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Girlfriend + Church
I guess this sort of fits under the relationship category so I'm posting here, mods feel free to move it if you think it belongs somewhere else. So I'm not really big into religion (neither is my family) and I think mass is pretentious, dull, and a waste of time. I have no problems with people who are deeply religious and this is not intended to bash them, but well it's really just not my thing. I also don't get why people go just for the sake of going but well, thats whole other topic.
Anyway, so I've been going out with my girlfriend (shes Catholic) for about a year and a half and she goes to church every weekend. We're both in university and in a long-distance relationship so the weekends are basically the only time we get to see each other. Everytime she comes to me or I go to her she asks if I'll go to mass with her and most of the time I'll go just to make her happy but sometimes I tell her I really don't want to and she gets really mad at me (especially if shes coming to visit me).
I'm not a religious person by nature or upbringing and the more i go to mass the more it just grates on me as well as the way she just expects me to come along. Whats worse is that it really seems like she goes just to go, not for any deeper religious or spiritual reasons (I have asked her about this and she has admitted thats true). So am I justified in being annoyed that I'm dragged along to mass and having religion force-fed to me every weekend or should I be more understanding that she just wants a church buddy? Thanks in advance for any advice or comments.
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