RE: Dating - Could you date a religious person?
October 31, 2016 at 12:17 am
(This post was last modified: October 31, 2016 at 12:25 am by Kernel Sohcahtoa.)
(October 30, 2016 at 10:58 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: Well, could you?
There's no right or wrong answer here, I'm just interested to see what people have to say.
I know for myself, I would personally be turned off if they were like really deep into it, especially to a point where they're into apologetics for the religion and seriously follow the "rules". I can do truly moderate/secular belief, not serious though, although I'd normally prefer to date other atheists.
What say you?
I went on a work date once with a woman who had a little crush on me (I liked her too). The reason we even went out was because she wanted me to teach her how to make a rather complicated origami model (Daniel Kwan's six intersecting pentagonal prisms; yet, she was only familiar with how to make a fortune teller). Now, when we went on our outing, we talked for a while, and she only briefly mentioned that she had gone to Catholic school and was still Catholic, but she did not go any further into it; she followed up by asking me where I went to school, and we just talked about other things and let the conversation flow naturally.
Eventually, we got on with the origami. She began by folding a fortune teller. Upon completion of her fortune teller, I proposed a trade: I'd give her a geometric sphere-like model I had folded the day before for her fortune teller; she accepted. I then taught her how to fold a flower model; she was a little flustered, because she thought her folding was a bit off; however, I told her that it was pretty, which made her smile and relax. Finally, I taught her how to fold the eight piece pinwheel (or ninja star: the model that is a ring and then transforms into an eight pointed star); she was very happy after finishing her model. After that, we walked back to the workplace and went about our business.
I guess the point of this recollection is that even though she was religious, it ultimately didn't matter; we enjoyed each others company. The most memorable part of that day occurred as I headed down the escalator to go home. One of her co-workers commented that I had done the impossible: I had gotten her to relax and be calm; this comment caused my date to give me a nice glowing smile. Hence, I made her happy and had done something right that day; it was a very special day for me, and I enjoyed every moment of it.
Thanks for your time and attention. Live long and prosper AF members and anyone else.