How to deal with my hateful mother in law.?
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I'm an atheist, and let preface this story with telling you that she isn't religious.
I went to her house for easter, and while I don't celebrate easter for its religious implications, I keep my mouth shut, because there is no reason to ruin it for everyone else and causing a huge unnecessary scene.
I do not say "happy easter, merry christmas" etc, I simply say thank you and walk away or say happy holidays. She was yelling how it was disrespectful and so wrong, I told her
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I acknowledged the greeting but I don't support the religious significance, I asked her if I could help her with dinner and she said "No, I don't need any help."
She then went to go tell my husband that I refused to tell her "happy easter", He obviously told her that I didn't have to and I have every right to do what I'm comfortable with.
She then made us have a 3 minute long prayer which is a new thing, and she reference non believers as "lost".
My husband was obviously upset and told her he found it funny how she's only a "christian" this easter, and from then on the dinner was awkward. I know she has every right to believe that ever she wants, but so do I. She then made a post on facebook hours later about how rude and horrible it is, to not acknowledge holiday greeting, that you have to say it back out of respect. She's clearly to dumb to understand that you can respect someone's beliefs (which I have) without participating.