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So I met this girl who works with the same agency as I do where they set us up with groups of adults to teach them conversational English. I was waiting for my students to show up in the lobby when this cute girl sat next to me to organize her papers and I saw that it was teaching material. I asked her if she's also a teacher and we started to chat a bit. Turns out she's from England and has two other jobs, teaching English to children and consulting teenagers in juvie to prevent them from going into a life of crime.
She is cute and seemed pretty chill but I hesitated to ask her out since I was didn't want to shit where I eat. A few weeks later I asked her for her number just to hang out sometime.
We went out for drinks last night. It was the first time we hung out outside of work and really got to know each other. Overall, I really like her. Seems to have a good head on her shoulder and is smart; she's academically much more accomplished than I am and will go back to school for a doctorate. Has a real passion for helping troubled teenagers turn their life around, which I greatly admire. She studied music her whole life before going into criminal psychology, which I also really like since I admire musicians. She was pretty open about her weird quirks and has a morbid sense of humor. Doesn't really drink and party. We really clicked and she liked the fact I wasn't shy about talking about some of the things she wanted to talk about, which also meant being honest about both of our troubled pasts, and that kind of vulnerability is important for me. She's even a bit shorter than me and works out regularly.
She ticked off all the boxes, and her British accent is a giant plus. Something about Asian chicks with British accents are hot.
But there is one red flag, possibly a big one: she's Christian. In fact one of the first things she asked me was if I go to church... To her credit, she didn't seem like one of those crazy overzealous Christians and seemed to be pretty cool with, and even impressed by, my ideas of spirituality. Still, it seems like the one big red flag to an other wise awesome girl. She's the type of girl I'd take home to meet my mom (and my mom will probably like her more because she's Christian). I am wondering if I should even proceed with someone with such a fundamental difference in how she views the world. She did mention in passing that she does prefer to meet men who are Christian so I wonder if I should even bother.
So, should I continue to pursue this girl?
TLDR:
1. It's been awhile since I've started one of my dating threads
2. Met this cute girl, British, smart, cool, has so many things I like about her.
3. But is Christian and being religious is a turn off for me
4. Should I pursue anyway?
She is cute and seemed pretty chill but I hesitated to ask her out since I was didn't want to shit where I eat. A few weeks later I asked her for her number just to hang out sometime.
We went out for drinks last night. It was the first time we hung out outside of work and really got to know each other. Overall, I really like her. Seems to have a good head on her shoulder and is smart; she's academically much more accomplished than I am and will go back to school for a doctorate. Has a real passion for helping troubled teenagers turn their life around, which I greatly admire. She studied music her whole life before going into criminal psychology, which I also really like since I admire musicians. She was pretty open about her weird quirks and has a morbid sense of humor. Doesn't really drink and party. We really clicked and she liked the fact I wasn't shy about talking about some of the things she wanted to talk about, which also meant being honest about both of our troubled pasts, and that kind of vulnerability is important for me. She's even a bit shorter than me and works out regularly.
She ticked off all the boxes, and her British accent is a giant plus. Something about Asian chicks with British accents are hot.
But there is one red flag, possibly a big one: she's Christian. In fact one of the first things she asked me was if I go to church... To her credit, she didn't seem like one of those crazy overzealous Christians and seemed to be pretty cool with, and even impressed by, my ideas of spirituality. Still, it seems like the one big red flag to an other wise awesome girl. She's the type of girl I'd take home to meet my mom (and my mom will probably like her more because she's Christian). I am wondering if I should even proceed with someone with such a fundamental difference in how she views the world. She did mention in passing that she does prefer to meet men who are Christian so I wonder if I should even bother.
So, should I continue to pursue this girl?
TLDR:
1. It's been awhile since I've started one of my dating threads
2. Met this cute girl, British, smart, cool, has so many things I like about her.
3. But is Christian and being religious is a turn off for me
4. Should I pursue anyway?
