Boyfriend confessed to this (form of cheating?). I don't know Russian. I tried translating some online - in example 14, my translator told me he said he lies to me but he doesn't mention it in English. Please help me - is his translation accurate or sugarcoated to seem not as bad?

Thank you, I will be thinking about your words a lot. He says he prefers Catholicism, that he likes the Popes but also the different forms of the mass - shorter and easier to understand according to him. It seems to me like I appreciate Orthodoxy more than he does - I frequent an icon shop in an Orthodox church in my city, have read Orthodox theology, prayers etc. The real difference is the Pope. To Catholics, the Orthodox are at most schismatics, but never heretics. But he talks a lot of crap about Orthodoxy. Anyways - he apologized a lot and says he doesn't mean it but to me it looks like he is just dealing with the rules instead of actually really believing in this. I don't want my partner to be unhappy because he wants sex, just putting up with the rules. I want someone who has the same beliefs and wants to follow this. Sorry for the rambling.

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