Has someone ever dropped you because of..
Your religion or lack of? If they are a different religion from you or maybe you aren’t religious at all.
36-40, F
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robertsnj · 56-60, M
i am an atheist i have not been dumped because if it but have been turned down becasue of it a lot. I learned to put my non belief in God on the table early in courtship because it really mattered a lot to most women I met. I figured it was unethical to hide it till later given how often it was a big deal. I have dated a lot of women who believed in God but the ones I did date were not bothered that I did not believe in God. I live in the USA for context.
But as just interesting while it is a large barrier to relationships it has almost no impact on friendships. I have lost very few friends nor have not had my ability to form friendships, with either gender based on my non-belief. As a matter of fact the vast majority of my friends are Christian.
In the online atheist communites I interact with a number of long time married people came out as atheists to their spouses and it is often a disaster to their marriage. It was often a situation where they married their spouse as a believer and became an atheist during the course of the marriage. Women in those stories were much more upset by an atheist husband than vice versa.
I remember one story though, which was heart-warming were both of them became atheists during their marriage but were afraid to tell their spouse because they thought it would end their marriage. They eventually told each other and of course it did not end their marriage.
But as just interesting while it is a large barrier to relationships it has almost no impact on friendships. I have lost very few friends nor have not had my ability to form friendships, with either gender based on my non-belief. As a matter of fact the vast majority of my friends are Christian.
In the online atheist communites I interact with a number of long time married people came out as atheists to their spouses and it is often a disaster to their marriage. It was often a situation where they married their spouse as a believer and became an atheist during the course of the marriage. Women in those stories were much more upset by an atheist husband than vice versa.
I remember one story though, which was heart-warming were both of them became atheists during their marriage but were afraid to tell their spouse because they thought it would end their marriage. They eventually told each other and of course it did not end their marriage.