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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In your situation absolutely I would force you to go. You were under their supervision. I would never leave you home alone nor would I disrupt my family life because you are uncomfortable going. Your mother chose them to look after you, blame your own mother. [/quote]

+1.  At some point OP said they could have just left her home alone.  Well, your own mother thought you were too immature to be left home alone -- that's why she plopped you with this family for three days!!!  Also, LOL at OP saying the family asking her "what she learned" at church was somehow offensive.  Dude, that's a tame non-question.  You could just say, "That community is important" or "that the world needs peace."  OP sounds like she's still a teen and thinks her parent asking her, "How was school?" is so invasive that she has to yell, "Fine!" and run upstairs to her room.[/quote]

Three days is not a morning. One could think a teenager is fine for a morning but not want them to stay in a house alone for 3 days. Also, I highly doubt OP's mother had any idea this would happen. My own mother was fine with me attending religious events with friends of other religions but only if the parents asked first. And all the parents did. And so did we. Come over on a Friday night that we may be going to synagogue? We'll warn you first so you can decide if you want to come or not.

Anyway the subject of this thread isn't "religious trauma," it's "uncomfortable situations." I can see why OP, as a teenager, might have been uncomfortable. That doesn't mean she was traumatised. Nor does it mean she would react the same way now as an adult. It's just something she remembers and is throwing out there. I think it's an interesting discussion on both sides.[/quote]

I'm not leaving someone else's kid alone in my house, period.  The topic also includes the worse "forced."  It is a very interesting discussion.  I hope OP reflects on this memory with more generosity of spirit toward her gracious hosts.[/quote]

“Generous,” my rear end. They exploited doing a favor for a friend to try to suck the friend’s kid into their Right Wing cult.[/quote]

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