Weary Daughter

Here to Hear You, My mother - God love her, but sometimes I want to say something to her without being disrespectful. She is always going on and on about how she believes in what this or that prophet says and usually it is general stuff. For example The other day she was saying that it was prophesied that Christian business owners are going to be blessed by God and their companies are going to be doing well financially. So I’m thinking of course that might actually happen. This happens almost every time we get on the phone. Some prophet said something on TV so it must be true. I am just not sure how to be a good christian daughter and give her respect at the same time. I usually just hold the phone out from my ear because I get tired of hearing about things like this over and over.

Any advice? Weary daughter

Hi Weary Daughter, It sounds like you are doing what any good Christian daughter should do. You are hanging in there. Respectfully not telling your mother off. However if you reach the point where you are avoiding calling your mother because you don’t want to hear the latest prophet buzz you may think about having an honest conversation with he.

Hey mom, I love talking to you and even enjoy hearing what’s up in the prophet world from time to time. But I am even more interested in hearing what’s up with you. Let’s talk about you for few minutes.

Who doesn’t like to talk about themselves? This may just get to be a habit of hers after a few ‘all about mom’ conversations. Especially if you show her how interested you are when she does talk about herself. Try it out. See how it works!

Sincerely H2H