While reading about mourning our Mormon selves & the stuff we keep to remind us of where we've been, immediately, my worst sin came to my mind. Smoking. I smoke, I've smoked for a long time & I don't care what people think bc I don't ever smoke around my kids or allow others to smoke in my house either. As stern as I am about my habit, I wasn't always so.
Some of my worst incidents of smoking have been:
*smoking in the sacred grove during youth conference, when we were all invited to go out by ourselves & pray. I blamed it on the obviously non-morg folks who were drinking Dr. Peppers.
*smoking on our adventurer hike...and blaming it on the Amish people nearby. (Because most mormons never take more than a cursory glance at other religions, no one knew that the Amish don't smoke, except during rümschpringa)
*chain-smoking while leaning against the mystical "eastern doors" of the temple while my sister was inside getting married. I smoked an entire pack....as boring as it was to sit outside, it was a lot less boring than being INSIDE! What! ;P
* canoeing out into the middle of the lake @ girls camp...getting totally busted by my mia maids leader who promised not to tell if I gave her one. She never did.
*i felt badly about it, but I smoked on the front lawn of the church right after my temple recommend interview...with about 15 other interviewees because there are no doors in the front of the church, so we wouldn't get caught! We ALL went to the temple unworthily & no one was the wiser!
I'm sorry,

I told the stake president to go to hell.

Premarital sex.

I was a very pure girl until I met my future husband. By the second date we were physically involved (no sex) and within a month of dating we had gone all the way. He was my first. He was an RM and not his first, but 3rd. We were married three months later due to the guilt.

Horrible guilt for years - now it's gone. :)

Hahaha I got drunk and went to a death metal concert the month after I got baptized...then I slept over at a guys house who was like 8 years older than me...no sex but a lot of fooling around:) Funny, I didn't hear the holy ghost telling me to stop any of these things...they all felt rather good!

And Mia- virtual high 5. You are awesome:)

If you're ever in western washington i'd like to meet up with you, i know i'm an old lady to you, but I like you and would love to meet you.

Ohh pshh, old lady?! You are bad ass, I don't care how old you are!! I would LOVE to meet you...if I am ever around there, (and there is definitely a good possibility of that!) I will absolutely let you know!:)

The worst thing I ever did? Probably when I was 21 and I held hands with a missionary. Shocking, I know. LOL I'm such a goody-two-shoes. That's about the most shocking thing I've ever done, period. LOL Sad, I know. I need to start living a bit more.

Before meeting my husband, the worst thing I did was write not-so-nice things about kids I went to school with. Oh, and watch R-rated Schindler's List a month after my baptism.

Then I met my husband and we went a little too far, physically. We didn't do anything that could have resulted in pregnancy, but very little clothing was involved.

Ditched out of church to go skiing. Church was on the way to the slopes, and we were in a hurry. My college roommate and I would wear our ski tops and a skirt, then put on our ski pants at the gas station. We would blatantly park our car in the church parking lot, with the skis locked on the roof ski rack. I dated a lot of guys, and got quite physical with three fiancees. I was a technical virgin.

Had sex. Swore. Watched whatever the hell movies I wanted. Read blatant, rational philosophy essays and pro-Darwinian literature. Showed lots of future missionaries my boobs. Drank coffee. (Oh, the horror!)

In a sense, I realized one day that instead of measuring all these things I was doing "wrong" against the ruler of the church, I should just realize I didn't fit in with the church. All those "wrong" things now just seem like part of a normal life.

Boobs?

Boobs!
There were a few boys in high school I was good friends with, and they made no secret their attraction for me. I may have given them a sneak peek just for fun here and there...

went on a mission

It is illegal in 49 states.

Went "too far" with an underage girl when I was 18... I SWEAR she never told me her age! Oh and then put in my mission papers without confessing.

i had dry sex with my girlfriend right after necrobaptisms in the holy temple. my girlfriend also gave me oral on a bathroom chapel.

i also masturbated in the holy temple of the lord joe smith. thinking of that blond eve from the video.


did i mention swearing? yeah. well, fuck smith and his cult.

Did not wear garments while doing yard work.

Had premarital sex with my then future ex-wife.

Threw garments on the floor, instead of a cloths hamper.

Masturbated, like a lot.

Looked at porn, though always felt guilty when doing so.

Ate meat in the summertime. (I know this isn't enforced, but it still says not to do it)

Masturbated while on Mission, including on the days of some Temple trips.

Got sent home after getting in a fight with another elder.

Worst of all, actually believed all the BS Mormonism taught, even stuff I knew could not possibly be true.

This thread is cracking me up. Keep it going exmos.

By LDS standards: masturbated, touched a boobie, questioned leaders.

By normal people standards: was a Mormon.

In thinking about all the things I did while still claiming to be a member makes me realize that I guess I never "really" believed in it.

1. Petted numerous times in the basement of the church during MIA.
2. Chewed tobacco most of my life except for the 2 years I was on a mission.
3. For a period of about 6 months I would go out Friday and Saturday night and get drunk on my a$$ then on Sunday morning I would teach elders quorum. Consequently almost every Sunday after my lesson the elders would tell me how spiritual I was and how they wished they could be more like me. I used to laugh to myself and think that the gift of BS is better than the gift of the HG.

There are many more but I guess this will be enough for now.

I thought I was right.

Boy, was I wrong.

Darth Jesus, you really masturbated in the temple?! To EVE?! No way! That is so wrong... and too dang funny.

LA temple. 1994.

BTW: I'm in Philly but I want to meet Mia too (she's my hero).

You too Helamonster?! Geez I thought it was the most asexual place on the planet. I felt spherical in all those clothes. Wow! maybe they should just put a bed/alter in there like the flds.

This whole concept just made my day!

Hmmmm, things I can remember off the top of my head:

1. Got drunk and smoked a little pot in HS.
2. Beat off all the time as a teen.
3. Didn't come clean about it before my mission (Bishop was my Dad).
4. Screwed my now ex-wife every which way before getting married in the temple felt guitly.
5. After getting divorced, got it on with whoever I was dating all mormon girls which is interesting being outside of UT, did not feel guilty.
6. Got disfellowshiped because one of them ratted me out.

I guess I am a bad egg, or rather I am like everyone else in the world who thinks for themself

I raised my kids in the church - I let them believe the lies.

Guilty of child abuse.

turned on my PC and found rfm : )