People, I have a question.
Sep. 14th, 2014 04:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
enemyofperfectIt is a hypothetical question about a family that's supportive except when it isn't.
Suppose that person X has parents Y and Z who say, "We love you, but you're leading a life of sin and bound to spend eternity in hell if you don't repent. But we'll still support you in every way we can, and of course we want you to come home for the holidays -- we care about you, we want to see you!"
Go on to suppose that parents Y and Z are sincere about their love and support, that person X is confident that they're wrong about the whole sin and damnation thing, and that if X did come home for the holidays, Y and Z wouldn't raise the subject even once.
My two-part question is: how easy or difficult is it for you to imagine that person X might be deeply hurt despite the assurances and caveats, and how rare or common would you guess it is for someone in X's place to feel that way?
The specifics of the question are genuinely hypothetical, but I am sufficiently boggled by the answers I've gotten from someone else that I figured I'd do a reality check.
Suppose that person X has parents Y and Z who say, "We love you, but you're leading a life of sin and bound to spend eternity in hell if you don't repent. But we'll still support you in every way we can, and of course we want you to come home for the holidays -- we care about you, we want to see you!"
Go on to suppose that parents Y and Z are sincere about their love and support, that person X is confident that they're wrong about the whole sin and damnation thing, and that if X did come home for the holidays, Y and Z wouldn't raise the subject even once.
My two-part question is: how easy or difficult is it for you to imagine that person X might be deeply hurt despite the assurances and caveats, and how rare or common would you guess it is for someone in X's place to feel that way?
The specifics of the question are genuinely hypothetical, but I am sufficiently boggled by the answers I've gotten from someone else that I figured I'd do a reality check.
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