Am I ruining my marriage?
I have never been religious, but agreed to convert when I married. I was only 20 at the time and my husband was 27. The pastor who married us gave this whole speech about how a wife is supposed to be submissive and if she’s not, her prayers will be hindered. She shouldn’t yell or argue with her husband when there’s a problem, she should just pray. Because if a submissive wife prays, God will deal with the husband for the wife. Made a joke about how if he asks for eggs, I better get them. Everyone else laughed.
I was very naive at the time and didn’t really consider what I was agreeing to when it came to those vows and marriage in general. I now regret agreeing to be submissive and to convert to his religion. I have tried to tell my husband many times that I no longer want to participate in his faith because I honestly don’t agree with the teachings or even believe in God at this time. I’ve put a lot of thought into this and his faith doesn’t align with my views. I’ve asked that he does not include me in anything regarding his religion and allow me to have my own relationship with God if there is one. He literally said no and said that my vows cannot be broken. Every time I bring it up, he just says no and that I’m ruining our marriage. He will then act as if I never spoke to him about it the next day, and almost try harder to convince me that his beliefs are the truth.
Am I doing something wrong here? I don’t understand why a person can’t grow and change their views.. what do my beliefs have to do with him?
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