Disagreements about our beliefs are one thing, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, but our beliefs are also bound up with what we value
‘A relationship can go fine despite a difference in belief. A difference in deep values is much harder.’ Painting: Geometry by Frans Floris, 1557.‘A relationship can go fine despite a difference in belief. A difference in deep values is much harder.’ Painting: Geometry by Frans Floris, 1557.I am a divorced man, raising two sons alone and getting back into the dating world at 43 years old. I am a few months into dating this absolutely amazing woman and I’ve enjoyed it very much.
. At first, I thought she was kidding. After some discussion, she deeply believes flat earth conspiracies, suggests that I’m just following what I’ve been told, and does not seem very receptive to learning more about it., and is absolutely absurd. I feel like I’ve lost so much respect for her and I cannot seem to reconcile that feeling with how I care about everything else she is
At one level, yours is a question about what role beliefs should play in a relationship. To be sure, some people can set asideOur beliefs aren’t just a barometer of what we think is true. They’re also bound up with what we value; our attitude to how thinking itself should work. What do you trust? What kinds of error will you risk? When will you count something as true? All of us have to navigate these questions daily as we figure out what to doubt and what to treat as settled.
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