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Date: June 07, 2023 06:35PM
I love your story, Summer.
I wanted my kids to be happy with religion, and to love God, so I never made them fast, or force them to go to church if they were sick or too tired. Well, they all left the church, anyway, a few months before I did--but we all still love God!
When my TBM husband abandoned us, I had to work extra hard to make enough money to support us, and to keep our house, so I rested on Sunday, and ate pizza or fast food for Sunday dinner, as a rebellion. My kids got jobs, when they were in high school, and sometimes had to work on Sundays. We were too overloaded to worry about fasting. We usually just forgot.
Gone are the days when Mormon women worked hard all week (paid & unpaid labor), then spent Saturdays "getting ready for Sunday" and preparing Sunday school lessons, practicing the organ, rehearsing musical performances, or whatever. Sunday was coaxing and bribing reluctant kids to take a bath, put on undomfortable clothes, and sit still for a 3-hour meeting; then cooking a full Sunday dinner of meat, potatoes & gravy, side dishes, several desserts, and cleanup.
Asking any laborer to starve, and still perform the tasks--is just cruel!