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Irreligious people, what's it like having kids when your parents are religious? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by poplargrove@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I don't think I can ever let my parents know I'm an atheist and with that seems to go my chance of having kids.

Which got me curious: can any irreligious people on here who have kids while having religious parents share what thats like?

Would love to hear your stories or thoughts on this in general.

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[–] Phoeniqz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 weeks ago

When my grandma found out my parents decided to not get me baptized, she showed up at our place with a jar of holy water, and tried to baptize me (newborn at the time) herself. My dad managed to distract her from me, and eventually she left.

We are not angry at her at all; she was just really scared that I would go to hell if I suddenly died. For us, it's more of a funny story that we tell from time to time.