Ya can't convert 'em and ya can't kill em

[Guest guest]

Therese,

After having been where you are (I think we all have at some point or

another) I think your best option is to...ummm. what's the word? Oh, yes,

LIE! Yes, lie like a rug. This would not be a malicious act. it is one of

protecting your children, your rights and your sanity.

This family snakepit of intrusiveness and boundarylessness is not only

frustrating, but it can be outright dangerous to you and your family to lay all

your cards on the table like you have innocently done. It's like being surprised

if someone keys the side of your car when you have a Nader or " dump Bush "

bumpersticker, or, god forbid, a rainbow.

First you extract yourself from the current mess by saying " Sis, you are right,

I

got to thinking about it and went to the doctor. He recommended vaccines

and I did it. Same with the raw milk, it was real easy to switch the kids back

to

pasteurized and I got some antibiotics for them to make sure " . Then you now

know what you can say to your sister and what you can't. So many people I

know continue to nurse a lifelong fantasy that they can convince or change

people that don't want to change, I see it quite often with sibling rivalry. I

don't

think it ever works.

I know of families broken up by a relative actually turning parents into child

protection, calling the police and so on. In this day and age people can be

sued, they can be jailed they can have their children actually taken away for

merely following their personal or religious beliefs. Before I was born there

was a Cain slew Abel murder in our small farm town over something like this.

You can't win arguments with drunks, Irishmen (kidding), or Republicans.

Sometimes, no, often, it's close relatives. Blood is thicker than water but

there

are a few things thicker than blood.

Will