Can Jews date Catholics?

[Smooth Groove]

So lately I've been getting much closer to a Jewish classmate.  She has a rare balance of sexiness and intelligence that can drive a man crazy. 

The main problem is that her family is very conservative and traditional.  Are they likely to be mad at her if she starts dating a non-Jew?  Would they put pressure on me to convert if we start having a long term relationship?

I like her very much but I don't think I can give up bacon or God for her. 

[Eric P]

depends on the family really

just give it a shot and see what happens

one of my very good friends is a new york jewish girl whose long term boyfriend is a palestinian chrsitian

if they can make it work...

[Phoenix Dark]

Haven't you watched Goodfellas?

[brawndolicious]

try not to tell the parents but most likely the girl wouldn't mind even if she was religious.  I think the religion is passed down only by the mother or something.

[Human Snorenado]

Yeah they'll care...

Sad true story- in high school I went to a place that was 40% Jewish and I've always had a thing for brunettes.  DO YOU KNOW HOW FUCKING HARD IT IS FOR A GUY NAMED "ARIAN" TO GET A GODDAMNED DATE WITH A JEWISH GIRL?

*cries*

[CajoleJuice]

Yeah, even I thought your name was surprising. I can't imagine what a Jew would think.

[brawndolicious]

You say the, with no exceptions, most baffling things on the 'bore nintenho.

Avoid the parents unless she wants to introduce you to them because many jewish people like it when their kids marry jews.  The rest makes sense assuming she is pretty religious and eager to teach her children her religion.

I assume he means the girl is pretty damn religious and is not yet suspecting that he has interest in her.

Raoul, you can just go by Ryan!

[Ichirou]

Yeah, Jewish people are pretty prejudiced.

[bork]

It all depends on her upbringing and how much she cares about her religion/pleasing her parents.  That's it and that could be said for any background.

My cousin got married to a Catholic girl.  They had been dating on and off since junior high school; I think everyone pretty much knew it was going to happen.  They have been married a few years and not once have any religious issues ever come up.  My brother has been dating a Christian girl for a few years now.  They're pretty serious and have been living together for a while.  And me?  I married a Japanese girl last year, and religion is the furthest thing from my mind.  If anyone in my family has a problem with this, then they've kept it bottled up for a long time.  My mother did go into a semi-panic mode when she found out I proposed, going off with the whole "HOW WILL YOU HANDLE HOLIDAYS?!?!?!  HOW WILL YOU RAISE YOUR KIDS?!?!?!?!?" spiel, but the thing is...I could give two shits about religion.  My wife doesn't care either so this is a non-issue, but my mother just couldn't seem to understand this.  She never has and probably  never will.  However I was going to marry my wife no matter she thought, and I laid that out right away.  Haven't heard a word about it since.  She is the only one in my immediate family that even keeps kosher, BTW.  And that (and everything else) is pretty much to keep my Grandfather happy, I think.

[Oblivion]

I know several Jewish/Christian couples that are (well at least they say) fairly religious, so I would assume so.

Yes, but you have to fuck her through a hole in a sheet, and scour your body with kosher salt before and after the act.

Isn't that with the Amish?

[bork]

The hole in the sheet thing is with Hassidec Jews, I think.

[Smooth Groove]

Thanks for the advice.  From what I'm hearing, I guess it's probably best if she and I get to know how much we really like each other before getting more serious.   There's a definite attraction but I don't know if either of us is ready to deal with all the issues that could arise from us dating.  There's already so much stuff going on at school and right now school comes first for both of us.  My friend has always rebelled against her family's traditional ways but she's still really close to her family.  I don't think she'll be happy if we have to sneak around behind her parents' backs and personally, I really don't want to do that. 

[The Fake Shemp]

Eh, most young Hebrews in America don't really have conservative, traditional backgrounds.  She's likely a reformed Jew and nobody cares about dating outside the religion anymore.  It was a bigger problem a generation or so ago, as European Jews immigrated heavily, but American-born Jews don't care.

[Boogie]

Yeah they'll care...

Sad true story- in high school I went to a place that was 40% Jewish and I've always had a thing for brunettes.  DO YOU KNOW HOW FUCKING HARD IT IS FOR A GUY NAMED "ARIAN" TO GET A GODDAMNED DATE WITH A JEWISH GIRL?

*cries*

 

[tiesto]

I'm a Catholic and dated a Jewish girl for a year and a half, her parents were from Romania, pretty traditional (her dad was like a total Fox News ultra conservative) but didn't jam the religion down her throat. She wasn't religious in the slightest (though she got offended at a couple of my Jewish jokes ), and didn't have a problem dating me, nor did her parents... her parents liked me very much though. I say, go for it and see what happens.

Italian man/Jewish woman or vice versa is EXTREMELY common in my part of the country.