Religious holidays are meaningful to so many of us. But what happens when your partner doesn’t value the importance? Read about one woman’s renewed sense of joy in Hanukkah and time with family in our latest RealWomenRealStories piece 🕎
I’m not an overly religious person, but as a Jewish mother, it’s important for me to expose my two sons to the faith and let them decide later in life if it’s right for them. When we were together, my ex-husband made that hard because he denounced organized religion and went out of his way to ridicule all the cultural aspects that go along with it.
Early in our marriage, my husband attended all the holidays my mother hosted. But as time passed, he chose not to participate and stayed home. It became an unspoken understanding that it was just going to be my kids and me celebrating at my mother’s, and I wasn’t allowed to host the holidays in our home. It wasn’t just that my husband didn’t get involved; he mocked me and tried to embarrass us when we got home, telling us we smelled from my mother’s cooking.
Even non-religious holidays were a challenge in our marriage. Once, we had Thanksgiving at our house because my mother had recently had surgery after battling breast cancer. My husband agreed to let me host, but then he made his resentment obvious by sitting upstairs the entire day, skipping dinner even though his father and brother were in attendance. I did my best to put on a brave face, but I was humiliated and angry and sad — and I kept my feelings bottled up inside.
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