The struggle is real. While the Church allows dating at 16, it discourages serious relationships until you both are older and considering marriage. I told her that I want to only be friends. I appreciate your honest, and I really like the way you phrased things, particularly this sentence: Thank you for your comments. Btw, you bringing up CES letter shit before thanksgiving will guarantee a very awkward time with the GF and probably the family for the day. What do they all do from 8am-2. I would go ahead and make boundaries with the conversation about kids and church, if that is your preference. I wanted very much to make it work with us, and was willing to compromise in areas that I normally wouldn't. Their values and the values of popular western culture are wildly disparate, which can be tough for them to navigate early in life. If everything she is taught is correct and the Mormon church is "true" she should be able to research any anti-Mormon books or movies and prove their criticisms are lies.
Mormon girls are thirsting for strong, confident, masculine men. I am seeing one right now My late ex was a physician and I was with him through med school, internship, residency and 20 years of his own practice. Toxic is the right word. I grew away from mine as my husband then-boyfriend slowly grew closer to his Mormon faith. I would not fear as much as she does, but that is her reality. Dozens of missionaries have told me that the gender ratios in other countries are far, far worse. The closet is deep though I think that's seriously generalizing. My First and only Blind Date in Japan. If they are, run to the altar, in or out of the temple. He was gone by 6: I was left to manage the house, the finances, the kids' schedules and what little time was left over for my own interests.
The "loneliness" is not an issue for me. Stick around on this sub. In each case, you should also consider how this will affect your families. The church is very important to her. BYU was once the perfect place to find a great young woman and get married. Many, many lapsed Mormons catch the true vision of the gospel at some time in their lives and desire to repent and become observant again. I am a doctors wife. All that being said, no one can tell you what is right for you except Heavenly Father. Get used to it. I read through a few of the LDS.
As teaching staff, he still works more hours than the residents on average and pulls call about twice a week. To his defense, when we were great, we were great. But the issue of marrying a non-member raises two fundamental problems: That idea seems so contrary to the nature of God.