<human>: I am American and my boyfriend is from western Africa. We both met while in school and we have so much love and passion for each other. We are both very opposite in almost everything, but it is apart of what makes us work out so well! We have been through a lot as a couple as far as our differences but we have both compromised together to make it equal between partners. One of our biggest issues that can never settle out is our religious differences. He is a very committed Muslim and I am atheist. His parents do not like the fact that I do not have a faith and it breaks his heart that I don't have a religion in my life. He has tried very hard to inspire me to become spiritual but it always ends in us fighting. With our spiritual differences we have some values that are different and the biggest one we also deal with is that he wants children and I do not. We both have different views of what children look like in lives and we never see eye to eye with it. These are both huge differences preventing us from taking the next step in our relationship and it is either I change or he changes. Any advice? I feel guilty posting on the internet my relationship problems but I feel very alone in this situation since I don't know many people who have had similar situations of cross-cultural relationships.

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<bot>: BF and I both have different views when it comes to religion and starting families, both very big differences preventing us to take relationship to next steps, need advice!