Re: conservative hubby
@sammi4ever since you asked for it therefore my advise to you is that have a straight talk to him, a woman to a man. Tell him Hey I see your viewpoint, I know where you are coming from I was raised in a Muslim family and around Muslims, I know all about it but at this point I am not ready to change anything about me. I know I can die tomorrow and from your perspective end up in hell fire forever but I am willing to take this chance, you will not be blamed for it anyway here or in hereafter if there is any. Like many other people you have told me what is right or what is wrong and fulfilled your obligation. Now let us put our efforts in making this marriage work. I will be your wife and I will be loyal to you forever. I would do everything to make your life peaceful and joyous. I expect you to do the same. You did not impose any conditions before our wedding. Please do not impose any conditions for our marriage to work. I am also not imposing any conditions either. I live in a society where men and woman have equal rights men or women are not considered superior to each other. I expect you to keep that in mind. For me this is the only way go forward. If you have anything against what I am saying then we are not made for each other.
Can you be so bold and honest? If yes well and good. If you cannot be that bold and honest then you would have to change your stance and go for what he is saying.
Keep this in mind if your marriage ends because you are so liberal and he is so conservative then it will be hard for you to get married to another honest, sincere , loving , caring desi man. Desi community is very small therefore very soon everybody would find out what happened.
You might be able to find some non desi person second time around who would agree to your lifestyle and mindset but that will be temporary fun and game.
It is getting harder and harder for divorced desi woman to find perfect match for life.
Depending on how religious he is he might not agree with that. On Judgement Day he’ll be asked why he didn’t lead his family including his wife to the straight path. And vice versa. Its not for nothing that the Prophet pbuh said “Marriage completes half your deen.”. This is why the OP needs to figure out if Islam has any importance for her in the future or not.