Just Me

Submitted by Linda (United States), May 10, 2009 at 22:58

Please be careful when getting involved with someone of a different religion. Everything is ok, until the kids come into the picture. If he is muslim, then he will want to raise his children muslim. Don't believe him, this will be a major issue in the future. Trust me I know. I have been married to someone for 14 years, we are both muslim, however, I am Arabic and he is Pakistani. We are both muslim, yet our culture is completly different. The language, and the clothing are different. I find myself constantly fighting over little things. My kids don't speak his language, they speak English. Everything was fine, up until my daughter turned five. He began to change. I am finding myself in a tough situation. He found someone who speaks his language and made him change. I am forced to do something that I don't want to do, but I have no choice. I will have to walk away after 14 years. It will be tough, but I don't have a choice. By the way I was so in love with this person, if anyone told me this would happen, I would have told them they were crazy. Please learn from my mistake, walk away before you make the biggest mistake of your life. Don't mix religions, it doesn't work.

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