She may have served a mission as an ultimatum to herself. Am constantly trying to be the understanding girlfriend and try to remain humble towards him at all times but It hurts a lot. Additionally, you need to take stock of your beliefs and acknowledge they may change overtime. But if your faith is a key part of your life, this is huge. Eventually I hope each wards get to a point where they know that as a ward family our job is simply to make sure that each person, member or non member knows that when they enter the house of the Lord, they are loved. The odds are definitely not in OPs favor for something like this working for him. Dating is a tricky game.
I wanted so badly to marry a guy who had recently left the church. MinsPackage speaks the truth. The ideal, in my opinion, is that she discovers what we all know about the lies the church tells her. And even then it will put Huge stress on it and on you for the rest of your life. The religious differences between you two are a deal-breaking fault. But from what you said, this girl doesn't sound like she is going to be content to have a marriage for time only. I wouldnt encourage my kids to date a mormon. Again, reiterating it, don't expect a decade's worth of time with her, but enjoy her good while you two are together.
There is the possibility that she will wise up over time, but not likely. How church discipline works. You stop talking at all. I was thinking the same thing when I read this. This sub is a great place to do that. Break up with her. The man had essentially been in acadamics his whole life and was emotionally immature. That question really put things into perspective for me, so thank you. Surgical intern year is much harder than I expected.
I tell her there's no pressure and we'll just see how things play out. Now he is into his second year, the schedule has improved some and so has his libido: I am married to an intern this is his first year residency, unfortunatley he didn't match so this is only a pre-lim year and now I know in my thoughts we may have to move again, so I get upset when I think why even try and get attached to the community, neighbors, new friends As humans we really need people in our lives especially in a time like this, although we might have to move again and go through the whole match process again there is still hope and there is still a very much needed assist with friends, and family in our lives. 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.
