i have never fully came out to my family about what i practice, due to the fact when i was young they thought i wasnt right, and threanted many times to send me to group homes and counsling. when i slightly came out that i studyed other religions they pushed it asied and said i was confused and needed to speak to a counsiler, when i was getting married and was asked at first to have a catholic wedding the prist griled me about my belifs and ow i was going to hell.
so growing up i have had to repress my self a lot to my family then when they find out that i like certain things or belive certain things they are like why didnt you tell me.
what are good ways to discuss with family your belifes with out geting sent to the funy farm
I have for sure been in this position before.
A friend of mine actually, has VERY christian parents and is unable to tell them that her beleifs are different.
I think the only thing that you can do at that point, is be yourself and hope that they can accept it.
Perhaps if you could show them the proper litterature, they would be more understanding?
As for being sent to the funny farm; Dont worry. Most phychiatrists will respect your individuality and you will certainly not be punished for it.
Hello and good evening,
I discuss to my parents about me researching into other religions and they fear for me. I tell them that 'How are you going to question someone on their religion unless you know somthing about them.' It may not work for you but they have to have some kind of open-minded thoughts...
All I can say is that you have to be careful with whom you confide in. Much of what we are about is developing and may seem strange lol :)
Yes we are odd, but we are what we are.
Blessed Be.
be cafeful mate really, i'm lucky my folks etc understood
i have discovered that if you move far enough away, you don't have to have contact with your family, so it doesn't matter what they think. i write to my parents about once a year, and occasionally send e-mails to my sister. they can say what they like - i'm not around to hear it.
This is obviously going to depend very heavily on how open the communication in general is with your family. If your family is not open to discussing things in an honest and non-judgmental arena, then my recommendation is to keep it to yourself until you're old enough to make a decision without their 'influence'. If you're family is more open-minded or even just more open to discussion, then I'd suggest raising the issue of faith in general and seeing how they respond. That would likely give you the necessary perspective on how they'd react to more in depth discussion of particular beliefs.
My family on both my fathers and mothers side knows my beliefs. But my husbands is another story . They would never accept my wiccan ways. His step mother would call me doing the devils work. She would not believe there is white and black magic, she only sees black.
MY family doesn't know the full extent of the things that I do, but what they do know, they deal with, because that's the only option they have. lol They have tried repressing it, sending me to shrinks, etc, but they've found it to never work. However, I haven't been entirely uncooperating with them. I was confirmed in a catholic church, I go to church with them occasionally on Sundays, etc.
I was very lucky. While my parents don't share my beliefs they respect them and were open minded enough to learn about what I believed and why. Which kinda surprised me because they are conservative in a lot of ways.
I have gotten negative responses from others in the past. My former in-laws for example insisted that me and my children (their grandchildren) were going to hell. I find with people like that, that it's best to try to give them accurate information and it they still have issues to just back off and respect their right to believe what they want.
I feel your pain, my mother is a jehova's witness. She wouldn't except my beliefs "As long as you live under my roof you'll follow the bible!" I found that if I was respectful and bit my tongue on religious subjects that I avoided arguments, when I got old enough I moved out. As for the rest of my family, when I'm around them I try to very carefully steer the conversation toward various religious beliefs and when it comes up I'll discuss my beliefs with tem and they are willing to accept it even if they don't believe it themselves. If I just walked in and just told them in one shot what my beliefs were with out actually discussing them I would get EXTREMELY negative feedback.
The true weight of this discussion is what will be the lightest burden to bear. Keeping secrets about your beliefs from your family. Being honest with your family and dealing with the reprocussions, or abandoning your beliefs and being untrue to yourself. Each of us has to carry our load, ergo, each of us must make our own decisions.
my mother each and every day treats me differently for opening up on my beliefs.
Me personally my family doesn't allow things like that to be left open for discussion. Sure I don't live with them anymore, but I can barely stand to speak to some of them at times. It is frustrating to have to hide things like this from your family. I think then it kinda causes you to have an internal struggle with your own self! I guess for each person the family is different so they will have to figure out which way is best! To discuss it or hide it away.
I guess I am lucky in that department. My family has always been supportive about my decisions even in religion. I would just say that if you are an adult it doesn't matter what your family thinks. It is what is important to you.
My mother is one that is open to almost all religions. If I decided to become a Wiccan or Pagan she will support me as well as my family and my dad... However if I ever stated I wanted to become a LeVay Satanist or even a true follower of Satan that would kill her. I always argue with her about Satanism and the diffrence between true Devil Worshiping and LeVay Satanism but she doesn't want to hear it or understand it. Atleats Tara Banks had the guts to understand Satanism on her program!
I am not a Satanist by the way but if I ever decide to become one I am sure my parents will kill me. It seems I can practice Witchcraft and Paganism without a problem but can't practice Satanism which has similar principles to Dark Witchcraft and the only relationship to Satan is by name alone. It pisses me off how ignorant and foolish my mom is sometimes. She claims not to follow any religions and dislikes the Catholic Church and what it has become but yet she can't seperate the diffrences between LeVay Satanism and Devil Worshiping.
*sighs*
Sorry for that but I do understand slightly your problem. Luckly I am not a Satanist and I don't perticular follow a religion but more of a Spiritual Paith. If your parents and family do have problems just tell them it is your life expecially if you are old enough to understand what you believe in. Your Parents can teach you their values and their ways and shelter you and care for you but you are still an individual that makes good or bad choices. Your religion is personal and If they can't respect it then just don't bring it up with them. Sometimes Personal belief should stay Personal expecially with people who may not understand. If you do want to share be sure to tell them what the belief system really is and were it comes from. Bring books and other things to show them. Sometimes educating them may help solve a few problems.
I have always been straight forward about what I believe in or what I am into. My family is catholic and I went to catholic school, and that never stopped me from exploring anything I wanted to. I have always dressed differently, and never really cared what anyone (including my family) thought about it. I figure they can accept me for who I am or not.
i believe that it is important to express yourself... before i did, i hated being around my family because it felt like i was living to different lives.
I liked karnstein's idea, to move away from the family. im lucky i that mine is so f ragmented, we seldom talk anyway, just an occasional painful holiday together but even those torture sessions are few and far between. i guess we've all gone our seperate ways and that can be a blessing when you're not as mainstream as the rest of your family.
Sometimes, and it is amazing I know, your family doesn't need to know everything. Just as much as they don't need to know who you fuck and how you do it or how often.
some things are sacred. And I think beliefs should not be worn on ones sleeve anyway.
But if you want to tell them, by all means do, if they don't like it....tough. But ask yourself, would your having to be completely honest with them be worth possibly losing them over something you didn't need to say in the first place?...or on the other hand maybe it will reveal things about them you were glad you found out.
I have to say becareful who you discuss your beliefs with. Some people are really funny when it somes to that subject. I myself have not discussed, with my parents, my beliefs and religion. But my friends and I have discussed it a few times but not much. Its a real touchy subject. Its not that it would be hard to, its just that we didn't talk about that stuff growing up. I only went to church with my aunt, who I think is a total holy roller and a nut, because of the way she believes in her religion.
I did however tell my mom that the vampire culture interested me very much and that I did a lot of reading on the subject. She just kinda looked at me like I was nuts and went on anout her business.
I guess what I am saying it just depends on the people ad basically how they were raised.
I would never tell may parents, they already think I am "weird"
i just had a friend do that not too long ago... they ended up telling the one that they trusted most of the two and then left it to them to tell the other.
honestly... i never really came out to my parents... i just told them i was looking for something i could actually believe in. i haven't told them my philosophy of belief... but honestly... i'd be more worried about my sibling finding out about my beliefs.
I have no advice on this, as when My parents found out I was a sang vamp, they disowned Me. that was in 1986.they only recently made ammends and have began to come back into My life. best of luck, and all My hopes and wishes to you.
my mother tries to seek whats best for me. i know she worries alot about me, but thats life. we must all grow up one day and she cant be there to stop me when i leave. She to this day believes that what i believe in is fake and makebelieve and that its childish.
i think now that a year has passed and they live in tn i am more my self one of my housbands cousins know what i pra ctice and she told me she thought that people who wernt christian were sadiest but she them told me after knowing me for 2 years and finding out about my valus then finding out about my belfies she was able to expect it, just as long as i dont hose her kids off when i baby sit for them
Grew up with a mother that never went to church after she moved away from home and a father that is a nuclear physicist. When my sister and I were small, we were taken up every Sunday to the Presbyterian Church for Sunday school to expose us. After a year, we both asked NOT to continue, and they said sure.
My mother believes in God and my father is an atheist... to him there is only black and white - no gray...being a scientist makes him that way.
I can never discuss to him nor to my sister about my beliefs....to my mother just a little, she is more open and understanding.
As a human being you have the right to your own beliefs .... if your parents dont accept it then kind of go on about your business dont lose your beliefs just dont push them on non believers
my family wont talk about my beliefs with me. they just blow it off so i don't even try anymore unless they ask.
I haven't spoken to or contacted my family for years...so they don't know what I am or what my beliefs are...I prefer it that way, as no arguments will ensue(?) ... However, I have a feeling that if my Dad ever found out the true extent of my beliefs he'd want to have me exorcised or something seeing as he is a devout Catholic.
im in this position pretty much now any time i try to tell my family that i believe something else im always told how ignorant i am and how i shouldnt think like that.
theres not awhole lot you can do really just pretty much tell them the truth and either they accept it or they dont.
I can totally relate, I'm a ministers daughter so ya know I for sure wasn't right and going to hell. I was raised in the church I tried there ways. Now I follow my own path, which I know they would never accept. I love them and I know they are only worried about me because of there own beliefs. For those who accuse you of being ignorant, remember it is they who are being close minded in not trusting you in your own choices to follow what you truely believe.
For LaVey Satanists or those interested in that path, you have to understand how much baggage that name has and while it may have little to do with any actual deity except that the name was taken from it, it would be silly to believe that LaVey didn't realize the confrontational nature of naming his religion after the 'adversary' or 'accuser' (translations of Satan) of a great many other religions. Therefore, it would be equally silly to think that most people wont hold some negative opinion of any "Satanist" (LaVey or not).
~fortunatley, i was not in this position as my father was a satanist~
i do bleive though at all times antyone religion should be respected whether they happen to be catholics, mormons.c of e.baptists
I was bought up to beleive as Anton LeVey taught in his books and i thank satan for this
today BTW is the death of my deares beleoved dad.6feb.i did write in my journal
be happy whatever religion you may beleive though....;)
When it comes to some of your family be careful about who you talk to or how you talk with them.... With my grandparents it was easy b/c they always told me to be open with them about everything (except sex & stuff like that..) They were my closest friends when noone else was around, so for me it was easy to be open with them about my beliefs & they respect me for it...
i think its funny that im atheist, yet my mom works for a church and my step dad is a pastor....how ironic
I was fortunate enough even though my family is uber christian they respect my belifes in the norse gods
I know for a fact that most of my family will do the same things to me...that is why I can lean on my friends. They believe in the same stuff I do, and they understand and listen to me without suggesting I need a shrink...
depends on what kind of a relationship you have with your family....
make sure you have alot of research ready for them to read so that you can answer any questions they have....
being true to yourself is the most important thing though....
all i can say is tell the truth if they dont accept u then they cant love u , for who u are.
i just told my parents....and considering i have 2 sets of parents...one set was totally supportive of my decisions and the other did try to lock me away for being "crazy".....that side of the family has now grown to accept the fact that im not the devout catholic they had hoped for and gotten with my siblings...they have also accepted the fact that im a whole lot different that the rest of the people in my family......
but i never gave way to the way the thought things should be as far as myself and religion goes.......
and i think over time the admired much more of my persistance that i am different than they worried that i was going to hell or something because i didnt believe the exact same way they do.....
I have not told my parents....they are more christian than I am, and I think that they are close minded to certain things....Example: My mom beleives int he vampires that Hollywood has portrayed
One thing I tend to notice, the minute you stop caring what they think, after you have told them that is....is around the time when they start to "miss you" and want you to be apart of their lives again. Reverse psychology in a sense, get on with life and stop needing them and most likely that will drive them NUTS.
when I finally decided to follow the wiccan path.. half my family cheered.. they were no problem at all clearly.
the rest.. honestally some have no idea.. not that I hide it or lie... had to do when you have a pent tat on your shoulder.. and wear anouth 27/4 lol.. with some of my family I think we have reached a don't ask don't tell kinda aggreement.
now for my mother.. oddly I never thought about telling her.. but she saw a huge difference in how I acted to myself and others and asked what did that to me... I debated about 30 sec and told her.. figureing I am over 21.. what can she really do?
she looked as if I slaped her at first.. but as she took a few days to think about it.. and asked me what exctally I believed.. she figured out my beliefs in how we should act to each otehr and all were not vastly diferent from her own.. and that was how we started building an understanding.. she actually went and found me a Yule card this year as a surprise.
So maybe if you start out pointing out the things that are alike .. and there are many perhaps that will give them something to understand as you move away into the areas that are different
The Church ex-communicated me a long time ago
And My parents....when they were alive....were proud to call their son a Marine.....everything else was seconday
It is Obviously bothering you that you can not talk to your family about your religous belief's.
Honestly i would not bother.
This is a subject that has caused many Argument's.
At the end of the Day It wont do any harm to keep it away from them, and will save countless problem's on your part.
I come from a very strong catholic background, although my mother know's about my prefferances my family would condem me...Be careful dont rock the boat until you have to.
I'm lucky. I have a very understanding family. They support me in everything I do
from the age of 2-16 i was raised catholic and was not very happy. my family pushed there beliefs on me. At the age of 16 i started studying other religons. And now my parents and do not have the same belief system that i do but they do not shun what i believe in. i even showed my father the things in the black bible. and he actually looked like he was iinterested. Now my family really does not bother me about tmy beliefs. and leaves me alone about what i believe in.
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I turned 26 yesterday, and still to this day have not let my family in on my beliefs.... I probably will never tell them... My parents our devout Baptists and my dad especially is so close minded that I think you can hear the echo in his brain..... I guess with me... I prefer silence and peace as much as possible and if this is how I have to go about getting it.... then thats how I will deal with it.. :)
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Okay that was odd, I wasnt finished with my post and it sent it... wierd...
Anyways, if telling your family is what you wish to do, then my advice is to sit them down and explain to them that you respect their beilefs and views, but they arent yours and you would like the opportunity to tell them a bit about yours. *shrugs* I dont know if it will keep you from the funy farm though... Its worth a shot if you want them to know though. :)
I count myself very fortunate in this regard. My mother was mostly a single parent raising 3 daughters, and she taught us to find our own ways. She let us know all the options and then let us each choose the path that we felt was right for us. To some this may seem very open-minded, but you have to realize that my mother is a baptist sunday school teacher *smiles* And even though she may not exactly approve of our choices, she has yet to criticize or pressure us in anyway...Out of me and my sisters, 1 is a Christian, 1 is Wiccan, and 1 is Atheist...
I was brought up in a christian household too,and i went to church for eighteen years of my life,much to my detriment.people have the right to believe what they want,without fear of ridicule.go for it.
I was brought up in a strict Catholic enviorment...so givin my life such as it is , I am probebly going to hell anyway in the churches eyes. Personaly , I do not feel the need to discuss my beliefs with my family...as it is personal. I do not feel the need to "come out" ...what for ? Why subject your self to ridicule? There are places to share your beliefs with others of the like mind, such as here for instance.
I wasnt brought up in a strict family or religion. My parents really dont know what i believe and i dont feel they need to know. If my mom knew i believed in wicca she would probably spas out thinking i was doing something evil. So i just keep it to myself.
This may be one of the most asked questions in our society but is the least for given the most acurate answers. In the times of even considering speaking to your family of what you believe it is probably best to wait until they have no control over you and when you don't depend on you for much, hense, when you are out of the house and doing well for yourself. In doing this you are free to tell them whatever you wish and have every chance to talk to them when they respond, however they respond.
I came out to my friends rather than family...as me being goth and hanging with other goths most of them were wiccan or satanist (which I know has nothing to do with the goth style but I'm just saying because of what I told them) some of them assumed I was wiccan and I didn't really tell them otherwise..instead I learned about it never practiced though...a year later I told them that I was Catholic and many were upset with me but that just showed me who my real friends were...people who didn't care what I was but who I was. My best friend is a satanist and she knows I'm Catholic when I told her she was stunned but kind of had it figured out because I would never attend any of the little get togethers the so called "gathering" had.
Well I have told my family, I didn't feel the need to but my sis does the same thing s I do, there was no change in the way that they think of me,
my family does not know what i practice. they are a christain family and would not understand. in respect to them, i will not tell them because they would worry and they are not at a young age anymore.
I have not told my family anything about what I do in my life, We have lost communication, so therefore they do not know what I do with my life.
having been a student of several religions when i finally chose the path i now am on ,both my parents were openminded enough to accept after sitting them down and talking it thru
hmm i have no answer for this one as i am going through it at the momment...
it doestruly depend on your relationship with you family... if you have a close one, and you don't tell them about that huge sideof your life you will probably have complexes and issues over not being yourself around them.
At the end of the day, you are what you are, and your parents might never respect that. There is never a parent that will respect everything their child does. Accept? Yes. Respect? Hardly possible.
When it comes to something as deep-seeded as religion especially. They will believe what they want to believe, and that may include believing your religion to be ridiculous or dangerous.
The best thing you can do is be honest with yourself and them, and present your case. Be prepared to shoot down a whole list of preconceptions they have about it, and most importantly, respect their beliefs and ask them to do the same to yours.
Nobody has ever gotten into a debate where two people strongly disagreed, and at the end of it one says, "Y'know, you're right, my religion IS a bunch of crap."
The best you can hope for is acceptance, gradual or instantaneous, and at the worst? Well, you stuck to your beliefs, and that's all that matters.
I know how you feel. I'm recently starting to consider other religions such as satanism and I already connect with nature and energy. My die hard catholic mother would have a heart attack. She found my tarot cards and she was a little shaken but not too bad because the thoth deck has a big cross on the back of them. There is no way I could ever tell her about satanism if I find that this path is the one for me.
You have a good point about the third world countries not going to church. I take the Dogma approach to things that it doesn't matter what you believe as long as you believe in something. I can't buy the whole, everyone but catholics is going to hell. Heaven would be very small and boring.
Actually as I recall, the "Third World" is pretty heavily Catholic in many countries both in Africa and Mezo-America and South America.
you're felixfelix. I forgot that. So they're only ones going to heaven. The point remains the same that no one religion has all the answers. People have the right to their beliefs and it is a personal choice whether you choose to share that belief with the people around you or not.
I meant to say that you're right felix felix. Sorry for the misprint.
I guess I've been lucky to a point. It was my father who was the one who told me who and what i was and was always supportive of me.. the rest of my family well we wont talk about that.. to this day my sister thinks im just crazy
My mother is a die hard Christian. She thinks Matilda is Satanic and crap is a cuss word. My parents got divorced when I was 13, and I must have fucked her up really bad b/c I finally came out to her and she was totally cool with it. I would never tell my dad. And for all of us LGBT's out there, this is a whole other forum I WOULD NEVER EVER DISCUSS with my parents. EVER
My mother, the die hard Christian who thinks Matilda is Satanic was totally cool with it. For five years we lived together so I must have fucked her up real bad! I would never tell my dad. And for all of us LGBT's out there, this is a whole other forum that I think is a way bigger deal. I WOULD NEVER EVER DISCUSS with my parents. EVER
There are all kind's of religion's in my family..however I choose to keep some thing's to myself just out of respect for other's that may not understand my curiosity about darker thing's. I have very close friend's who I feel very free to share everything about me and my children and for the rest like my mom and dad I don't feel that I have to let them know everything about me anymore being that I am 49. I love my family and there are thing's I will discuss with them and there are those thing's I won't. I don't mind at all.
well all i can say is you better know on whom you wil confide at. doesnt mean that that they're your family, they'll understand you..
somethings are just meant to be kept within yourself.
Huntinginmoonlight,
I just wanted to wish you good luck with talking to your family. I am 27 and it took me a long time to tell my parents about my life. But after I did they accepted it and now we finally get along for the first time in my life. I hope this happens for you too. But if dose not I’m sure you will be strong enough to make it through. Again best of luck hun.
all of you are so brave! my father was raised catholic/santeria and my mother , a christian scientist. i rarely spoke to them about religion or anything else. i try to live what i consider " a good life " ..my basic definition is abit different than theirs..
The only way is to be blunt and come out with it. Putting it off and hinting around will get you nowhere. You either have to tell them or not. They will accept it or not. You have to be ready to deal with the consequences regardless how it turns out.
with me, the problem isnt really my family.....it was my Ex bf.......He was raised catholic where as i didnt have any sort of religiouns belief. I had deas and what not.....he always argued with me over why my opinions were so diff and he couldnt compromise. When i told him how i felt and what i beleived.....he tried t go with it which i thanked ihm for but in the end we were too diff. just take it a step and a day at a time i say.....
I told my mom and family that i was a pagan and they still think thier god will change my heart.
don't worry about what anyone thinks.
if they can't handle it then thats thier problem.
well thankfully i am very close to me fam so coming out to them about my blood drinking was not that hard my mother still dont like the idear but since i dont get on with her anyways its her prob not mine but apart from that my fam are fine they just see me as me and thats all
i just keep my beliefs to be myself .......cuz i don't want the conflict.. it is just easier not to talk about it.. with my family
I just tell them exactly what I feel because it don't need to be trapped inside of you, if they don't like it so be it, they should know that noting will prevent you from believing what you believe.
I truly believe honesty is the best policy . Practice what you need to say and research facts to back you up .It will help you get make a move positive and believable statement which of course will probably become a debate.
I know exactly what you are going through. I also know that if my daughter came to me with what I now believe years ago when I didnt .....I would be skeptical. Other then that , give them time to ponder and it just may take some time .
Its all a bit of an initial shock .
They may think you changed when indeed you havent and have always had the basic thoughts and practices you have now. Explain that to them . They will see that you are the person they have always come to accept and loved all along.
Good luck (((hugs)))
~Kat
I think you need to sit down and talk to them calmly, and make ti clear that you respect their beliefs, and the morals they have taught you through those beliefs, so they are clear that you are making a mature decision to tell them.
Oh I feel ya on that! My mom just threatened to get me sent away last week. Shit I will never tell her my beliefs then she will feel she really has a reason. Now my dad is cool plus my brother, his son, is into vampires also and my dad is completely ok with it. He even went on VR to see my page lol.
it really depends on the family... there yours so you should know the best way to deal with it... my parents disowned me for getting in a fight (words only, nothing physical) with my older brother.
well i think parents should know everything about what you are doing although thats only my personal views.
Well Scarymee it's sad but true, not everyone has cool or understanding parents and some of us don't even get along with them. I would love to be able to talk and open up to my mom but it will never happen, not as long as she reminds closed minded like a lot of ppl in this world that fear what they don't understand or it seems too weird to them. My mom is one of those ppl that are stuck in her ways and she is too old to change now. I used to get afraid that she would walk pass and see me on VR because I figured it would be one more thing for her to use against me.
I don't really have much of a family... besides what i do is my decision... not many, if any, people i have to answer to or explain my actions to at my age.... not that i'm old....
People of the mainstream religoins hold onto their beliefs so strongly is that it boils down to human nature (among other things). The human animal is a social creature that does not want to be singled out (save for the ever growing species called "GOTHIC" human that think for themselves). Throughout our short history we as pack animals (since natural enemies no longer want to eat us) cull out the percieved weaknesses in our pools in order to further ourselves. Meaning: anything not of like the rest of us...we attack, scorn, or display disdain in some fasion or another for...... You know your family. Unfourtunatly ( whether or not you think so or not), Your family knows you as well (talkin bout the social order within your fam unit). If you approach the one(s) that you believe you feel should know about your beliefs...be prepared to have an out and out contest of wills once (not if) you get them to address the issue. Take all this into consideration (with some lead in your pockets) when weighing these things... you will have to be strong... very strong... Go with all the blessings you can get... Blessed Be!!!
I have the same problems... except I did try to explain to my family and they thought I was insane and took away parts of my life for it. I'm only 13 and don't have any friends because of it and probly will never fit in... Form my experiences I think you can belive what you want, do what you want, but you can keep it to yourself and not have to annonce it to the world...
I just recently told my family I'm a vampire and my mom is taking it well. Dad doesn't really care, and my brothers are making fun of me at every chance they get. When you disagree with someone on an issue of religion, they reply using their true colors. If you trust that your family is made of good people then by all means speak your mind- but don't bear your soul if you know a flogging is comming.
I told my family that I was Pagan And Do rituals, Most of them Don't care.
But My Mom always tries to get me to pray to God.
I told her I pray to my own gods but she don't listen.
If You feel the need then do.
I am glad I did regardless if they accept it or not.
if my family now if i was a Vampire, they will have me dead and with my head cut off , what i am say is that they will have the church people over to kill me on what they have to say about there god above
i am the only one in my family that is willing to be different, open minded, and dark. i have never told the entire truth to my family and i never will.
my familly knows and don't except it and never will... they send me to church theropy , group, and mental hospitals, just to try to fix me and its not working...