Ideas on telling family you converted

[amal 4]

deleted in the spirit of peace

I, for one, am proud of you

[amal 4]

I also want to say THANKS heaps for all the support...I'm still unsure if I can tell'em or not..but you all are giving me hope that I may be able to one of these days.

[dawnnhatem 0]

I don't have advice on this at all, but I did just want to add that if they know you married a muslim, then they know that you are part of a muslim family and converting in the future is possible. I don't know what they will do or say either, but your news isn't completely out of the blue here. On some level they have to have seen this coming and I would think that if any of them get dramatic on you, then they would probably just get dramatic about something else if you don't tell them.

btw, thanks for sharing your "coming out" bind in the first place.

Maybe a loving member of your family can read some of these posts on vj and read about this and how much support you have here. Afterall, how could anyone that's read this thread or "spun" be upset with or second-guess you?

Dawn

[Sofiyya 1,687]

I wish I could say what I'm thinking, but I won't.

As for amal, I haven't been through this, but you have to have confidence in your choice to face up to the reactions you will get. When you get it, then you're ready to tell them.

Edited September 12, 2006 by szsz

[amal 4]

Thanks Dawn.

This is not just a thread for me, but for any person out there questioning how to tell their families they converted. I figured that I'm not the only one and I'm not the last one to go thru this so I am hoping that any advice given here will help many more to come.