Hello,
I am at a loss for what up do. I am getting baptized this Sunday or next, and I would like to invite my mother but am having reservations. Background: my mom is not religious and does not believe in God or Jesus or the bible... Nothing. She frequently mocks me for my belief, and has no issue letting it be known that she doesn't support me. Recently, we had a falling out over her lack of support and/ or general niceness towards my wedding, my wedding dress(saying repeatedly that I look fat in my dress), relaying awful mean spirited messages from other family members about me while We're at my dress fitting, promising me money for the wedding and reneging. She hasn't spoken to me in weeks except to say she won't apologize because she doesn't believe she was rude, and did nothing wrong. Today, she emailed me saying she wants to repair our relationship but she expects me to apologize and she still won't. I have struggled with being baptized because I feel that sometimes I still hide my love for Christ and my semi new found religion because of lack of support from friends and family. I no longer wish to "hide" my beliefs and I want to get to a stronger place in my Christianity. I'm not sure if I should invite my mother to the baptism or not? I'm sure if she even comes she'll be fake supportive to others faces and have some rude, belittling, non-supportive comments for me. What should I do? Invite her or not?
