I know this from experience. She found the perfect Mormon guy, they were married in the temple. The Church encourages you to use dating as an opportunity to show your respect not just for others, but for yourself. Thank you for this.
If you are an atheist or a non-believer, then let your date know, and politely decline the invitation. I'm on the same page as you. There is a lot about Mormonism I am still struggling to understand, but I am reading faith-based memoirs and studying up on Mormonism as well as other religions but the relevance here is on Mormonism. I must admit that this life comes with a lot of surprises. It MAY be true that she will be miserable with him and make him miserable with her. You insult my husband who is as faithful as they come and does everything he can to spend time with us and to help out. Family or girlfrient or the pet. This girl is also a real person, not a caricature of a cult member, and even if the ultimate result is a breakup, she deserves to be treated with compassion and respect. Help answer questions Learn more. If they are, run to the altar, in or out of the temple.
I had a single mom friend who only had her kids every other week and she was treated with kid gloves. I think I handle the lonliness a little better than most because I was an only child and like having my alone time. Mormons are very strict about avoiding sex outside of marriage. Simply tell him that you feel like your relationship is stagnating, and you'd like to talk about where it is going. I have learned this painfully with my child growing up in the LDS community. Is it wrong not to. Even selfish at times. If it is even possible, would it strengthen or weaken their ability to develop a personal relationship with their Heavenly Father. However, be careful to not ask something that may offend your date. Attacking other posters is not allowed, but this forum recognizes the difference between a belief and the person holding to that belief.
Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Also, I'm not involved with a doctor but I am an RN and spend quite a bit of time with them. And I never found that "good Mormon girl". Because service is important in the Mormon faith, she may be interested in doing something that will help others, like helping someone clean their yard. Go on your different ways as friends and don't expect your relationship to go anywhere. You are too young to deal with this. Don't let her try to bring in the missionaries to explain; remind her that she is an RM and knows all they do and probably much more. But he has been great till now. Since then, I have made promise that anybody I know that have a relationship problem, I would be of help to such person by referring him or her to the only real and powerful spell caster who helped me with my own problem and who is different from all the other ones out there.