Still raging!

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My MIL is married to a man who I find totally irritating he is the kind of person who is always right and will use Google to prove it!

Anyway on Christmas Eve MIL and SFIL took DS (11) out for a drive to give me a chance to do some last minute prep. When he came home DS seemed quite upset but I didn't probe until after MIL had left. Apparently SFIL had told him that he shouldn't be receiving Christmas gifts as he doesn't believe in Jesus! I'm not religious but DH was bought up as Catholic and DS goes to church at school but we don't attend personally. Each to their own IMO. I know what Christmas is about and so does DS as they teach it at his school in RSE. To top it off MIL backed up her DH and DS was sobbing his heart out on Christmas Eve because of this. TBH this will probably be his last year of believing as he goes to high school after summer. I really feel that they ruined it for DS.

I've not said anything yet but I'm raging inside and it's eating me up. I know that MIL will be upset that DS was upset but he won't care. Also his grandkids aren't at all religious! I honestly feel like saying something similar to them next time I see them (I probably won't cos I'm too nice)

AIBU to be so angry and have I left it too late to say anything on the matter

Please let us know what you said to him at lunch. I too can't stand a bully. Sorry about you losing your mum.

Tell SFIL that if you believed in Santa, he would get nothing but coal for Christmas and that if you were religious, that he would be going to hell for sure.

Then give you son a big hug and tell him that FIL is a c---, uh, I mean, is the The Grinch and not to believe anything he says.

having been on the receiving end of some rants from religious types, I know they can be pretty vehement and unpleasant. I;m an adult and don't have ASD so I can handle it - I can imagine it would have been pretty nasty for a little boy and would upset him.

I'm not anti religion - I have some wonderful kind loving friends form many religious groups who wouldn't dream of ramming their beliefs down your throat -they accept I do not share their beliefs.

I;m not an expert on Christianity - but I don't think the Bible says anything about 'you can't have Christmas presents if you don't believe in Jesus' that sounds like made up bollocks to me. I thought Jesus was all about kindness and loving your fellow man.

I imagine Jesus would be a bit embarrassed to have a miserable old shit like your SFIL playing advocate for him.

Sounds like he's trying to bully your child to believe in god maybe?! How did lunch go?! I'd have been utterly furious too!