Let me start out by saying I'm a very proud Orthodox Jew. I want the perspective of someone who isn't Jewish so I came here.
I live in an apartment complex and my neighbor's door is less than four feet across the hall from my door. We are both at the end of a hallway and share a wall.
She is a very devout Catholic who lives alone.
When I first moved in a month ago, I made her cookies to be nice. It's good to know your neighbors, I'm midwestern, etc.
Then we met up to talk a bit and she went on and on about Christianity and told me I needed to read a bunch of things. I politely but firmly declined saying I am a very proud Jew who isn't interested.
She then tagged me in a Facebook post about Jesus. I untagged myself and messaged her asking her to stop and she never read the message.
Yesterday is Easter. She gave me a handout slipped under my door about "Our Daily Bread Easter Reflections." I ran into her in the hallway and she asked me what I thought of the book. I again told her I am an Orthodox Jew and I have no interest in converting. She said she wanted me to read that pamplet so I could know "What really happened."
I told her I have read the "New Testament" cover to cover multiple times, along with many Christian theology books and I have no desire to convert.
She kept insisting that I read the handout she gave me.
I know she's likely just a very lonely old woman and from her point of view, she feels the need to "rescue" me. I know she will not stop doing this though.
Should I slip a note under her door telling her I will throw out any more literature she will give me? Should I ignore her? Should I call the building management?
I don't want to ruin our neighborly relationship because we literally share a wall.
TL;DR My elderly apartment neighbor won't stop trying to convert me and I don't know the best way to get her to stop.
Submitted April 05, 2021 at 03:39PM by Too_Much_To_Do2020 https://ift.tt/2Q0uy8E
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