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PoindexterOglethorpe

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3. I am not currently a believer.

Reply to Merlot (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 25, 2021, 08:12 PM

Dec 2021

But I always respond to holiday wishes in kind. Merry Christmas, and I Merry Christmas back. Happy Holidays, and I Happy Holidays back.

Yeah, I realize you are talking about a specific friend who apparently wants to piss you off, which is incredibly rude and totally uncalled for. Some years ago I let a classmate (a college paralegal course) know I wasn't a believer, and whenever I sneezed, which I do rather a lot thanks to allergies, she made a point of saying "God bless you." I'm sure she was hoping to get a rise out of me. As annoying as I found it, I always just thanked her. It seemed to frustrate her no end.

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I am not currently a believer. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2021 #3

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I didn't watch any Christmas Mass this year. old as dirt Dec 2021 #5