Salam everyone, I didn’t want to write this, but I really need some advice. I’ve been married for a year now, and my husband is a wonderful man—truly the best thing that has happened to me. I’m a hijabi and consider myself religious.
Recently, I’ve been spending time with some of his friends and family, and they drink alcohol and have a very modern lifestyle. This makes me extremely uncomfortable, especially since I’ve never been around this kind of environment before. It feels like a big cultural shock for me.
Whenever I go out with them, I feel an intense sense of guilt afterward, and it starts to affect how I feel toward my husband—not because he’s a bad person, but because of the guilt I’m struggling with.
I don’t know what to do in this situation. I understand that he can’t distance himself from his family, and I don’t feel it’s right to ask him to. I just feel stuck and unsure of how to handle these feelings.