The rebirth...
I moved to Vancouver just this Monday and I am pretty sure I will have a lot of time to do this again. I haven't been in love with someone after Diana (we had to part in April due to religion). So I will take off from there...
Love conquers all they say. The question is, "Is love enough to keep a relationship going, even when the biggest odds are against you?". The odds for us were friends and religion.
What if your parents or your closest friends are against your relationship? I guess it will depend on your culture whether this will really affect your relationship or not. I was born in a culture where the padre de familia is the word. The parents always know better. And we value friendship like we value our family. If I was traditional, I would say this will really put you into a dilemma. But I'm not. I'm from the modern world. I am an adult and I will live my life the way I want it to. I accept any consequence of my decisions. Love can conquer this.
How about religion? I will say now it depends on your religion and your belief. Some religions allow inter-belief marriage, and some don't. Others would ask that both couples be in the same church/belief/religion so that the church and the families can allow marriage to take place. I am a Roman Catholic. I have attended fellowships, services, masses from other religions too and I believe in respecting one's faith. I believed that two people from two very different beliefs can get married and live together harmoniously and live a happy life. I gave this deeper thought after joining Diana's church's service. I asked myself how we will raise our kids in case we were allowed to marry even without joining the other's religion. It would be a disaster for the kids. Icould not get myself to force Diana to join my church, as I cannot allow her to do that to me too. I decided I could not trade what I have believed in all my life for a love so strong but so young. This is why we had to part.
So can love conquer all? I say it would depend on the people involved. Each of us has his/her own priorities and love will have to take its own place there.
Love conquers all they say. The question is, "Is love enough to keep a relationship going, even when the biggest odds are against you?". The odds for us were friends and religion.
What if your parents or your closest friends are against your relationship? I guess it will depend on your culture whether this will really affect your relationship or not. I was born in a culture where the padre de familia is the word. The parents always know better. And we value friendship like we value our family. If I was traditional, I would say this will really put you into a dilemma. But I'm not. I'm from the modern world. I am an adult and I will live my life the way I want it to. I accept any consequence of my decisions. Love can conquer this.
How about religion? I will say now it depends on your religion and your belief. Some religions allow inter-belief marriage, and some don't. Others would ask that both couples be in the same church/belief/religion so that the church and the families can allow marriage to take place. I am a Roman Catholic. I have attended fellowships, services, masses from other religions too and I believe in respecting one's faith. I believed that two people from two very different beliefs can get married and live together harmoniously and live a happy life. I gave this deeper thought after joining Diana's church's service. I asked myself how we will raise our kids in case we were allowed to marry even without joining the other's religion. It would be a disaster for the kids. Icould not get myself to force Diana to join my church, as I cannot allow her to do that to me too. I decided I could not trade what I have believed in all my life for a love so strong but so young. This is why we had to part.
So can love conquer all? I say it would depend on the people involved. Each of us has his/her own priorities and love will have to take its own place there.
posted by gentleman at 12:54 AM
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I'm glad you're writing again..I had missed you.
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