Decisions in Marriage

I also thought that class Tuesday was very interesting. I think that it really hit home for me because I am in a serious relationship at this time. My boyfriend and I have been talking about religion lately which is a hard topic for us. I was born catholic and my family left the church when I was very young. We were the first from our very popular 'catholic name' to leave the church and there were many hard feelings. Now that I am older and have been involved with both churches I do not believe that I could go back to the catholic faith. Don't get me wrong I am christian but not catholic. My boyfriend is catholic but he does not feel strongly about his religion. He doesn't go to church regularly and doesn't take it what I would consider seriously. So it has caused a lot of conflict in our relationship at this time when considering marriage etc. We somewhat touched on religion and how it fits into the sources of influence but I could also relate on other levels to this discussion. I think that any relationship has its conflicts but it's how you deal with those conflicts. I am someone who puts myself up for conflicts and arguing doesn't bother me. My parents argued when I was growing up but they always got through it and it was constructive, they never yelled or were violent. My boyfriend on the other hand, his parents are divorced, mother is happily remarried and his father has since had another divorce and several unhappy relationships. So he doesn't like to argue in any way.