Their son grew up to become a temple president. Facebook Email Twitter Print. She likely hasn't had many long-term relationships and has no idea what dynamics are involved in one. Love is what we do, not what we feel. I was definitely taking the "Tough love" approach because I've read countless times on this and other boards, how Mormons claimed that they were cool with their SO not being Mormon, and that they weren't, themselves, orthodox. We met 20 years ago and married for To his patients, he is a god. He states that if he is making such a tremendously better income, it would be selfish of me to put our children in daycare in the future so I can work. I'm firmly in the RUN camp.




I think we need to steer far away from medicine…. You need to disabuse them of this notion. Lyman April 24, How appropriate to celebrate this second night of Hannukah with not one but two queries about interfaith marriage. The dots are extremely close for every LDS person, its just extremely hard to connect them. Trying to maintain a long-distance relationship with someone at home or attempting to date someone you meet while on mission are both distractions. The yard stick he uses to assess what is "normal" is so warped that he has lost touch with what a happy life could look like he often berates himself for feeling so miserable given how "easy" his schedule is at just 65 hours a week, not like surgery or some other 80 hour a week speciality.
I still struggle with the silence in contact or wanting to "rescue" him from the harried schedule. There have been many times my husband or I have actually said something like "it is good that I am committed to our marriage because this is not fun". And that my friend, is just a hint of the extent of the brain wash that Mormons experience. Do you have to leave for work at six in the morning and don't get home until you kids are in bed.
It's not impossible, just painful and unlikely. I have finally learned to pray to change my heart, not his. First, let's start with a short musical introduction on what it's like to be a True Believing Mormon dude. I have seen love prevail over beliefs. God works by small and simple means to bring about His great and eternal purposes.