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Why did your last relationship fail? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] 12 points 3 months ago

She was from New Delhi, and had a potential fiancé back in India. As I understood it, the culture of arranged marriage has moderated, and your family will find a partner for you only if you don't find one for yourself by a certain point. He was the one, if she didn't pick somebody else.

So, after a less than a year of dating, her job moved to Europe, and she wanted me to marry her so we could stay together. I wasn't convinced that it wasn't just a case of cold feet about the guy at home, so I said no. One of the hardest decisions I've made, and sometimes I still second-guess it.

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