<human>: Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?

I come from a religion where the spouse must be of the same religion, or else you can't continue the lineage. I do not care about this at all. IMO, this is an outdated tribal practice that has no relevance to modern day society. Unfortunately my mother doesn't see it this way. We have had countless arguments over this, often resulting in her crying. We have argued about this topic for more than 10 years (over the course of various girlfriends). 

About a year ago, we had one final argument and I said we are never speaking about this again. Since then we haven't mentioned my gf's name once. On the one hand, this has been fantastic because I don't have to deal with the constant anxiety of tension between my mother and me. But on the other hand, this makes it particularly difficult when trying to tell my mother about my week (e.g. I don't mention if my gf and I went to see a movie, etc).

I'd like to reintroduce the topic of my gf, but have no idea how to do this. I was thinking of just casually mentioning her?
<bot>: Gf is not the same region. Mom does not approve. Resulted in arguments. Haven't mentioned gf's name in a year.