If you converted

[Anonymous]

do you miss some things about the old religion? Especially WRT raising kids.

[Anonymous]

While I didn't convert I became milder. In the sense: I attend services only during holidays and boy, I miss it!

DH doesn't want the kids raised hard core like I was so I had to compromise but it's affecting me in so many levels.

I feel so empty inside... As the kids grow older I only wish they could experience what all I grew up with. I have such wonderful memories.

DH is from another culture/country so he doesn't understand. In his place, people who went to the temple too often and were too involved with religion were violent and heartless. He's still a bit sensitive but I hope he changes his heart after going with me a couple times.

BTW I was the poster asking for a church to attend services during Easter and we ended up staying in.

[Anonymous]

DH converted, and I think the first few years it was wierd for him to not have a Christmas tree. But we do still celebrate the holidays with his family, so I think that's enough for him.

[Anonymous]

I converted, Sometimes I miss not having so many rules, and I often miss singing religious songs.

[Anonymous]

No, I don't miss anything about the religious stuff. The people at my church were some of the worst examples I had growing up (gossipy, small-minded, judgmental).

We still do all the cultural stuff that's not religious, so I'm happy (Christmas tree, Easter eggs and baskets, all the good secular traditions).

[Anonymous]

Singing.Christmas.carols.

[Anonymous]

I miss Christmas. I think that we will have to revisit this. I want my kids to have that experience. My best friend is in the same boat.

[Anonymous]

Not the OP but those that converted what religion did you leave and what religion did you convert to?