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To: JenB

There's more to a compatible spouse than just the same church.

Of course. Religious compatibility is important but there's a lot more to it. Your post referred to people looking for a Godly spouse, so the church seemed to be the easiest place to begin narrowing your search.


191 posted on 01/23/2007 9:55:44 AM PST by freedomfiter2 ("if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great"; de Tocqueville)
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To: freedomfiter2

Unfortunately, many churches don't work that well as places to meet, either. Speaking as someone who is Catholic and will always be Catholic, I can't just go church shopping, and the vast majority of parishes have nothing at all for single folks to do. Some have singles groups, but the few I've actually had something to do with were a) not really Catholic and b) were mostly made up of women. After Mass? Doesn't happen - everyone cuts and runs. And at the smaller Byzantine Catholic parish I've been attending, I'm the only single woman there who's under the age of, say, forty. No single guys, except for ones older than my dad.

Sometimes feels as though any Catholic woman who was unfortunate enough to miss out on a Catholic college experience for any reason whatsoever is just outta luck when it comes to meeting a good man - someone who actually wants a family and to really live their faith and all. Gosh knows I've wanted that since I was eighteen or so, but meeting the right someone seems like a big mystery to me. Two of my siblings are now married, but for each, it took almost a miracle for them to find their current spouses.

I guess I just keep waitin' on my miracle and trying to do my best, but these threads sure can get a decent gal down...


217 posted on 01/23/2007 11:28:03 AM PST by RosieCotton
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