I’ll start.

We had great chemistry but different goals. She was religious and looking to marry and thought she could change me, a non-religious person who intends to remain unmarried and childless. I was up front about the lack of religion and the lack of desire for marriage. She was not up front about her intent to change me.

After two months of regular flings she told me we couldn’t see each other anymore, because she wanted someone to go to church with, it was my fault she was living a sinful life (totally), and she was cheating on me with another dude was a Christian.

  • bizarroland@lemmy.world
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    Something about the way that you have phrased your response is off-putting to me.

    If you told me this in person, I would be angry at you.

    It’s not like I’m trying to end a marriage or something. I’ve been talking to her for a few weeks. If cracks are forming this early, then it’s right for me to have my hackles up.

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      Yeah I can see why. My response wasn’t intended as directly as it is written and it is difficult to put into a short statement but let me try:

      I see it often that a complete non-topic for one person is mis-interpreted as a lack of interest by another. Maybe some communication is missing.

      My partner is very poor with texting/calling back. IN the beginning I used to interpret it, maybe as you have here, as a lack of interest. So, we spoke about it and it was made clear to me that this person just does not like using their phone as a main means of communication, and the interest was in-fact there.