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Just wondering
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Date: March 15, 2017 12:45PM
hello board..
I have lived in Utah in the very epicenter of all things Mormon for decades.I am a older Male non believer in Mormonism and saw the demise of a very good family and my marriage over it. I've moved on and stayed single and I enjoy my life and the freedom being out of the Church.
Since I have lived here so long I have noticed that in my particular middle class "ward" that the middle aged and older men (retired) have no real male friends. They have their ward assigned friends I suppose but true real male friends they do not. I have always had many friends and made friends easily and I do many outings,travel, sports, cars etc. with friends both men and women. I usually have lunch with a friend daily.
When my friends come over by which is often ( some smoke btw) the neighbor men wander over to see what we projects we are working on. They always ask what I'm up to or where we are loading up to go. These neighbor men seem to live only for Sunday, Temple day, taking the garbage out and mowing their lawns & usually dressed like winter in July too.
Its just an local observation and I hate to judge but somehow I think the church has broken these men into pawns with no purpose. The Church reached much deeper than just in their pocketbooks.
*for the younger group-Did your LDS dads have real male friends not assigned ones.
Opinions appreciated... I could be wrong
oh' and for those of you wondering - yes I date women...often.