And the thought of being a 'single mom' if we have kids. While there are some differences noted here, in many ways you should treat them the same way you would girls of other faiths. Maybe it was because I was so young when I made the choice, maybe it was because I was the oldest child in an extremely active family with parents that just expected me to be a shining example to the younger kids. Find someone who is available to you and successful. Thanks for sharing your story.
However her husband joined the church a few years after their marriage. See where it goes. Log into your account. You should take your cues from your partner, not from documentaries or this sub, on whether your partner's views and actions are manipulative, brainwashy and damaging. Whenever you bring something up, they'll say if it's not on lds. As for me, I recall spending a lot of Sundays at sporting events with my dad. Blogroll By Common Consent C. When my husband and I were sealed, I finally understood why my Dad had been stressing this to me my entire life. She might not even be living according to the moral standards of the Church.
It has been very difficult to reconcile our two expectations, hopes and dreams. I have many friends and members of my family who married within the church and later divorced. If my mother needed her surgeon's attention, I wouldn't want him to be thinking about his wife's lamenting that he's never home, not romantic, etc. Maybe you do, too. It will be nice to have time to do things for myself. I've been doing it wrong. The Mormon girl has the light of Christ shining through her, and you were drawn in.
I am a non-Mormon who moved to Utah for college. I am so happy about 'starting' our life together in a few months, but I feel like I am totally setting myself up for disappointment. The scenario where she refused to watch a possibly 'anti' documentary and wanted to watch church-sanctioned material sounds like a red flag. Keep me posted, please. To me, life is all about growthвso ask yourselfвwill I grow more staying single and focusing my life on the church, or will I grow more branching out, looking at life from different perspectives, and allowing myself to see options I have not yet considered. He's in his second year of residency and we're talking about me leaving everything to get engaged and move up with him. And you seem like a good person. Leave her so you can both find people that youre more suited for.