Anyone here married to someone of a different religion?

TakinSexyBack

Anyone here married to someone of a different religion? Did you once think you could respect each others religions but over time, you see the other has no intention of that? If so, how do you handle that? Im Christian married to a Muslim.

Louisianababy93

Oh girl, you brave!


Edit: those two religions are way different! But y'all should be respectful of both religions! Especially now that you guys are married.. Even if one of you don't agree with the other..




Something that should have been discussed WAY before marriage!

SwimFan1981

Oh girl, you brave!

I'll second that...

kdeaux1959

Great challenges. Honestly, that was a major consideration when I chose a wife (well, we chose each other of course)... Compatibilty along religious lines makes things a lot easier. I would think mutual respect would be critical.

BigDnSW

Yes, my wife is a die-hard Republican and I am a registered Libertarian. As we say in our business, "It works if you want it to". I have lived in a Muslim country in North Africa and have found most to be great and still have many friends to this day. Sad that the media has crushed the entire view of Muslims in the US. I am a Christian as is my wife. However, we don't agree on everything, yet we get along just fine..well, have learned to by our choice.

I wish you well!

Edit: yes, when we first met even before we started dating, I was totally in to several eastern religions and Universalism. It was much later when I converted to Christianity. We got along fine before and after my decision. My decision was not forced on me by her at all. I had lived all over the world and experienced other religions and was raised to be an accepting tolerant person. Still am and appreciate my past and present. I fell in love with my wife being of a different religion. It worked because we wanted it to and respected each other as we do today.

vtmoon

Oh girl, you brave!


Edit: those two religions are way different! But y'all should be respectful of both religions! Especially now that you guys are married.. Even if one of you don't agree with the other..




Something that should have been discussed WAY before marriage!

Do you actually know a lot about either religion, as far as practice? Cause they are relatively similar.

OP as long as you guys talked about kids and how that will go, you should be fine. It is like any other relationship. I personally, would avoid listening to advice on that subject on this website primarily due to the skewed point of view a lot of Americans have as far as cross faith interactions go.

TakinSexyBack

Oh girl, you brave!


Edit: those two religions are way different! But y'all should be respectful of both religions! Especially now that you guys are married.. Even if one of you don't agree with the other..




Something that should have been discussed WAY before marriage!

We did have many discussions about it before we got married and he has never tried to get me to convert. He has always respected my religion and I have respected his. We always agreed that if one of us didnt willingly convert to the other religion by the time our daughter was old enough that we would teach her the differences in both and let her decide. (We believe 90% the same believe it or not. There are only a couple big differences in the two religions).

What sparked me to post this last night was he was in chat rooms arguing with people trying to convert strangers! He never tries to conver me. He doesnt even practice his own religion!!! Doesnt pray, drinks, doesnt go to the mosque..........but he is a strong believer just like I am in what I believe. I see the off-handed comments through him being online in religious rooms trying to convince Christians and Jews they are wrong. Thats what bothers me!

I take our daughter to church, etc and he doesn't say anything. It's just really strange to me he doesn't bother ME about it but he gets online and tries to convert complete strangers! Makes me wonder why!?!

TakinSexyBack

Yes, my wife is a die-hard Republican and I am a registered Libertarian. As we say in our business, "It works if you want it to". I have lived in a Muslim country in North Africa and have found most to be great and still have many friends to this day. Sad that the media has crushed the entire view of Muslims in the US. I am a Christian as is my wife. However, we don't agree on everything, yet we get along just fine..well, have learned to by our choice.

I wish you well!

Edit: yes, when we first met even before we started dating, I was totally in to several eastern religions and Universalism. It was much later when I converted to Christianity. We got along fine before and after my decision. My decision was not forced on me by her at all. I had lived all over the world and experienced other religions and was raised to be an accepting tolerant person. Still am and appreciate my past and present. I fell in love with my wife being of a different religion. It worked because we wanted it to and respected each other as we do today.

You are very right Big! My husband is from Morocco.........Im guessing that may be where you were in N Africa? We get along fine....its just the converting he tries to do online that is strange to me!

doorki

Oh girl, you brave!


Edit: those two religions are way different! But y'all should be respectful of both religions! Especially now that you guys are married.. Even if one of you don't agree with the other..




Something that should have been discussed WAY before marriage!

We did have many discussions about it before we got married and he has never tried to get me to convert. He has always respected my religion and I have respected his. We always agreed that if one of us didnt willingly convert to the other religion by the time our daughter was old enough that we would teach her the differences in both and let her decide. (We believe 90% the same believe it or not. There are only a couple big differences in the two religions).

What sparked me to post this last night was he was in chat rooms arguing with people trying to convert strangers! He never tries to conver me. He doesnt even practice his own religion!!! Doesnt pray, drinks, doesnt go to the mosque..........but he is a strong believer just like I am in what I believe. I see the off-handed comments through him being online in religious rooms trying to convince Christians and Jews they are wrong. Thats what bothers me!

I take our daughter to church, etc and he doesn't say anything. It's just really strange to me he doesn't bother ME about it but he gets online and tries to convert complete strangers! Makes me wonder why!?!

Is he trolling or perhaps enjoying a spirited debate rather than converting?

quirkytizzy

Not religion, but my boyfriend is a moderate conservative while I am a far-left liberal. We are learning to simply stay out of politics, or else only discuss the issues we agree on.

It's really hard sometimes.