I have several friends in Iowa. They're all very nice and sweet and wont stop trying to get me to move there. Despite me saying that my personality is too cold

Same as @Legalize except without the pens or catholicism

As someone who lives in a province of mostly mountains, the idea of just seeing land meet sky for miles is bizarre

@Beemann same

>TFW chatting up an Iowan and everyone else is looking for one

No pens or Catholicism though

protestantism instead of catholicism

yeah well killing each other on the fields of europe for 300 years will do that @Legalize

I dont care as much about age difference. I only care about religion if it's going to be a constant source of conflict or a big issue for her

on both sides

@Legalize I had a relationship that was 3 years difference. Once you turn 18 tho its starts getting frowned upon all of a sudden

17: oh your both kids
18:nigga wtf

@Legalize it depends on how important the specific doctrines are to both

Once you pass a certain threshold people mostly cease to care

sometimes it's about first things, and in that case Christianity is the only important thing. But there are people who take the nitty gritty stuff super seriously

I have problems with the pope and the idea of purgatory but otherwise I wouldn't have a problem dating a catholic

I’d want to raise my kids Protestant so probably can’t date a Catholic

7 years older/younger I can definitely say causes some weirdness some of the time. 5 seems pretty okay

I cant stand the pope

@yuma_8 same

There's a lot of mutual misunderstandings between catholic and non-catholics

@Legalize Nah that’s worse than actual Catholics

100% agree with that @Legalize

I have more that I agree with in regard to catholics than I do which I disagree with, but there no way I will ever be catholic.. There's some serious points of contention I have with the catholic church, but I am happy that they love Christ.

I have serious problems with numerous "protestant" churches as well.

when I say I have issues with the pope it's with historic popes like the borgias, not Francis

lululul

"I'm an American and it's my God-given right to criticize whoever the hell I want"

I have a pretty strict +/- 3 rules for me

I grew up protestant (episcopal) and I have serious issues with a lot of episcopal churches

+3 because any older would be... I guess unworkable considering my age

-3 because any younger and my daughter would be treating her closer to a sister than a mother

And that would just be weird

seems legit

@Deleted User I'd say my rule is +4 and -3

since I'm 21

You're not pushing 30 though @A. Spader

yeah exactly

don;t want the federales to have any reason to raid my house

I'm 28, and childless, so I've got different considerations

That's fair