<span>I have to talk to you. I appreciate your humor but lately you've really been putting me down in front of my friends, and it's been bothering me. I know you don't mean it, but you've been hurting my feelings and making me feel insignificant in front of my friends. Do you think you can try not to do that anymore?</span>
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that it is against God's will to receive blood and, therefore, they refuse blood transfusions, often even if it is their own blood.