NWR/WWYD/RANT re: in-laws

Re: NWR/WWYD/RANT re: in-laws

• caketime

  

  October 2009 edited December 2011

  I think you can in two ways:1 - Tell them that your inbox is becoming to full and please not forward emails to you as it takes up to much space2 - Have your husband ask them to not forward you emails anymore

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• kimmys81

  

  October 2009 edited December 2011

  Have your husband tell them to stop sending you forwards.

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• vanessapodunk member

  

  October 2009 edited December 2011

  ::SIgh:: Unfortunately people like this can not be stopped.I remember the night before the Bush/Kerry election, I got bombarded with anti-Kerry/anti-abortion emails from  friends mother, full of aborted fetus pics and all. Emails long the lines of if you do not vote for who I tell you to vote for you are a baby killer. I think you just have to delete, delete, delete, if you want to keep the peace.

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• Carameanie1824

  

  October 2009 edited December 2011

  Just a suggestion - Change your email address and don't give it to them?

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• Sinthya member

  

  October 2009 edited December 2011

  well, you CAN do any of the above. Do they typically email you about any other non BS stuff? If not, create a folder and auto fwd to it, and occasionally just go in and delete the BS.

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• hollyberry88

  

  October 2009 edited December 2011

  I believe your only options would be to:A)  just delete without readingB)  ask your husband to talk to themIt sounds like they think that if they keep sending you these links and forwards that maybe you will see the light and become the good little Catholic/Republican that they want you to be.  (not that there is anything wrong with that).Can you filter your in-box so that stuff like this goes right to your spam box?

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• laurenlacey member

  

  October 2009 edited December 2011

  I might be out of line, but I'd absolutely tell them not to send me it anymore. I absolutely hate it, and telling them they're misinformed will just encourage them to call you a crazyyyy Liberal. Which you're not. You're someone who doesn't like misinformation and propaganda. I'm sure, like me, you wouldn't mind it if it was accurate criticism or reasonable argument. But crap like that isn't worth filling your inbox with. By the way, Snopes.com is funded by [url]http://www.annenbergfoundation.org/about/[/url] which is a slightly left-leaning educational research foundation that wants to "increase knowledge." Not a crazy biased bunch of Obama lovers.

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• soontobemrsdavis

  

  October 2009 edited December 2011

  i would say either politely ask them not to send forwards or do what sin said.  I guess it really depends on if this is a "battle" you want to chose.  They may get offended by the reply since there is no real way to show emotion over the internet.

  
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• allforyou

  

  October 2009 edited December 2011

  i went through something similar with my fils. my fmil is very catholic and a democrat. i am an atheist and republican. yes i know they normally do not go together. anyways my fmil used to send me a ton of obama crap during election time. i had my fi talk to her about it and it stopped. however we now have some pretty nasty dinner conversations about our beliefs.

  

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• Lola Minnie member

  

  October 2009 edited December 2011

  why don't you just delete the emails without reading if they are forwards??

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• kewltif member

  

  October 2009 edited December 2011

  I can totally relate to what you're going through! There are certain members of both of our families that send the exact type of e-mails you are talking about.It's not about your e-mail box being too full, it's more about the complete and utter rage you feel when you see misinformation like that being spread. It's particularly enraging when they KNOW you are not supportive of the same beliefs.I can't tell you the answer. I have tried to nicely dispute e-mails (in a similar fashion to you) and it's done no good.If anyone has a good answer then let me know. I mostly bite my tongue and then forward the stuff to other people who I know will find equally ridiculous so I can vent about the idiocracy of this crap.

  

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• uppereastgirl member

  

  October 2009 edited December 2011

  Tiffany, I couldn't agree with your assessment more.  It is the ridiculousness of all of these things, and the fact that they would believe it and pass it along as if it could be or is true.  None of it sounds anything less than made up to me.  And since they know that I am a liberal, I think there's a "Wait, you think that I'm wrong and THIS crap is the reason why?" mixed into my emotions.  I absolutely respect conservative beliefs, even if I don't agree with them. But COME ON.  I would hope if I was forwarding this kind of crap about McCain that someone would have told me to STFU and go back to third grade when we learned that strangers sometimes lie.I also can't delete it without reading it because the whole idea of it enrages me too much (also, they tend to rename things in bizarre ways-- this email was called "bill, gerry, what about it" because the subject line was originally what about it and they got it from a bill who had gotten it from a gerry.  usually it is weirder than that, even if it is something non-forwarded).I do send it along to other people who enjoy the ridiculousness of it, but then I feel a *tiny* bit guilty for bashing John's parents to my friends.

  

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• Rosanna'n'Steve member

  

  October 2009 edited December 2011

  my inlaws are also very catholic and very republican and we try not to talk politics at all because i refuse to hold my opinion back just to keep peace so that's why we refrain from discussing it.  If they ever did that to me, I would first tell my husband to tell them to stop sending me this information. And if they did not stop, then I would tell them myself.  If it continued I would send it to a folder where I would never have to see it.

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• alliecarrie41 member

  

  October 2009 edited December 2011

  i am too stubborn to just ignore, but too polite to really fight back.  if i were you, i'd just ask them to please stop emailing you anything political moving forward because you'd rather keep email communication for friends and work.  if they don't get it, simply say you don't wish to get these types of emails, period.  i cannot stand these types and tell them so.

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• melissa82 member

  

  October 2009 edited December 2011

  My mom is always forwarding stuff on and believes every.single.word of forwards--political, medical, whatever. I used to always reply all and just write "Not true" followed by links showing it was an urban legend.  I recently stopped because it just didn't seem to be doing anything. Then recently my mom told me she just forwards it on to see if I say it's true or not (not sure why she has to share it with 20+ other people!), lol. I also saw another family friend who is usually copied and she said, "I really like when you tell everyone it's not true. It's funny." So don't give up!

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• melissa82 member

  

  October 2009 edited December 2011

  P.S. I am "very" Catholic (well, my parents are) and neither them nor I are very Republican. I know you weren't generalizing, just wanted to throw that out there! There are some of us open-minded Catholics, haha.

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• uppereastgirl member

  

  October 2009 edited December 2011

  Melissa, I definitely understand that.  I think they're the type though that they HAVE to be Republican because they are Catholic -- abortion and religious freedom seem to be their biggest issues by far.  (Yes, they've asked us to attend pro-life and pro-nativities on public grounds rallies in the city on their behalf... no thanks!)I told my husband to ask his parents to please not, and to maybe explain to them that things in email forwards like that (political or not) tend to be untrue.  I don't think he'll ever actually do it because he's too scared to speak up to them, but at least I got to state my unhappiness with the situation.

  

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• melissa82 member

  

  October 2009 edited December 2011

  I definitely know the type. Nice people, but just ... feel strongly and can't see anyone else's point of view. A rough combo for you to deal with.

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• uppereastgirl member

  

  October 2009 edited December 2011

  They're nice people, and they mean no harm really -- and they're definitely not ones to want to debate this stuff at dinner (thank GOD  -- that's where I could get myself in big trouble).  So besides these annoying emails, and the embarassment every time I'm in their car with all their pro-life bumper stickers, it isn't an issue.  I think that their politics are so intertwined with their beliefs that they don't ever think about it.And they spend so much time at the church and at church social events and Knights of Columbus and Boy Scouts (a Catholic district of it) that they kind of forget that not everyone is a Catholic Republican. 

  

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• Mye

  

  October 2009 edited December 2011

  ignore it, delete it, and let it go, as much as it sucks its better than having your in-laws start converting you at the dinner table

  
  
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• justkris10

  

  October 2009 edited December 2011

  Uppereast maybe your DH and my DH are related because his grandparents are the EXACT same way, I mean pretty much verbatim of what you just wrote above... There's no stopping it; and if there is please email me

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• kewltif member

  

  October 2009 edited December 2011

  I would DIE if I had to drive around in a car with a pro-life bumper sticker! LOL I'm actually laughing out loud thinking about it. I'm chuckling to myself. We are bumper sticker haters though! (and yes, I just spoke for DH and myself as if we are one). We can't think of anything trashier and love to mock people with bumper stickers on their cars- particularly bad ones like this or ones from elections from 8 years ago when the candidate lost!

  

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