To Buy or Not to Buy

Christmas is always a strange topic of conversation when in a new relationship. To buy or not to buy. Then, when a gift exchange has been decided upon, there is the overwhelming pressure of what to get.

It was a lame lead in, with Jew Boy questioning if I had all of my shopping complete. He said he was out buying a present for this mom, when he thought of me and wondered if we were going to exchange "gifts." To tell the truth, the thought was yet to cross my mind. He said it was something that he wanted to do for me. Then continuing on, he spelled out that it really would not be a "Christmas Gift" because he didn't celebrate Christmas. I probed. He admitted, "I am Jewish." I know I reacted as shocked as I was. He said he thought that I already knew.

Really, how is that, because you were upfront about it in your profile? Because you had a lack of lit reindeer in your front yard? Or maybe it was your non obvious Jewish last name. Come on, we live in the middle of the Bible Belt. I had no clue. Maybe my unknowing was due to my lack of religious education, but it could have also been the fact that Jew Boy did not speak a word of Jewishness since we met.

In an instant, Jew Boy turned from sex god into a Rabbi, giving me a crash course in Judaism. At a rapid pace, my brain was absorbing information related to everything from Jewish tradition to The Holocaust. He was deep into it and so was his family.

The questions were piling up so fast I had no idea where to start. With the obvious, was a good place. I wondered if he was "allowed" not only by the religion, but by his family to date a Non-Jewish girl. His answer was a bit vague, saying, "Let me put it to you this way, my dad has married two women, neither of which were Jewish. They both converted." Great we are now talking about marriage. Convert, never going to be a option, I love Santa way too much!

He explained that he had dated more Non-Jewish girls than Jewish. That must have been because most Jewish women I have seen are butt ugly. He said that he believes in the religion fully, but also makes up his own mind about how he wants to move forward with it. In a word, he was allowed to "date" me. But, I did grasp the vibe, that in the end, he really wants a Jewish girl. I am sorry but I will never be that. Ever.

I don't mean to make light of Jewish people, Jewish beliefs or the Religion as a whole. In fact, I know very little about any and all religions. I did learn a lot from Jew Boy, but not enough to make me convert out my world of sin!