My soon-to-be mother-in-law floods my inbox daily with emails she gets from other people. Just forwards them to me en masse, and all of them are Christian related. She sent me a doozy today - I'll link to it below so you can see what I mean.
My problem is this - should I tell her not to send things like this as they offend me? Should I block her addy, and if I do, does she get an email saying I blocked her? Or should I just delete them right away? I want to stay on relatively good terms with her for her son's sake, but I don't want to see this junk everyday either.
2007-06-16 11:03:27 · 19 answers · asked by ReeRee 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
http://plantinghisseeds.com/articles/weneedgodinamericaagain.htm
2007-06-16 11:03:37 · update #1
Don't delete them. Print them out and point and laugh. :)
It's a good way to cheer yourself up. Fundies are so humorous.
2007-06-16 11:14:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Oh, boy, that's a tough one....Well, I don't think you should block her, or she would likely get an error message, and you don't want to automatically delete something that could be important news about the family..... Don't mention that it offends you, or she might get bent out of shape about that, is your email business or work related? If so, that would be a very valid excuse for you to ask her not to forward things like that to you, if not, well, try to tell her tactfully that you don't like forwards in general, whether they be like that, or chain letters, or jokes, or anything, but you don't want to discourage her in such a way that she gets upset before she is even your mom in law, I have the mother in law from hell, and even though her son knows she is a whacko, it can still affect your relationship if you get too upset with his mother..... maybe you should sit down with your fiance and talk about it, and see what he has to say about it, maybe he would know a better way to approach her about it....
2007-06-16 18:22:14 · answer #2 · answered by beatlefan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hate to tell you this but you need to deal with this up front and personal right now.
Speak to your fiance now in a loving respectful way and ask him what he thinks you should do as a couple.
If you do not deal with this now it will get worse whern you are married and it will be unbearable if you have children. You really need to set the bounderies with good will and love immediatly!
Otherwise you had better convert unless you want an ulser, feud, war. Now, that is the totally wrong reason to adopt a belief and you two need to be on the same page when some one so close is that agressive! It's rude!
Now, does she believe you are a Christian?
Frankly that was shoking that clip! I watched it! Obviously no respect for First Nations people either! WOW! She needs to respect you and her son.
Love and hugs and...good luck!
2007-06-16 18:38:13 · answer #3 · answered by Jamie 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have the same crap from a much loved aunt. I just glance and delete on the off chance she might ever email me with something worth looking at (like anything about her family). If you block them they don't get any notices, I don't think, but you won't know it if she sends a baby pic of a family member or something of interest.
2007-06-16 18:09:20 · answer #4 · answered by Phartzalot 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you block her she will be able to figure it out because she will get a error sending message. It's easy enough just to ignore them and click the little delete button. If you tell her it offends you she will likely just push her religion on you more. If she talks about religion around you, just smile and nod, and eventually she will probably give up
2007-06-16 18:09:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've gotten e-mails before that I really didn't have time to read. So I sent a response back to the person in a kind way stating the I preferred not to get those types of e-mails. Most of the time, they will not send you more of those messages.
2007-06-16 18:11:24 · answer #6 · answered by Searcher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mother-in-law sends me junk all the time too. Ironically, it is supposed to be Christian but a lot of it is offensive to me, and I'm a Christian!
Put her in her own folder in your inbox that way you can delete what you want but won't lose everything.
2007-06-16 18:10:30 · answer #7 · answered by Me 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Quietly delete them and don't let her know that you did. If she asks about a email she sent you, tell her you forgot which one she means. Then ask her to send it again, and look at it and if she asks you about it again, you won't offend her!
PS...I like the email she sent you. But, I do understand that it might make you uncomfortable if you got emails everyday like this, especially if you don't believe in God.
2007-06-16 18:12:27 · answer #8 · answered by SDC 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Create a special folder so all of her emails go straight to that folder and maybe once a week just empty the folder. That way you dont have to worry about sorting your inbox from junk mail and legit mail.
2007-06-16 18:07:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
I have an aunt that did this. Finally one day I spent an hour replying to one of these things point for point. She never sent another one. And we are still on speaking terms :)
Depends on how well you know your future mother-in-law
2007-06-16 18:08:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋