Posted by:
SusieQ#1
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Date: July 14, 2018 07:16PM
People stay together when they don't make a core difference an issue. It's as simple as that. Easy to say, hard to do, sometimes.
He suggested we: "agree to disagree" on that issue, and that worked. Took me awhile to find a way to share our lives in Mormonism and be kind about it. I had to free myself of any negative emotional attachment to the religion. I changed my mind. I had done that before. I could do it again and be fine.
Read my article on how I did it.
https://www.exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,1584358It has to do with respecting our personal rights.
Even though my husband and I no longer agreed on religion, there was no way I would ever give up any part of my investment in our lives, homes, children, grandchildren, or our long history together.
I converted in 1961, married in the temple in 1962,left around 1998, resigned officially in 2002. He died in Jan 2013 after a progressive difficult illness. I was his caretaker.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/14/2018 07:17PM by SusieQ#1.