<human>: I am 31M and she is 31F. We have known each other for 9 years now but have been dating each other only for the last few months. A wedding is on the cards about a year from now but we have conflicting opinions on this front. I am not yet engaged to her.

She is Hindu, I was one as a kid. I respect her choice to be religious as long as it doesn't lead to actions on her part that affects my relationship with her negatively. I am not very happy about taking part in religious rituals and saying prayers that I find meaningless. I don't recognize the authority of a priest to approve of my union with her either. But she wants a religious ceremony with a priest. I can't help but feel all of this is a big farce that I don't want to be a part of on a special occasion in our life. I get this feeling that it spoils the sanctity of our wedding. I agreed to take a meaningful oath from religious scriptures minus references to god and anything irrational. I also agreed to walk around fire 7 times as Hindus do but she isn't happy with this.

On the other hand, if marriage is about give and take, then should I just ignore my own feelings about this and do it for her? I could do this but I am afraid I would be setting the wrong idea right off the bat that I am willing to compromise on my beliefs. Somewhere I can't help but feel that I have to kill a part of me on a very special day. Is this what it takes to make a marriage? Where do I draw the line between holding onto my beliefs and giving them up for the sake of my relationship?

Can you give me a shortened version of the text?
<bot>: Need advice if I should suspend my atheistic nature and take part in a religious ceremony that I find meaningless, to make my wife happy and begin a married life without conflicts?