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kaelcarp · 08-06-2007, 08:46 AM

If you're staying together exclusively for the children, don't. They won't benefit from having that much strain around them, and as was said above, they may even blame themselves.

I come from a mixed faith marriage of sorts: I am non-religious and my wife has her own pagan belief system. It caused some strain at one point, but we overcame that (though moved on to other problems). Never as extreme as yours, but we each had to come to understand the other's viewpoint more closely, even if we didn't accept it as our own.

It sounds to me like you are on very different paths and you definitely need to address this very explicitly and openly. If she will not meet with a regular counselor, perhaps one from each of your churches would do or something.

EDIT: Just realized that this is very old. I hope you've been able to work things out.

08-06-2007, 08:46 AM	#5 (permalink)
kaelcarp Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 12	Re: Mixed-Faith Marriage If you're staying together exclusively for the children, don't. They won't benefit from having that much strain around them, and as was said above, they may even blame themselves. I come from a mixed faith marriage of sorts: I am non-religious and my wife has her own pagan belief system. It caused some strain at one point, but we overcame that (though moved on to other problems). Never as extreme as yours, but we each had to come to understand the other's viewpoint more closely, even if we didn't accept it as our own. It sounds to me like you are on very different paths and you definitely need to address this very explicitly and openly. If she will not meet with a regular counselor, perhaps one from each of your churches would do or something. EDIT: Just realized that this is very old. I hope you've been able to work things out.