My parents were from different communities and they’re doing pretty well but honestly now I understand why people look for partners who share the same religion.

My dad is a Hindu and never forced my mom to change her religion but my grandparents and the entire paternal family low-key hates her for not changing her religion after marriage and her name as well. They gave her the tackiest hindu name (unofficial) and don’t even call her by her actual name when we meet them, expected her to teach us prayers that she can’t even read. My mom’s community disowned her as well initially but now it’s much better. My parents chose a different city for work, my dad never got the time to teach us about his religion and my mom wasn’t allowed to teach us about her religion. My sibling and I don’t feel a part of anything and don’t even see the point of celebrating festivals since celebrating anything feels incomplete without the actual puja. I thought of learning everything on my own but seeing how both sides of my families dedicate so much time worshiping separate lords and still have the ugliest personalities that discriminates which stops me. I feel like I’ll shock my families by converting into a Buddhist someday, not saying they’re better than any religion but their teaching makes sense to me.

Life gets wayyyy complicated for the partner from different and the kids have a hard time as well unless the families aren’t too religious and dedicate equal time teaching the kids about both sides.