When’s the last time you changed your mind? I don’t mean about what to have for breakfast but changed your mind about a deeply held belief? Its not an easy thing to do but by challenging our assumptions we can sometimes see the world more clearly.

That’s what Shemsah Farooq did by re-examining her beliefs about who she might like to marry. As a never previously married high flying professional Muslim woman she had always thought she should try to find a spouse of a similar status; but all that changed a couple of years ago on the eve of the pandemic.

As usual this is a meandering conversation with the air of two people shooting the breeze about the oddities of Muslim dating :)

Some of the topics we discuss are:

- Halal pandemic dating.

- Why people find it hard to meet and prefer to text.

- Finding a spouse without fixating on trying to find a spouse.

- Managing mismatched expectations and rejection.

- How a good healthy divorce purges bad habits, builds resilience and develops depth of character.

- Wondering if single people can cope with a divorcee.

- Why it might be in your interest to widen your search.

- The pros/cons of marrying a divorcee.

- The difference between baggage and experience.

- How to retain optimism in your search.

- And ‘Living the possibility of love’. :)

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Enjoy!

Imran