When we met, my husband was baptist. I've always been an atheist.

The key is communication. If either of you feels that the other is being disrespectful of your beliefs, you need to speak up and it has to end immediately, with an apology.

For example... back in the first year we were dating, he experienced a good deal of stress and anxiety because he was worried about me going to hell and us being separated in the afterlife, so he kept trying to convert me. I had to tell him that it was offensive to me for him to lump me in with murderers and the like just because I don't believe the same things he does. Or, to flip the coin, I would poke fun at religion and he would have to stop me because it made him feel stupid.

Thanks that really helps since I'm baptist and he's atheist

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