That's a bigger myth than Joseph's other imaginary tales.

Following the prophet doesn't translate to happier families. It does to deluding them, and deceiving them. Like following a mirage in the desert that doesn't exist.

Watching the fairy tale wedding of Meghan Markle this morning and her Prince Henry reminded me how other worldly Celestial marriages are to real lives and times.

What is "happily ever after" when families are divided and separated in time because of a cult and the damage it causes to inter-family relationships? Instead of providing peace and comfort, it becomes an albatross to those who've been on the receiving end of the damage it does to our families and lives.



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My younger son, RM and all that, was married in the temple. I was the only family member who had any shot at getting a temple recommend, so I buckled down on church attendance, tithing, etc. I think I went through that stuff for about four months before I qualified for the TR.

I had been through my own endowment session, so I wasn't a complete newbie to the temple, but I was less than impressed with the temple wedding. As I recall, there were no flowers, no music, and of course, everyone had to wear white. The old guy who officiated at the sealing didn't know our son or his wife; there was no warmth, no kind of personal touch about it. The whole thing was very cookie-cutter.

It qualifies as a legal marriage, but that's about all you can say for it.

That was the last time I set foot in a temple. And RM son and his wife are now out of the church also.

BTW, I enjoyed Harry and Meghan's wedding! I am a British Royal family junkie. I just wish Diana could have been there.

catnip Wrote:
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> My younger son, RM and all that, was married in
> the temple. I was the only family member who had
> any shot at getting a temple recommend, so I
> buckled down on church attendance, tithing, etc. I
> think I went through that stuff for about four
> months before I qualified for the TR.

Spoken like a real trooper. :)
>
> I had been through my own endowment session, so I
> wasn't a complete newbie to the temple, but I was
> less than impressed with the temple wedding. As I
> recall, there were no flowers, no music, and of
> course, everyone had to wear white. The old guy
> who officiated at the sealing didn't know our son
> or his wife; there was no warmth, no kind of
> personal touch about it. The whole thing was very
> cookie-cutter.

That doesn't sound the least bit romantic to me. Cookie cutter weddings would be more romantic done in Las Vegas me thinks. With an Elvis impersonator officiating. ;-) Who could then sing "Love me tender love me true," after the vows were spoken.

>
> It qualifies as a legal marriage, but that's about
> all you can say for it.
>
> That was the last time I set foot in a temple. And
> RM son and his wife are now out of the church
> also.

Glory Hallelujah for that! :-)

>
> BTW, I enjoyed Harry and Meghan's wedding! I am a
> British Royal family junkie. I just wish Diana
> could have been there.

Me too, somewhat. I didn't watch the Prince William/Kate Middleton wedding. Although I did see Diana's and Prince Charles get married.

Getting up at 6 a.m. yesterday morning to watch the royal nuptials went against all my ingrained Saturday morning routine. But there I was like millions of others, tuning in. I watched something like three hours of it before I had my fill. It was really over the top. By the time it was done I fell back asleep, and missed Shabbat services lol. Does that make me a royal junkie too? :D

The family i grew up in is now destroyed i know that much.

At the time I didn't think much of it (because of the haze of lust that surrounded me), but it was a surprise, at my temple wedding, in the sealing room, that at the completion of the brief, boring ceremony, I noted that the mother of the young lady to whom I'd been engaged before my mission, was sitting there, watching!

I would never have invited her to "my wedding", but she had no problem sticking her nose into my business. She came up to me as we were milling around, to congratulate me. This was the woman who told my fiance, "He's not getting any whiter!"

Yes, indeed, mormons be weird!

elderolddog Wrote:
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> At the time I didn't think much of it (because of
> the haze of lust that surrounded me), but it was a
> surprise, at my temple wedding, in the sealing
> room, that at the completion of the brief, boring
> ceremony, I noted that the mother of the young
> lady to whom I'd been engaged before my mission,
> was sitting there, watching!
>
> I would never have invited her to "my wedding",
> but she had no problem sticking her nose into my
> business. She came up to me as we were milling
> around, to congratulate me. This was the woman
> who told my fiance, "He's not getting any
> whiter!"
>
> Yes, indeed, mormons be weird!

Weird is an understatement. They are making me look normal.

I’m Sorry that happened to you Elderolddog. I don’t think
Weird even cuts that woman’s behavior. I would say intrusive
and down right mean. The fact that she intruded on your wedding day shows a certain amount of arrogance that I haven’t seen in a long time. Why do Mormons and rude behavior seem to go hand in hand?

True, surely, about Mormon families.

I wonder, though, about the royals. Governments and court administrations specialize in doing fairy tail weddings. But the job is extremely difficult and a lot of people in those royal marriages end up very unhappy.

It's probably easier for peripheral royals of the sort this couple will be, since the spotlight isn't on them as much, but it isn't an easy life for a number of reasons.

Your ex girlfriends mother is a racist piece of S**t thanks

to her membership in the mormon church.