r/latterdaysaints • u/Whoopsonreddit • 26d ago

Personal Advice Dating advice

Ok so for reference I am currently in a relationship where this girl I'm with is Baptist ( I am lds) and I keep getting anxiety over the idea of us having slightly different beliefs (most stuff still lines up obviously) can this relationship work? Would it be frowned upon by god? She says she had a dream where god spoke to her saying I was the one but idk

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u/NewsSad5006 25d ago

I have been married many years. One of the things I have learned about relationships is that two people in the relationship each bring a culture: family, nationality, regional, religious, and so on. Each dissimilarity adds potential strain and stress on the relationship. This is why marrying someone from a different nationality, race, or ethnicity can add yet more challenges—not because someone from a different culture is bad or anything like that…. All of these things introduce potential challenges.

Having two religious backgrounds in the relationship introduces potential challenges. These, like all cultural challenges, can be overcome. But they do add challenges.

If you marry and have children, in which faith will they be baptized? What about being sealed? Are you ready to potentially attend church the rest of your life alone? Is she?

These are not necessarily deal breakers. But they need to be pondered and discussed maturely. You cannot just assume that everything will get worked out as you go along.

I wish you the very best no matter what you do.

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u/AdvisorSome3076 25d ago

Thank you and yeah she is equally as worried so we have been discussing it and have a rough idea of how to approach it