Alex, my boyfriend, is Jewish. I am not. We couldn't have been raised more differently. Thankfully, those differences keep things interesting (and to be fair, we do share a TON in common, too: a very strange sense of humor, the desire to travel to crazy places, wine, you get the picture.) At the beginning, I assumed that religion might makes things a little trickier, but boy is that an understatement - especially if one of you (him) comes from an extremely religiously observant background. In light of the compromises, weird conversations, and awkward moments we've been through in the last two years - and there have been many - I'm dropping a few truths on you, in the case you find yourself at a bar/on Match.com/being set up/accidentally falling in love with someone who doesn't share your religion.
7 Hard Truths About Dating Someone From Another Religion
Expectations and realities will inevitably shift - and will continue to shift - as you merge two lives that were brought up very, very differently.
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Written by Andrea Zimmerman
To share the advice his cousin gave me (and completely distort a famous Jewish story): Have faith in each other. The rest is commentary.
Source: Your Tango
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