Laura,i am just like you:)

Submitted by Lily (Estonia), Aug 21, 2006 at 16:09

Hello Laura!

i am sorry for my english,i hope you will understand what i mean.

It is so interesting,but you saying exactly what is in my mind.i don`t believe in god,because it was forbidden and shame in my country before .now it is become very popular to say that they believe,but the main thing that nobody never told us about God when we were young, it is so difficult to start to believe in God now.

thing is that my tunisian boyfriend wants me to learn about islam,i am telling him that i can learn it, but i know for sure that i will never believe in Allah,because now i am looking at it like on some interesting story or fairy tale. that`s why it is already 6 years,we could be married long time ago and already could have children. the other thing that i can not understand he is scared about his life after death(why are you thinking about what will happend with you in another life,you should do anything to be happy in the life you are living in now,am i right?) ,if he will marry me he will be punished later after he will die,he said,doesn`t he punish himself now?

but he never prays,he drinks,what`s the point.we can not discuss it,once we start we fight, because he can not answer my questions.it makes me and him so crazy.we a losing our time.we love each other so much,we want to get married,we want to have children and everything is so fantastic till we get to this subject.he doesn`t want to get married to someone else,we tried to separate ,but it doesn`t work. it is fine with me that we will rase our children as a musilms. but i will never be one. and he is so scared of that i don`t know what to do.

it is so good that you don`t have this problem.i am very happy for you.i wish you healthy life and great children.thank you for sharing your story with us.

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