Entropy is asking some good questions about dealing with NFP (added: and marital chastity in general) when one spouse wants to follow Church teaching and the other isn't a Catholic.
I'm having some trouble sorting things out. I thought that finally coming to the conclusion that the Church is right, and most importantly consistent, in their view of sexuality that it'd all be downhill from there. Sure there would be the cross of abstaining but, you know, other people have dealt and are dealing with that so the hard part would be over.
Not so.
I'm jealous of people like Jen@Conversion Diary and other converts whose husbands apparently converted right along with them. I sort of feel like a convert and I know my husband feels like I am. Going from a Cafeteria Catholic to an (albeit wanna-be) Orthodox Catholic is a bigger step than it first sounds like.
There are a few rules to being open to life. How do I manage these sexual "restrictions"? Sure I could lay down the law and then I might not be married anymore or at least not happily so.....here I am asking him to buy into something he just doesn't.
He's not a jerk, he's just not Catholic. And this is not what he signed up for....
Anyone have experience with this kind of thing? I don't feel qualified to answer. Comment here if you like, or click over to her blog, Just Between Us.
UPDATE: Really useful commentary from jenniferfitz at Riparians at the Gate.
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