Difference of Opinions?

FH is a lot more religious than I am whereas I teeter the line but it hasn't bothered us. We're very respectful of the others opinions and beliefs. Neither of us try to say the other is wrong. We're more alike with our political views. Again, though, same thing. We're not overly judgemental people and we both are very open minded which is helpful.

Premarital counseling.

Find the things that you have in common and cherish those. Spend little time bickering about values and norms. They don't matter. Each love story is unique

There is a difference between values and topics. If we disagreed on major values, I honestly dont think we could "get through it," and feel most couples couldn't. For "topics" we have just learn to listen to and respect each others difference of opinions.

We agree on politics...now. He had never even voted until I came along and I am really into politics. We don't agree on religion. I was raised Catholic and he's Christian. He's starting to come around but we've definitely had arguments about how we want to raise children. I think you have to just keep trying to find middle ground.

My FH and I are EXTREMELY different and we know it. We go back and forth about a lot of things, but we don't try to change each other's opinion, we just try to enlighten each other. It's great to get a different point of view.

As FH says, we agree on the ending, just disagree on the means. However, we respect each other. He's told me that despite not agreeing with some opinions on things, he respects my reasoning and logic behind them. It actually makes for interesting debates! End of the day, the things we differ on (religion, politics, sports teams) are quite trivial in comparison to how we feel about each other and the things we do have in common.

I'd probably suggest pre-marital counseling. Especially if you have major disagreements about religion and plan on having children. What religion will they be raised in?

Religion is definitely a conversation to have though, that I will say. FH is Catholic and was raised in a strict Catholic household. My mom did not raise me to follow a specific religion and was super upset when my father had me baptized as Catholic behind her back. She wanted me to make my own decisions about my religion and I did; I identify as Wiccan and I do practice witchcraft as well.

A lot of people assume that with his upbringing and views that we wouldn't get along too well, but we do! He actually admires aspects of Wicca! He's even read some writing on why a lot of Catholics and Christians turn towards Wicca. He finds it interesting.

Anyways, we decided that if and when we have kids, we'll raise them to know both religions. We want them to be open-minded and, when they're old enough to make their own decisions about things like religion, we'll support them in whichever religious ideology they choose to follow.

But yes, religion and how your children should be raised, is definitely a conversation to have, OP!

This might sound wierd but we have never had a fight or big argument. He's very opinionated sometimes but I ignore him lol.

We get along very well and agree on almost everything.

We've had all these conversations. I'm Christian and he was raised Christian and is currently a little lost and confused but we want to raise kids Christian. In politics we are complete opposites and that's where most of my problems come from cause my opinions matter to me a lot. I don't force them on him but whenever I mention my views he makes fun of them with no evidence to back his up.

We see eye to eye on pretty much everything major.

We honestly see eye to eye with most big topics. How to execute certain things? We differ some. But religion, politics, how to raise children, financial management, the major points we agree.

However, I can imagine it is hard when you disagree on some major topics. Kudos to you guys for making it work!!

Not really, we are pretty much the same person.

We pretty much see eye to eye on all of the major issues (religion, politics, child raising, finances, etc).

I would recommend premarital counseling. Not because I think you can't make it work, but because it forces you to talk about a lot of these issues and come to some kind of an understanding of the other before you get married. It is easy to say that you are able to look past it now, but once you're married and you are forced to tackle these issues, you may not feel the same way.

See, I had two boyfriends before FH. Both acted like they were smarter than me and I know for a fact one of them wasn't. He was also the one who made fun of my views and thought his opinion/beliefs were the only right ones. I'm very argumentative when pushed so we basically did nothing but argue. My sarcasm didn't help either. But I can't deal with someone who makes fun of my views. Your beliefs are just as valid as his and I do suggest premarital counseling.

FH and I agree on religion, though im more socially liberal and he is very conservative (I don't blame him, raised in small town in the bible belt) is social political topics can be a little touchy, but we agree on almost everything else

We agree on most things except for the most important: religion. I am Christian, and I am raising our daughter Christian as well. FH is indifferent, I've tried to convince him to come to church with my daughter and I and he won't. It makes me sad but we've learned that we just don't talk religion together. He knows what I believe and what I am instilling in our daughter and he doesn't fight it. When we put our child to bed and she and I say the Lord's Prayer together , he bows his head and says "amen" with us. I'm happy that he respects my wishes and doesn't butt heads with me. I respect his decision to not accompany me in my beliefs, but I absolutely won't compromise when it comes to our child! So we just respectfully agree to disagree

Eta: I usually just pray for him that one day he will come around and come with us to church. Til then I don't pressure him.

We respect each other and our opinions even if they are different. We communicate respectfully.

I couldn't be with someone I disagreed with politically about major issues. In terms of minor things, sure. I'm happy to discuss how a budget surplus should be allocated or whatever. But I couldn't have sex with someone who would support Donald Trump or Ted Cruz, and finding out that someone was against reproductive rights or LGBT rights would probably be enough to make me stop loving them, to be honest.

In terms of religion, I'm more flexible, but I couldn't have children with someone who wanted to raise them religiously.