Posted by:
ren
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Date: May 20, 2017 03:09PM
I just ran into a woman who was in my ward pretty much my entire life (she's around the same age as my parents), until I came out as a lesbian and stopped attending. The first thing she asked me was which ward I go to now, to which I responded with a not-so-eloquent "Oh, I, uh, don't go to church anymore." She was silent for ten seconds before changing the topic.
Is there a better way of answering questions like that? It's not as though I have any shame or embarrassment about leaving (quite the opposite) - it was just uncomfortable because she responded so awkwardly. I was also caught off guard because I had assumed most people from church were aware that I stopped going well over a year ago. Then again, that isn't the sort of information my parents would proudly broadcast.