I've been wondering about how the mixed aspect to your relationship is working out for a while but felt it would be a bit intrusive to ask so I enjoyed indulging my curiosity by reading this.
I've also been wondering whether you were considering some kind of professional Jewish leadership as you seem to love doing it and, I'm sure, are excellent at it.
I sort of want to say lots of things but I'm worried that they would sound hostile. I can't really imagine not sharing something that was such a huge part of my life with a partner.
Obviously, I too am in a mixed relationship but Gujarati/Hindu stuff is much much less important to me than Jewish stuff is to you and so I'm not sure it really amounts to the same thing. But, although my lovely husband doesn't mind the time that I spend doing Gujarati/Hindu things, I kinda would prefer to be able to share these things with him. I would like not to have to translate/explain all the time. I still think that, on balance, we have more shared background than unshared background, though, and I think the chances of me finding someone otherwise compatible with me who shared my exact background were slim to none.
But when you say, And the Beau doesn't resent the time I spend doing community stuff, or having to fit round my commitments. , would you not prefer a partner who could be a part of your community stuff and commitments?
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Date: 2009-05-26 11:05 am (UTC)I've also been wondering whether you were considering some kind of professional Jewish leadership as you seem to love doing it and, I'm sure, are excellent at it.
I sort of want to say lots of things but I'm worried that they would sound hostile. I can't really imagine not sharing something that was such a huge part of my life with a partner.
Obviously, I too am in a mixed relationship but Gujarati/Hindu stuff is much much less important to me than Jewish stuff is to you and so I'm not sure it really amounts to the same thing. But, although my lovely husband doesn't mind the time that I spend doing Gujarati/Hindu things, I kinda would prefer to be able to share these things with him. I would like not to have to translate/explain all the time. I still think that, on balance, we have more shared background than unshared background, though, and I think the chances of me finding someone otherwise compatible with me who shared my exact background were slim to none.
But when you say, And the Beau doesn't resent the time I spend doing community stuff, or having to fit round my commitments. , would you not prefer a partner who could be a part of your community stuff and commitments?