Joining the Mormon church
My mom wanted to join our mormon cult (as her grandmother called it) as a child, but she wasn’t allowed to do so without parental permission, which was difficult to obtain because her dad was in a mental institution after nearly drinking himself to death (seriously, how many “cults” do you know that respectfully require parental permission to join them?) and once she finally obtained that permission, her grandmother said that she was dead to her if she did join. I guess my mom “died” the day she joined our “mormon cult“. Sad that she lost such an important relationship because of her grandmother’s pride.
