But it's the away rotations for months at a time that get really hard. I think your response is Bang on. It helps put my small, first world problems into perspective. I'll paste a URL with links to all of them at the end of this message.
This is the type of doctrine that Joseph rejected and so have the leaders of the church. If you want to date a Mormon guy or girl, then the best way to meet singles is by visiting the Church. I'm not trying to be mean, just very clear. If after all these suggestions you're thinking "в But I really like her. Know that you are playing a game aka dating mormon girls that has low odds of success. But I also know that He loves us so much that He would never take away our ability to choose for ourselves. Hopefully they have some say in it, but I'm speaking about other churchgoers' expectations here, and probably your wife's. This is especially true when you are around others. Why prophets are awesome. In the interfaith marriages that work where one is LDS and the other is not religious, it only works out when the LDS partner is not fully a believer anymore.
There's a ton of crazy in what we were taught all our lives. It won't be easy. I think she felt that it was important for me to understand the types of challenges in an interfaith marriage. As a general authority I knew, now deceased, told me in the mid-eightiesвIf you find a good man who is not LDS, marry him. And even then it will put Huge stress on it and on you for the rest of your life. I don't care about the money, I have suggested him to downsize if needed for him to work less. I know this from experience. I have been on both sides of this situation, and I know how much it sucks to feel like you're doing everything you can to make it as easy and convenient as possible for the other person to spend time with you, but theyre still not seeing you all that much, and you think they should be able to give you a little more. Of course, your parents will care most.
I appreciate my own space too, but it felt shitty to have this great time with him and not get so much as a text until we are making plans for next time. This is not about either of you individually. It's the sort of super dismissive "all women are the same" attitude that I learned in church and left to get away from.
