WOW Sunni converting to Shia, sounds very scandalous. I don't think you can truly convert to Shia. You are a shia or you are not. Kher. Best of luck. Just like being a Jew. You are either a jew or you are not. You cannot convert to being a Jew. There are certain things involved.
In my family, we never marry Shias. If I tell my mom hypothetically speaking that I want to marry a Shia, I am dead.
Well, I wasnt even sure abt sunni/shi'a thing until I started seeing my fiance. For the first year of knowing each other I did not even know he is shi'a. When he told me I was a bit scared abt how things would turn out. He laid down the differences for me.. and to be honest, there rnt BIG differences. his family does not follow the whole "matam" thing.. that uncivilized thing only takes place in countries like pakistan and its not even legal here in Canada. cuz to be quiet honest, thats the only thing id be against when it comes to my husband and my kids and he knows it.
When I say I am going to convert to shi'a islam.. I mean I am going attend majlises n wat not during moharram. The rumours abt them keeping a block of clay or watever under their forehead is lies. I donnu some sh'ias might do it but I know his family does not. The only time I actually see his family doing something different than my family is when they hold majlises in their house during moharram or go to mosque during moharram to attend majlises. I would want my kids to attend the majlises because they are very imformative and very well laid out. When I attended a few majlises, I really enjoyed listening to Imams talk and gained a lot of knowledge abt Quranic stories n wat not.
Thanks a lot for ur well wishes :). iA, everything will work out. I know my fiance is very open minded and he has no problem even if I choose not to attend majlises. I am really looking forward to being a part of his family and spending my life with him..iA.