I argue that the conversion needs to happen outside of the relationship. Please respond with your advice or your own or some else's experience. I would appreciate it that this would not turn into a critique of my view of dating or someone's response. Just how would you respond if someone approach you with this situation.
Well, conversion really does not need to happen outside of the relationship, but as it is, she should be well aware that he shows a definite sense of urgency to sincerely convert, if not, she had better get out while the gettin's good.
There was a girl in a very similar situation, she ended up marrying him, he fooled everyone including himself I think, everyone thought he was a good Catholic husband and father, well, it took about 12 years or so, but it ended up being fatal for her. He didn't murder her, she was 36 years old and died of a massive heart attack brought on by the sheer stress of trying to raise children as she was raised as she had to deal with everything you can imagine and worse that goes along with one raised trad, married to a fraud trad man.
Thankfully the children were taken away and raised by the God Parents, but that situation is terrible for the spouse who is determined to keep the faith while married to one without it. For your friend, in this day and age she is completely out numbered, if she makes it, it will surely be against all odds.