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Continue, yes. Work, not really. I'm sure they will stay married but it's tense and and always work for both of them.
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Irish Catholic married to a Jewish guy. They're happy, as far as I can tell.
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My cousins aunty was catholic but converted to marry a muslim man that she deeply loved but 2 sons and 3yrs later it didnt work out because even though she converted 2 be with him, her heart and faith was still catholic.
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Yes.
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I have some couple friends whose interfaith marriages work well. In my case, I am atheist and very much anti-catholic (personal experiences too lengthy to tell now) and my husband is catholic as is his family. Respect and clear rules have allowed us to put that minor difference out of our way... so far.
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Yeah. Lots of them.
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Just one.
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My friend Matt has a jewish father and a catholic mother. Over 40 years together.
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I thought so.I am in one and I love my husband but lately we clash over religion.I will never convert to islam.I respect it but has no wish to follow it and I stressed this before we got married.He loves me but I can see how much he wants me to be muslim and critise christianity all the time but I am not swayed.
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Me and my husband are an interfaith marriage. He is Muslim and I am Christian, It works great. We respect that we each have different beliefs, however I think that it is easier when both partners have a monotheistic religion.
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Yes.
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I know an agnostic married to an atheist. Does that count?
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sure, my grandma and grandpa lasted till he died. then again I would say their marriage died long before. they slept in different rooms since I was can remember
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I am Methodist and my husband is Catholic. Neither of us attend any church services. I attend maybe twice a year, and he none. I feel sad sometimes that he doesn't want to attend either services.
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Hi !my hubby's friend is a buddhist and he married a muslim girl. They are very happy and goes both to the mosque and buddhist temple. At the moment he is learning bengali, which is her language and she is learning sinhalese. but they both are fluent in english so its not a big deal. It does work out well and you have to be willing to accept there are differences in each culture.
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Yes. I know a lot of interfaith marriages that work. Personally, I'm a Wiccan engaged to a Hindu. We are not yet married, but we've been together for 3 years. Religion is not an issue at all. I have friends/associates in the following working, interfaith marriage combinations (off the top of my head): Catholic/Hindu Jewish/Neopagan Agnostic/Wiccan Wiccan/Druid Atheist/Protestant Atheistic-leaning Muslim/Agnostic Muslim/Hindu Parsi (Zoroastrianism)/Hindu Sikh/Christian Jain/Hindu Buddhist/Hindu Jewish/Catholic Buddhist/Wiccan Atheist/Satanist (for all intents and purposes: 2 Atheists) Santeria/Catholic In my experience, the only time religious differences become an issue in interfaith relationships is when one party believes their religion to be the sole, inerrant truth and feel that they need to "save" their partner. Their partner is then subjected to endless attempts (ranging in subtlety) to have someone else's religion forced on him/her.
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Yes, my brothers are all in one.
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Yes, mine.
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mum's a catholic, my dad's an athiest - they've had no problems so far and it's been over 30 years! my brother is catholic, my sister in law is anglican. my other brother is catholic and my other sister in law is lutheran! again no drama's to speak of :-)
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I am friends with a couple who are Jewish (her) and Atheist (him) and after 16 years, it is still working out just fine.
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I dont know of any interfaith marriages...but I have enjoyed reading this thread here... For myself personally..my faith of Christianity is very personal, deep, and sacred to me, and I think I would very sad and heartbroken to have a marriage, let alone a relationship with someone who could not experience spiritual intimacy with me. That is a very large part of who I am and my existence, and to not be able to share that with a person that I plan to be with "for the rest of my life" would be terribly disappointing. I think people should be on one accord when they commit.
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I knew a Jewish man who married a Christian woman. It was weird, but it worked until he died. They had a prenup that said she cant put up a xmas tree or play xmas music in the house (among many other strange things. ) Funny part, they both had loads of money, but money was not a factor in the prenup, only Christian stuff was.
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Only if the people did not really practice their faith.
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