Quote From: lizlostfanIm not sure if Im doing this right, cuz these bords are kinda confusing.
but I have a friend, whose constantly bashing my religion, every time we talk, he will start off with all this "anti" stuff.
everytime I try and get him to stop, he'll say stuff like "well, Im sorry you are having mood swings, but Im not going to stop being how I am."
I try to tell him that Im not trying to stop him from being himself, and Im not trying to make him like my church or anything, I just want him to stop bashing it when Im around.
is he a "toxic friend" and should I just stop being his friend?? or do you think theres hope??
Hello,
Ive also been in a similar situation like you, and do understand your worry of being mean when you want to tell your friend to stop disrespecting you, that you absolutly are not mean. Every human being is worthy, and have all right to be loved and respected.
I had a friend Mrs x that I told to stop picking on me (this friend was laughing at me and basically critizing almost everything about me), and also another friend Mrs y who also had the tendency to critizise (but to a lesser degree). I told both of this friends that I wont tolerate them critizing me and disrespecting me. This was the point when I saw if this people really cared about me. Mrs x got really angry that I accused her of disrespecting me, so this so called friendship ended naturally. Mrs y actually said that she was sorry that I've experienced it this way and apologized, so this Mrs y and I are still friends inspite that we don't live in the same city anymore, because she really cared about my feelings/me.
I did for along time not respect myself and let peolpe treat me badly/walk all over me. The good thing is that I have "woken up" now and will not let people use or treat me the way I let them before.
I hope this will give you some ideas and new insights in how to relate with other people.
Love/ Feliss
