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Can you help me out with yet another awkward situation with my sisters-in-law?
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December 2nd, 2018
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<sigh>
SIL has asked my wife and I to be the godparents of her second son. She 100% knows I’m an atheist. I’m not sure what SIL thinks her sister believes. My wife doesn’t like to share what she’s thinking with others and SIL has never been very perceptive.
Well, we feel awkward about it. Neither one of us is comfortable vowing, in front of our family and the eyes of god (teehee), to guide our nephew in the ways of the church. WTF?
I’m saying no, but my wife feels obligated even though she is very uncomfortable with the situation. Wifey thinks if she says no her sister will get “all butt-hurt” and it will put a strain on their relationship.
Why would she put us in this situation? She had to know I would say no at least. My wife wants to say no, she really doesn’t want to do it, but she will to keep the peace.
I hate that she constantly puts the feelings of her sister over herself and I know it’s her choice, but I hate the way it hurts her.
Can you think of any way my wife can just politely decline and have her sister not feel rejected?
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