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Originally Posted by IUHoosiergirl88
I dated a Jewish guy for 4 years and I found that as a female, the pressure was much higher than on his sister's non-Jewish husband. There were a number of comments about conversion, etc. etc. and ultimately it made me rather uncomfortable
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Technically, from what I understand (raised Reform Jewish, but have had experiences with almost all levels of Judaism), if your children's mother is not Jewish, they are not really considered Jewish in the traditional sense. I was lucky enough to participate in birthright recently and during one of our discussion sessions, it was eyeopening to me that, when asked if you would consider marrying outside Judaism, it was split down gender lines and women all said yes but men said no. So depending on how seriously a man/family takes this idea (whether or not a child is raised Jewish doesn't matter), conversion can be a legitimate topic of discussion.
Hopefully that made sense. Typing on a phone is tough work.
I'm nowhere near ready to start remotely thinking about marriage, but I know my mom would like me to marry a Jewish man, although as long as the grand kids are raised Jewish she doesn't mind. I'm just hoping to find someone to put up with me for now
