I am in an odd situation. My boyfriend is not yet divorced from his wife and is not able to do so due to financial constraints. I live in the Southern United States an area colloquially known as the Bible Belt. Fundamental Christianity rules down here and finds its ways into our legislation.I am not wealthy by any means but I do live alone and have no children to support so my money is much more flexible than his. I want him to take some money that I have saved up and pay for an attorney to end this marriage so that we can start a life together. He is is not loving this idea because he says that it will make him feel bad. I am pretty sure by "bad" he means emasculated. He is the kind of guy that very much wants to be the material provider and that is great and noble but in this situation not very realistic. He is the sort of person that wants others to depend on him but he is not comfortable asking for help himself. He has expressed concern that if is ordered to pay alimony he will not have much money left over to help me with bills and such. I tried to explain to him that was not an issue for me. He has accepted small amounts of money from me in the past and has paid me back so I feel like I have made progress with helping him understand that a relationship should be interdependent. He has gotten better about it bit by bit but I guess my question is how can I get him to accept my offer without making him feel as though he is less of a man.