One of the reasons dating is often difficult, is that by dating, you are inviting a person into your life, with the intent of developing a relationship where this person will influence you and the choices in life you make. This can be a good thing, it can also be a bad thing.
It is a good thing when the person you date, and then develop a relationship with, helps you make decisions in life that make you a better person in your own eyes. More often than not, it is a bad thing when the person you are forming a relationship with, tries to make you a better person in their eyes, with little or no regard to what you want out of life.
Culture and religion can play a big part of this, especially if your date has strong beliefs or tendancies along either of these lines. The reason why culture and religion can play a big part in this is because the rules of both tend to be strict (to varying degrees) with little or no room for compromise.
Removing the space for compromise is always counter-productive in the development of a relationship. Compromise and understanding will always be two of the top requirements in the development of any successful relationship.
But having said that, we are not saying religious or cultural beliefs in you or a potential partner are bad, or good. In fact we are not even saying they will inhibit or help the development of your relationship. Rather, we are saying, depending on the people involved, they can do either.
For example, if you are asian, and/or deeply committed to developing as a person with the ideals of asian culture, it is probably a very good idea to develop a relationship with a like minded person. We have listed a number of top Asian Dating Sites here if you would like to find and date such people:
However, if you are not particularly interested in asian people or culture, it could be difficult to develop such a relationship without understanding or compromise, so we would recommend not using these sites.
Similarly with religion, a devout person of Christian or Jewish faith could be a much better person having a partner of similar faith, helping and supporting them through the matters of conscience particular to those religions. Similar beliefs in matters of sexuality also help in setting boundaries in the early stages of relationships in these cases. This is why religious dating sites also exist, here is our review of some Christian Dating Sites and some Jewish Dating Sites.
On the other hand, forming a relationship with religious people, without having any understanding of their faith is always going to bring unique challenges not experienced in other relationships.
It is important to understand that what we have said in this article is not a set of rules, rather some food for thought. Many inter-religion and inter-cultural relationships exist and form every single day and are completely successful. These relationships are successful due to understanding and compromise the partners have of and with each other, just like any other relationship.
We hope this gives you something to think about
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