My mom had a super realistic dream last night in which she saw the ghost of my grandfather standing in front of her, saying her name. She says she heard it clearly, and everything was as vivid as real life. She's trying to convince me that it's an actual message from my grandfather, and proof of ghosts/angels.
I brought up the fact that she spent the entire day yesterday watching ghost/angel programs is the likliest explanation for what caused this dream. She is not convinced. She is worse than unconvinced, she scoffed.
I told her about the few times where I've had super realistic dreams that included clear auditory hallucinations, and because they were ridiculous dreams that did not involving angels or ghosts, she brushed it off and said, "Well, I'm just saying that couldn't have been a dream".
Yesterday wasn't the only day she's spent watching ghost/angel shows. She does that every day she has off. Unfortunately, out of the 500+ channels we have, there is always at least one channel with some kind of ghosty show on.
I don't really care about what she believes, it just frustrates the living hell out of me when she tries to convince me of them. She practically believes everything she hears, it's no fucking wonder I grew up to be a Y.E.C.
The worst part of all of this is that she hates the fact that I am now a skeptic. Any time she tries to convince me of something, whether it's ghosts, angels, bigfoot, whatever, she always gets this subtle look of shock when I counter with an alternate explanation, or tell her why her argument is unconvincing. She wants me to believe everything I hear, just like she does. It bothers her that I don't, anymore. And that bothers me.