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On a slightly different tangent but not wanting to start a new thread, thoughts please on marrying another christian who shares approx 95% of your views but wont become Catholic on the principal that it restricts his free will to be forced to enter a Church?

Would like genuine answers only, not condemnation
 
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On a slightly different tangent but not wanting to start a new thread, thoughts please on marrying another christian who shares approx 95% of your views but wont become Catholic on the principal that it restricts his free will to be forced to enter a Church?

Would like genuine answers only, not condemnation
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I can only speak from personal experience. As a former Presbyterian turned agnostic, I married my wife, but neither of us attended a church for the first couple of years. We had an experience with others which drew us back to church, and we agreed we should worship together. Because my wife was a cradle Catholic, I agreed to go with her to Mass. I eventually was drawn to the Church, went through RCIA and eventually received the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Unless things are different in the UK, he doesn’t have to convert in order for you to be married in the Catholic Church. Speak to your priest about it. I do think it is important to worship together. See if your fiance will attend Mass with you. If he puts up a huge fight, then there may be a bigger problem. In my experience, most (that means not all 🙂 ) mixed-religion families usually end up non-religious because they don’t worship together. Kids often end up in the middle and confused.

I hope you can work it out, and I wish you well in your marriage if you do.

God Bless,

Robert.
 
We met and “were friends” for 4 months before we married. .(never officially dated-DONT EVER DO THAT! Always date the person for crying out loud!) He proposed dec 23 2000 we were married feb 6th 2000 (1 daughter fed 9 2001, 1 son may 11 2003.) 3 1/2 years after him never being around i started liking a friend :tsktsk: and he told me hes been gay since he was 15…:hmmm: Hmmmm go figure!

4 1/2 years i left him THANK THE LORD! :clapping: Wished someone wouldve slapped me awake 5 years ago!

BUT, to the rest of you…👍 CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Hoping the second time around, IF and Whenever it ever comes around…(im a bit skeptical now :banghead: ) will be much better!
 
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When my sister and her husband got engaged way back in 1972 they planned an October wedding only to find out soon after that he would be deployed to the Sea of Japan to serve on the USS Enterprise. They decided to change their wedding date to make it a month earlier. They only had a month together before he left for a 14 month assignment. This was back in the day before the internet and cell phones. There only correspondence was by mail and they wrote to one another everyday so that almost everyday there was a letter in the mail to her. Often several came on one day. It was truly a trying time for them but they prevailed. They will be married 33 years this year and have had a very “happily ever after.”

God bless you. It is not easy being a military bride.
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My husband was in (Naval) bootcamp during Desert Storm we weren’t sure if he was going to get to come home or get sent directly to Saudi Arabia. When we found out he was able to come home I literally had less than 3 weeks to get it together. (Was not a Catholic wedding-recently had our marriage convalidated.) My husband was gone on cruises up 6 months at a time. At the time it was all I knew so it’s what you’re used to. But now I can’t even imagine being seperated for so long.
 
My wife and I met at 16 while at a CYO retreat. We didn’t date until just after graduating form high school. After going to college for a year we decided we wanted to get married even though we were 19. But 16 years later and we are still praising God for bringing us together.
 
We dated a little over 2 years. We have four great kids. WE’ve been married 12 years.

Peace,
Jen
 
We got married as soon as she needed medical attention for her pregnancy with our second child.

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We got married as soon as she needed medical attention for her pregnancy with our second child.

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:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :tsktsk: You had to be hog tied didn’t you?😃
 
I have you all beat;) My husband and I went on two dates when I was 16,I broke up with him,according to him he would drive by my house every so often just to see me outside for two years,because he felt like I was the one.Five years later,we started dating in Sept. 91’ married in Nov.91’ and that was 13 years ago:)
 
The first time I met my fiance we foolishly ignored our intuitions because there was a bit of distance in our living arrangements. (The big blue wet thing.) After a year of not seeing or talking to eachother, we met again but this time I was in another relationship. A pretty serious one too. (Oh and he, the fiance, was trying to figure out what was ment for him to do.) So when we knew that our connection was something we couldn’t ignore I asked St. Therese for help. :gopray2: There was a lot of praying going on to help us know what God’s will was for us. On August 18th we were given an answer from Therese that we were supposed to be married. (The transition was difficult but following God’s will has been so rewarding.) 🙂 Three weeks later he proposed and we are getting married in May. I couldn’t be happier! :love: Everyday is a miracle as God brings us closer together. The stangest, bestest thing is that looking back at our entire lives, we can see that everything we have done was a way to bring us together. :yup: He moves here in 9 days and is living 10 minutes away until after our wedding. I am sooooo excited! I thank God, St. Therese and some other Saints that helped us, everyday for bringing him into my life!
 
My husband and I originally met when I was 13, he was 16. I moved from Louisiana to Atlanta, he went into the army & was sent to Itlay for 3 years. Then, we started e-mailing. When he came home from the Army in July of 2002, after knowing each other for 6 years, We were married by October. What helped us was our families being friends for all those years. Plus we had a secret crush on each other, but never told a soul until 6 years later!!! It’s been almost 3 years & i couldn’t be happier! It’s hard to believe I married the little skinny kid I met all those years ago!😃
 
My husband and I met in April 2001,

became a “couple” in October 2002,

got engaged in August 2003,

were married in June 2004,

and are expecting our first child May 2005.

What a wonderful few years it has been! 🙂
 
Met in October of 1992. It was love at first sight for me, however, she didn’t exactly feel the same. She finally caved in and we had our first date on Valentines day of 1994. We were engaged by July the same year and married on July 22nd, 1995.
 
My husband and I met in June of 2000, started dating in October 2000. Got engaged October 2001. Got Married August 2002.
 
My husband and I met late January of 1986. I wouldn’t kiss him when we first met, so he held out his hand and offered to thumb wrestle me for a kiss. He won and got his kiss. Oh, man, what a kiss! He proposed to me four days after we met, but I didn’t take him serious. I did accept, but I wasn’t really mature enough at twenty to be real serious. We dated for two years-on and off. We would have gotten married sooner but I was the hold out. My own mother had been married and divorced many times and I had a very negative view of marriage. We must have had a lot of obvious problems because when we got married on my birthday-halloween 1988-the men at his work took bets that we wouldn’t last the year. Well, this year will be seventeen years and not only am I still married but I am incrediably happy. My husband is my best friend and I love him so much.
 
i met her in my sofomore year of high school, we married after right after college… 6+ years… before i lowered my mask…

didn’t want to be accused of getting the cart before the horse…(sorry silver)!
 
I met my husband in college. We had to be there a week early for Marching band. We were in the same section which is how we met. A bunch of friends and I went over to his place on aboutt he third day (he and a few guys from Marching Band lived there). He walked us all back to our dorms. He waited to walk me back last. He tried to kiss me but I wouldn’t let him. He tried to ask me out on a date, but I told him I wanted to acclimate myslef to college before I got into a relationship. He was very impressed by this and the fact that I wouldn’t let him kiss me. He is a few yeras older than me. He predicted before we even went on our first date that we would get married. We started dating in October 1996. A guy from my dorm has started stalking me and had conered me. My husband marched me over to public saftey and had me file a report. For the next week he or one of his friends was by my side at all times. The threat was for the most part gone by that point, but it made me and my roomate feel better. It really made me realize how much he cared for me. So we started dating. We were married exactly a year later in October of 1997. It was a civil union. I was away from the Church at that point. I was also pregnant. I came back to the Church shortly after our son was born. We had our marriage convalidated on August of 1999. We now have three wonderful children and my husband is very close to joining the Catholic Church.
 
I met my husband when I was 15 (he was 19). We started dating when I was 17, right after I graduated from high school. We got married in 1992 when I was 19. We had our first daughter when I was 21 and now 13 years later we are on baby number 4. I’m due October 22.

God bless!
 
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