Becoming catholic has ruined my romatic life

[Sierrah]

So, I need to throw myself a pity party. Hope you will indulge me. I reverted three years ago and broke up with the guy I was dating at the time, and I haven’t gone on a single date since.

So, here’s my analysis of the problem. I am a conservative catholic and a black woman. There are not that many orthodox black men out there, and most conservative white men don’t even think of me as a woman although they won’t admit it. I never had this problem when I was dating secular guys. I had a steady stream of white boyfriends, if for no others reasons most liberals are happy to prove to themselves how open-minded they are.

Anyway, I am approaching 30, my mother is harrassing me, and I am so frustrated. I am seriously thinking that I should just give up on the idea of finding a catholic and just marry someone outside of the faith…

Well try being a bit older and dealing with the looks you get when you admit to …not sleeping around… They take off real fast when that comes up. That’s ok I’d rather have a guy that respects me for who I am then one who expects something he’s not going to get. at least from me.

 

[Morwenna]

When I was asking St. Joseph to help me, I had a lot of reasons why I could assume that I couldn’t find a good Catholic husband. I was in my late 30’s, with a baby born out of wedlock, and some other baggage. On paper, I suppose I didn’t look like a likely candidate for Catholic marriage. But, I prayed to St. Joseph, kept a positive attitude, and found a good man on Catholic Match. We are expecting our third baby!

Thank you for this inspiring post!