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My GF (29F) left me (26M) over church and beliefs. Help me understand
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TLDR: My Christian GF left me after telling me that she loved me and I was the nicest man she had ever been with. More or less said I wasn’t Christian enough

So I’ll give some background first. Before I meet E I was single for about 2-3 years I took time to self reflect a lot during that time, focus on my career, get in the gym, pick up the guitar again. I worked hard to be happy with the man I saw in the mirror. After previous relationships I knew that I would have to be happy within myself if I truly wanted a real relationship with someone. I tried dating “Yes Women” and figured that wasn’t what I wanted , I wanted a partner to challenge me to be better for them and me.

Myself and E had been dating for about 4 months before today when she dumped me after church. When we first got together I knew she was religious and that she thought of me as a “non believer”. I’d say I lean towards agnostic more than atheist. I do remember in the very beginning we had a conversation along the lines of “you can’t be a good person if you don’t believe” I challenged her on that view and showed her through actions that I was a good man. I made a commitment to her and went with her to church every Sunday that I wasn’t working. To me it wasn’t a burden to go to church or read the Bible so I could support her in her faith, and I definitely learned a lot. I still believe that the community around church is the most important aspect of religion. I personally don’t believe you need to be in a big fancy building to connect with God, especially after reading the NIV Bible she got me. Personal I didn’t enjoy the singing, hand holding, and songs, but I did enjoy listening to sermons. E had told me that her previous two relationships were with Church members and that overall she was unhappy. From what she told me both men were rather controlling and domineering, additionally both of them didn’t respect her want to wait till marriage and constantly pushed for sex. She was the type of woman who needed reassurance and I have no issue writing a small love poem, getting her favorite cake, or dropping off flowers at her work.

I knew something was off today because when I picked her up for church she didn’t have on a special necklace I had gotten her. I custom designed it for her, it was a heart shaped key necklace, she normally wore it everyday since I gave it to her. After Church she was very quiet and hardly spoke to me at lunch. When getting in the car to go home I noticed the key necklace in my cup holder, I immediately knew what it meant. After arriving at her condo she told me she didn’t want to see me anymore. She stated that she deeply loved me, cared for me, and found me sexual attractive. Next she said “I don’t think you will ever be Yoked for God and for me. And I need my future husband to be of the same cloth”. I know she’s probably referring to 2 Corinthians 6-14. I guess what I don’t understand is if someone truly loved me for me, cared for me, supported me, and tried to understand me why leave them? She told me directly “I still love you and care for you, You’re a good man, You have treated me better than anyone else ever has, I hope you find happiness” why leave then? Why throw it away? Especially when all of her previous relationships with church members didn’t work out. Did she truly think I wasn’t a good person just because I wasn’t raised in church? My parents raised me right I believe just not in church. I still have empathy, compassion, and care in my heart but does that not matter if I’m not Christian enough for her?

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