I have been dating a doctor for over two years now and we have talked about marriage, as well as some of the challenges his job will entail. The church is really good at putting on a happy, wholesome face to show the world, but if you look behind the curtain, you see that it's a despicable cult. I let her know it's not healthy to expect someone else to change - we can only control ourselves and not others. Think about what you want in a relationship. If you aren't sealed together, say good-bye for eternity. I appreciate knowing all you have mentioned since it gives me a bit of insight and some real good tips. Subreddit Rules Please see above link for full rules. You can ask her directly, or through sources like other Mormons or reading their books. How the Book of Abraham was translated from Egyptian scrolls. I adore the show New Normal and one of my favorite episodes is when Bryan decides to go back to church and the Father is so cool with him.


We can't tell you that. She may be beautiful, friendly, and sincere. I told him that this wasn't working for me. If your doctor husband says "impossible", ignore him. After enough years of this, you stop trying. The woman's role is to grow up, marry a worthy priesthood holder, and have a lot of kids. Honestly, I don't have very good advice, but keep being you and hopefully she won't let her religion blind her like it blinded me.
Im a 19 year old female who is pre med at a university right now. Oh your fiance works in the medicine field, too. You can always expand these into group dates by inviting other couples along, which may make her more comfortable in the early stages of your relationship. The dots are extremely close for every LDS person, its just extremely hard to connect them. And right at that moment when I'm about to tell him this, and give him some kind of ultimatum, I hesitate. Mormonism isn't a free ticket to heaven. They could fill a book, the stories I could tell.
And her husband now is dead and she is left to wonder about their future. To me, the core question is, is this person inclined toward self transcendence are the inclined, desirous, self aware enough to be selfless. But I loved this girl more than anything in life. Know her limits on substances. He knows how I feel about spending time together. It's the sort of super dismissive "all women are the same" attitude that I learned in church and left to get away from. Up to this point, she has just assumed that all atheists are innately evil people.