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In reply to the discussion: So I'm Grabbing Some Cheese At The Grocery Store... [View all]JFN1
(2,033 posts)"Have a nice day" is wishing somebody well.
She was, in my opinion (I was there), using me as a means to feel good about her religiosity or spirituality or faith - by INTRUSIVELY interjecting her religious beliefs in an overt and conscious fashion upon my being.
Why would she do this? Simply put, because it makes her feel good about her religion, it makes her feel pious, it calls attention to her "awesome purity," and it puts pressure on the receiver to offer a similarly pious response...a warming glow...a positive opinion about her level of belief...etc.
In effect, it is an ego boost for her - at mine and everyone else's expense- that she "blesses." It has NOTHING to do with me - it is ALL about her. Period.
And that is the bottom line. If she is simply trying to wish me well, there are plenty of traditional ways to do this.
But that was not her goal, it was an overtly religious invocation which I, for one, am about fed up with tolerating...wishing me well, yeah, right...