You will desire to have that eternal marriage, to have that support in taking kids to church, to be able to talk docterine with a like-minded individual. It made me sad to think that the thing that was most important my life в my faith в was something that I could never fully share with my husband. There's no way a TBM is dating you if she knows about your Lucifer kick. I hope I can forgive it someday, but even still my anger is red hot. I disagree with the doctrines and practices of the LDS church. I trust him and I highly doubt he's getting "it" from someone else. I dated a doctor who was into me and saw me frequently.
His whole family joined after he did. They are taught to refrain from smoking, drinking, or experimenting with drugs. I think a lot of people just yell run whenever this topic comes up and like you I think that's unfair. I suppose it depends on your personality. If only I knew.
I would love to someday find myself sitting in the pew with you, sharing this amazing journey. This has led to more arguments than ever before and I feel so alone This is all very helpful. All I can recommend, as a docs wife of nearly 30 years, is prayer or to book a few sessions with a psychologist. You are a good person. I love talking religion with him and I have never pressured him to change his habits or anything else about him.
I was shocked how much the stress, lack of sleep, etc. But realistically, if she is not open minded enough to even listen to someone who has a contrasting view of the church - how will she not continually discount you and your lack of beliefs. My husband and I have been together since we were year-olds at university trying to figure out where we stood with the faiths we had grown up in. I sacrificed my career not in medicine but I have advanced degrees in my profession because I felt so lucky to be able to be at home raising my two wonderful sons. I would say though that racial differences are NOT like religious differences, certainly not those between Mo and Nomo. Pants-to-Church Sunday left me a bit bruised. She is passionate about it. Girls then struggle to reconcile degenerate popular culture with Mormon expectations.
