my wife was a sheltered church girl the first two years. We bumped head a few times because of it; something about my yolk matching her yolk yada yada.
I was always staunchly against participating in the church or religous stuff in general. I never shat on her for beliefs because I knew she was a bit naive to the real world at that time.
around year 3 or 4 after life happened a bit more, that veil lifted. She fell out with a few friends, started noticing how toxic the church was becoming and bounced around to other churches to the same effect more or less. But ultimately she came into the fold on her own. Before, long she just lost the desire to attend church altogether.She was low-key a judgemental church girl, But I think one of the pivotal moments that made her reevaluate her thinking was when she witnessed me casually give a homeless man a $20 bill and kept it pushing;
she was like"
Her: "you do realize what you just gave him right?"
Me: yeah, a 20!
Her : " you do realize he just gonna spend it on drugs or alcohol right"
Me: " Whatever helps him through the rough patch, who am i to judge, I spend money on dumb stuff all the time, I felt compelled to give him that much , so I did"
Her: How is it that you can be so generous but not go to church?
Me: How is is that you go to church so much and NOT be generous .....and judgemental?
Her:

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She couldnt do shyt but marinate in that humble-juice, One of the few times were I absolutely shut her down with effortless finesse
She gets annoyed but she love it at the same time. That moment set the precdent for the rest of the relationship, that and the fact that Ihave no problem telling her "no" is the kind of shyt that made her fall for me. Never afraid to call her out on her shyt but also able to take criticism on the chin
sometimes she gets visibly annoyed at how easy i can admit fault and move on with my day, while she struggles 4 hours to build up the humility to admit fault .
We have more differences than we do similarities but it works out beautifully. I cant be the alpha in all situations. sometimes things need a woman's elegance and eye for detail .