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07

Has anyone ever broken up with you because of religious differences?

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I am a Nichiren Buddhist and my ex boyfriend is a Seven Day Adventist. We've known eachother for 3 yrs and dated for a few months. We planned on getting married soon, however, he couldn't get past the fact that I didn't want to get married in a church. I wasn't expecting him to get married in my "institution"; I preferred some place neutral, that we could have agreed upon. But wait there's more….he wanted us to attend church as a family on Saturdays, knowing I'm a Buddhist. I coudn't see myself compromising my beliefs just to be with someone. Unfortunately he couldn't see my views and was being very selfish and not willing to compromise. He broke up with me and everyday I find myself thinking about the situation. The funny thing is, we barely speak, and if we do speak, I'm usually the one reaching out to him to see how he's doing. When I ask him if he told his family about us, his response is, some what. I feel like he's ashamed to tell his family the truth because he knows hes wrong
I met his family and they love me, (they know I'm a buddhist, they are Christian) according to him, they ask about me all the time and he has yet to tell them exactly what happened. He told me he told them a little bit. I was supposed to attend his family function the day after we broke up and he told them I couldn't make it when they asked for me. I feel like he can't tell them the reason why we broke up.
I am so happy this happened now because we were actually going to get the rings the day we broke up and we were moving from NY to Charlotte. What I learned, stay true to yourself and make you have a strong sense of self before being in a relationship with someone else.

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1 Comments

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It is obvious that you are more accepting of his religion then he is of yours. It is probable for the best that you broke up.
Religious issues are always very difficult and your two religions are very different.
I did know a couple who had different religions and got married, but when it came time to have children they could not agree on which religion to raise their children and the relationship ended in divorce. I think your ex-boyfriend is more then ashamed, I think he is afraid to tell his parents about you. I don't believe he loves you enough to work this out and sounds like he is somewhat of a coward. You deserve someone with integrity, and that doesn't sound like him.

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