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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP is a perfect example of why you should think long and carefully before marrying outside of your religion and culture.[/quote]

It can happen within one's own religion and culture too.

I posted earlier in this thread.

I am a non-practicing Catholic. I was baptised, I did my Holy Communion (albeit not in the US) and my DH and I were married in a Catholic church, but I am not a believer.
DH and I don't go to church.

My inlaws are devout, practicing Catholics (except FIL, who never went to church, except for weddings and funerals).

While the inlaws welcomed me into their family, the relationship between my SILs and me is somewhat distant. 
At family gatherings and special occasions such as Christmas they tend to ignore me. I try joining in with their conversations, or talking about a new topic, but they're not really interested. They then quickly start talking amongst themselves or to other people.
A few Christmases ago we were at SIL's house for 5 or 6 hours and they didn't interact with me at all, despite my efforts of joining in.

I too have scaled down on spending Christmas with them.

Spending Christmas at home, just the two of us (we don't have kids), is fine by me.[/quote]

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