Religious differences, however are real. Some Mormons believe the Telestial Kingdom will be littered with spouses who refused to get baptized. Am I dating a douchebag. Will he be happy knowing that you are giving up something of incredible importance to you. Now we go out to eat or to watch a play or do something together about once every week or two, which is a nice change compared to once a year. Is there even any sex at all in this fantasy.
This lack of inclusion within the general society makes them socially awkward, especially around men. In her mind if you never accept the gospel you are denying her eternal exaltation as a God. The thing about General Authorities and General Conference, is that they give general counsel that is meant for the general population. As such, it tends to attract the young and insecure. He then proceeded to beat the shit out of her for a decade. He's in his second year of residency and we're talking about me leaving everything to get engaged and move up with him. I'm glad you both have found a way to get past the incredible forces that are working against you. But, as soon as the marriage happened, the Mormon spouse goes full on Orthodox and expects the non Mormon to comply.
A lot of what you say about Support was what I expected to find in residency. A couple of things I run into most is that people assume I am also Mormon. Take extra care to communicate your needs once a week- don't do it every day. I've had friends with spouses that got Fulbrights or grants to study in other countries. Some day he hopes to make it to Romania and settle down. If your relationship has gotten very serious, your girlfriend will probably try to find agreement in your faiths. She is going to be taught for the rest of her life in the church the importance of missionary work and eternal families, and Priesthood in the home. Its always for his prior commitment that we always end up cancelling our plan of being together. Men search the world for women that they can stand to be around with long-term.
Mormonism has a lay clergy, so everyone serves in the Church. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints teaches that all sexual relationships outside of marriage defined as the legal union between a man and a woman are sinful. On top of this we are going to have our first child on April 12th and I feel very alone. They took an oath and it is who they are. It is almost impossible for me to hold my tears back. He is not willing to cut back on hours or ever get off of his career track. The closet is deep though I think that's seriously generalizing.
