Posted by:
peacelovemoana
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Date: June 23, 2013 02:01AM
Before I start, I need to explain a couple things. Firstly, I am an 18 year old female living at home with my TBM parents. Secondly, I like to sleep naked, especially in the summer. It's just more comfortable than pajamas in my opinion. And thirdly, my parents are really insistent about having family prayers every night, despite the fact that I have not been to church in a year and I keep telling them that I don't believe in the gospel.
When I refuse to join them for these evening prayers, it causes an argument, and so I usually just let one of them do their thing while I stand nearby and wonder what I should have for breakfast the next day. It makes them happy, and its not too much of an imposition on me.
However, the problem arises at night when I am getting ready to go to bed. As I said before, I sleep naked, and I assume that closing my door would indicate that I'd like some privacy. My parents do not understand this. They know full well that I am nude when the door is shut, but they both come in anyway, telling me just to "cover myself with the blanket", so that we can have family prayers. I have tried to tell them that unless I am in the room with them at the time, I don't want to be part of family prayers, and they especially shouldn't try to do it when I'm naked in my own room. The message has yet to sink in.
It is extremely uncomfortable for me to be sitting on my bed in nothing but a blanket while my two parents (especially my dad) kneel on the floor and pray that I will "see the light of the gospel and let it into my life" or something like that.
So is it just me, or is this completely inappropriate?
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/23/2013 02:02AM by peacelovemoana.