Hi,
First off, everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I don't expect everyone to agree with me BUT....
I am finding it increasingly difficult to keep my mouth shut when I'm around my parents and they very loudly, voice their usually very offensive opinions. Particularly my mum.
They'll usually tick at least one of the sexist, racist, homophobic (I'm in a same sex relationship!) or all of the above, boxes whenever I see them and we always seem to be on the verge of an argument, which is really upsetting, because I love them to pieces. They're good people, but to be brutally honest, they can drive me mad and they definitely seem to be getting worse with age.
My mum would think nothing of announcing that masculine women turn her stomach, in public or suggest that all people of a certain culture are the same etc. I'm actually not going to mention the worst, because quite frankly, I'm ashamed.
Overall, I enjoy their company and we can all get on well, but I worry that one of these days I'll lose it and we'll properly fall out.
Their attitude is toxic tbh. They're very angry, resentful people who will instantly pick out the bad. Everyone's an idiot in their eyes basically and they bounce off each other with their negatively.
I find myself taking a lot of long, deep breaths to stop myself reacting, but sometimes it doesn't work and I have to say something.
Can anyone relate? How do you handle it?
TIA