I let her know it's not healthy to expect someone else to change - we can only control ourselves and not others. Just as secular marriages have problems, so do temple marriages. I will, and have said before that is is one of the worst decisions to marry a doctor also. It MAY be true that she will be miserable with him and make him miserable with her. I feel he thinks we cannot be two masters in this boat and if I am this ambituous we may never have time to have and be a family. Mormon women greatly value sincerity of purpose. Follow the footnotes and you start to find the lies.
I love my former Mormon friends and family, but a relationship requires devotion and trust and understanding. If you go yourself, you'll see - those people are good people. That was enough for him. As for having children, expect to be a single parent. Mormonism is a big thing for those who follow the faith, so Sundays and the occasional event depending on how much she does extra might distract her. I need suggestions to handld the neurotic behavior, ocd, and opinions. But remember that it is also your wife's choice to obey or disobey, and that you have no authority over her as a person, either. I'm not trying to be mean, just very clear. All faiths have vocabulary unique to them.
I am so confused. I have believed in for better for worse but I cant do it any longer. In my experience discussing my fears with my husband has at times lead to arguing esp. Again, I deeply love my dad, but these were things that I had to deal with. You are commenting using your Facebook account. God works by small and simple means to bring about His great and eternal purposes. However, that doesn't mean I am in a situation where I can call or text or anything.
She was fine marrying in an LDS church instead of the temple, didn't want to convert me, and most importantly didn't try to change my beliefs or opinions. To her, if you don't marry in the temple, she will probably do it after you die anyway. They might be disappointed, or overjoyed, or judgmental, or supportive. Sexually, risque and the such is essentially the same as baptists and fundamental Christians. I love my former Mormon friends and family, but a relationship requires devotion and trust and understanding. I wouldn't purposefully subject my daughters to that BS.