For context, I (M28) have just semi recently finished all the requirements and hurdles to become a licensed therapist. It wasn’t easy and I definitely had some major roadblocks and very unlucky events happen during those years. But now I’ve done it and am pretty much only waiting for the last bit of paperwork to be processed.
So I told all of my family and friends, everyone was very happy, supportive and proud. Now to my grandma. She’s a pretty religious person, nothing wrong with that, she was still a nice and smart person. She invited me on the weekend to a dinner as a little celebration. Nothing wrong with that, until she brought up how God was the reason I made it this far. At first I was like, pardon me? She wanted to make me see that God and God alone gave me the strength and resources to make ot this far and I have to thank him every day now. I was a little irritated but kept up a smile, told her that it was me who learned, worked and pushed through it all. And she became angry now, being adamant that something like this was only possible with God’s help and I need to show more appreciation. And with this I lost my temper, I shouted at her, saying that it was I who took the test, I who spent night learning. For further context, I had a couple of very unfortunate events happen, I got a serious leg injury, which got me fired from my part time job, on top of that problems with health insurance and yada yada. Months of stress and money problems. I asked her if God did that too, if he was the one who mugged me in the streets, having lost way over 1000€, I asked her if God was the one who seduced my GF and made her cheat on me or if he was the one who made my landlord kick me out for no apparent reason. I basically vented out all the bad things that happened to me over the years. I realized I went out of control, apologized and left. Haven’t talked to her since.
Now the question, was I the asshole for blowing up like that because she attributed all of my accomplishments to God?