Second, in my experience mormons have been some of the kindest people I've ever had the privilege to know, and they have not lived up to the cult image you describe. The point is that he should ASK her if this is true for her. Be open to the wisdom the Spirit will share. If you do believe it fully, are you not really going to want him to make the conversion ultimately. But now, we embrace our spiritual differences. There are all kinds of Mormons, and we as exmormons should know better than to stereotype our former selves. He is a great man and I know he will always put his family first but this is such a hard decision. Bet as Joanna has said there are some things you should think carefully about в and this needs to be done with your head, not your heart. Mormonism has a lay clergy, so everyone serves in the Church.
I'd suggest the essays. After a lot of thought during that relationship with a non-Mormon, I laid out exactly what struggles I was probably going to face: I was worried about my own faith. And as an anonymous comment put it, date night is sometimes out of the question because he is using his "free" time as catch up on sleep time. With localized medical news and in-language editions. Mormons are one of the few remaining groups with healthy women. Mormons think when you die, based on if you were a good person cough cough atheists you go to spirit "paradise" where they will teach you the gospel. I think a lot of people just yell run whenever this topic comes up and like you I think that's unfair. Dating a resident is hard - it was hard to realize that I can't come first, or even second, in this relationship right now. She hasn't submitted the paperwork yet but I have no doubt that she will do this eventually.
For me and the woman I'm in love with, we CAN discuss it without breaking down into spittle and hate. I believe that we are all on different paths, but that it is possible for us to travel on different paths side-by-side. What you are potentially choosing is certainly not the easiest path. With his busy schedule, all of the household chores laundry, dishes, cooking, grocery shopping, cleaning, bill paying, etc. Girls aren't socially required to be missionaries, unlike men. I expect to give up my career once he finishes his training and we start a family. Which is an absolute lie. However, I'm going to show him your post tonight and hopefully he will agree that it's worth a try.
After two years of being together with very few problems, it ended within 30 minutes of having "The Talk" about my future religiosity. This is normal for residents. I have found strength I never knew I had but if I knew then what I know now, I might have made a different decision.
