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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s possibly your DD has expressed a willingness to explore conversion. Over 1/2 of the Jewish moms I know were raised another religion but converted before marriage or before the birth of a first child.

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Yes, she has asked how I would feel about that and worried we would be unhappy. Not at all. I wonder if his parents would be unhappy if he did marry a convert? We are just glad he’s intelligent and successful and is caring to DD. We are going to to meet him next week. Excited. Any advice?

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They’d be a lot happier if she converts than if she doesn’t. Are you truly ok with it? With your grandkids not celebrating Christmas or Easter? Not that it’s really up to you anyway, of course.

I am Jewish and grew up among lots of Christians, attending an episcopal day school. I’m very “live and let live” and comfortable being a minority. I don’t care for proselytizing. Other than that, I have no particular feelings toward any Christian sect. Anecdotally I’ve met a lot of lovely Mormons. From a historical and anthropological view I think Christianity has given a lot to the world. It’s core tenets are lovely and a real departure from the “eye for an eye” mentality that reigned 2000 years ago. In the modern day I’m not fond of hypocrites of any religion so I have thiughts on evangelicals in politics, but on a personal level I take people as they come and I think most people do the same. I don’t think most Jews look down on Christians if that’s what you’re asking. But there are still many negative views associated with intermarriage. If your daughter converts it will not be intermarriage though. [/quote]

I absolutely have zero problems if she decides to convert and they marry. I suspect that may be on the horizon, but as pp said, I am not going to rush in and assume anything or be overly supportive when it’s just dinner. And yes, he is from NYC and his family has money and I am sort of worried if they ever did marry, his mom or family may not like a convert DIL. My aunt had to convert to Catholicism and promise to raise their children Catholic when she married my Catholic uncle. Her MIL was always cold and rude and mean to her, even though she did as they demanded before they would “support” their marriage. I would never intrude on the raising of any possible grandchild.
I know also he wears a kippa, my daughter says it’s something he wears everyday and very small and I won’t even notice it because it’s tiny and he’s taller. 
I just want to go to the dinner and be appropriate at this point. 
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Jews aren’t supposed to even mention that a person was a convert. [/quote]

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