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Is my mother crazy? She believe that the "good luck" of attending / being a guest at someone's wedding can cleanse you of "evil spirits". Wtf? Is is "normal" thinking? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 weeks ago by DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Like she said "just come with us and the "喜氣" is gonna get rid of your depression"

Holy shit wtf?

Last time I went 2 hours to some stupid holiday family gathering dinner thing, it was MISERABLE, and my aunt's kids be drooling over the fucking food and it was nasty as fuck, I think I got food poisoning last time.

Like I don't even know this random cousin lol, we don't even live in the same city, why the fuck did they even invite us to be a guest in their stupid wedding ceromony, like, I ain't your friend lol. I don't wanna go and have a panic attack wtf.

Fine, you believe your shit, I'm Jesus's second son then, and I'm gonna lead people to create God's kingdom (/obvious sarcasm)

What the fuck. Is there mass hysteria right now? How do these people exist? Wtf.

Honestly, this probably explains people supporting conservatism.

Like do I go to this stupid thing so I can prove my mother wrong? I'm gonns get more anxiety after this stupid event.

Like I don't even like the cuisine, last time I went to a cousin's "Sweet 16" when I was a kid, I HATED IT, the food SUCKED.

I don't know how your "soul clensing" spiritualism is even supposed to work when the reality is, I will have a panic attack.

Sorry for the rant, I'm just so... bewildered at this stupid belief of "soul clensing" what the fuck?!?

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[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

A lot of people here don't know Asians culture trying to apply their western doctrine here.

While I don't fully disagree with what a lot of comments here have said, I'm not sure if that's exactly what you want.

But yeah, if you decided not to give a shit, then you have two options, the first and obvious one, which has been mentioned by other comments, would be the nuclear option: pretty much just cut off all communications with your entire family. If you do want to preserve some relationships while not giving a shit, then prepare to receive some awkward stare and be talked behind your back.

If you want to maintain a healthy relationship with your family, then you should attend that wedding. Otherwise, you better have some goddamn good excuse.

In total, you have four options.