But they make such nice shirts.?

Just went through something very similar. In the beginning (sounds rather Biblical...), it wasn't an issue, and he spoke often of his undying love, and wanting to marry (after only three months !), Then, I think it was a ultra Christian friend of his who put a bug in his ear - and suddenly I heard about him wanting to have someone he could read scripture with.
Unequally yoked - oh no ! He did a complete 180, in one afternoon. Like yours, I suspect a crash and burn would have been eventual anyway. Bye-bye. NO MORE god people for me !

@evergreen Sounds familiar. I was pretty hesitant to date them in the first place. We knew each other well before we dated. She knew, not only that I was an Atheist, but that I wouldn't budge from that position without concrete scientific evidence. I knew her position and that it was also firm in her position. We worked out a live and let live strategy which quickly evaporated like a drop of water on a hot engine.

@shockwaverider Oh yeah - so much for trusting what they tell you ! One thing I forgot to mention is, that one day he said, if we got married, I'd likely change my mind about god. REALLY !!?? And why would that happen ???

Damn I'm sorry to hear that. I hope things are better now.

Her loss. In more ways than one

Good riddance.

Of course like and long term relationship there were other issues, no doubt, and I am definitely culpable as well; but this was the thing that pushed it over the edge.

In hindsight it's been a very good thing, and MAN is my life much less stressful! The only frustrating thing is figuring out how to engage with others again and date in this day and age.

All of my kids are grown up, and I'm very fortunate to have their unwavering support & love. She has managed to alienate ALL FIVE of our kids, and has broken off all contact with them - and two of them are xian (luckily them compassionate, live-and-let-live type)! The other three are atheist, BTW.

To be honest, at this point I'd just like to find someone to hang out with, have some fun doing stuff that we both enjoy, and even introduce each other to new things (like, anyone wanna learn to SCUBA dive sometime? ?). It doesn't even matter if it winds up being plutonic or not - at this point just having someone to do stuff with would be great.

But meeting someone is tough nowadays - and I understand why. I can't imagine how often women encounter jerks and creepers who only want sex. No wonder y'all are so damn defensive & cautious - I would be too!

Hopefully I'll figure it out and finally find some women who'll take a chance to get to know me, see where it goes, and at least have some fun hanging out.

Funny thing is she used the dumbest excuse ever to end our interaction, get this, I disrespected her grandmother because I asked if I could put some beers in her refrigerator while I was over, somehow for this convenient reason we were done and I was left scratching my head, but quickly realized I was just a short term meal ticket for her, typical christian woman lol

@Eric_in_bham WTF ?

@evergreen I don't know lol, this girl was insane , she claimed to be this religious saint of a person but after two margaritas she attempt to have sex with me on a park bench, but it's wrong to put a sixer in granny's fridge.... I haven't seen here in years but I'm certain she's either been committed to a padded cell or following the Trump rally circuit.

This is why I online date with OkCupid. You know up front if they are educated or religious etc. I won't date anyone who says religion / god is important to them. I learned that one the hard way, so yes. Yes it has.

@shockwaverider I consider seeing "god is important to me", as no different than them being substance addicted !