religion with her and withholds her views when you do bring it up) is quite upset and just wants to talk. Don't you think it's just maybe a tiny bit messed up to tell her to talk to God?
It occurs to me that this kind of shite is the reason I'm an atheist in the first place...
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I am not a parent, but i am an atheist adult child. I actually only told my mom this a few months ago (i am 35), and that is only because she mentioned that my brother is an atheist, and i was like "Well...ME TOO!" haha.
That being said, if i ever went to her with a problem or was having a hard time, I would NOT appreciate telling me to talk to God, because i truly do not believe in him. It would feel dismissing of what I was going through. You can find out if there is something "greater than" your child believes in, like nature, or art, or something that soothes them, and suggest they turn to that. Or, just listen and be there for them.
(I am not criticizing you at all, by the way--just my point of view)