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Formerly Known as TBM
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Date: October 08, 2012 09:09PM
Firstly, some details. I used to be TBM, went on a mission, and came back after a couple months out. Left the church shortly after.
So I am currently attending USU, and at that age where all my friends are returning from their missions. I have a few friends that I grew up with that just returned home. They are still in their missionary phase, so they invite me to every church thing they can imagine. I want to just outright tell them no, and to stop asking me. The problem is, they're my friends, they always have been my friends. I want to do stuff with them, but whenever I'm available to do anything, they're always doing something with or for the church. Since they're my friends, I've gone to a couple church events with them (ward prayer, FHE, etc) just to hang out.
So what do I do? Do I stop hanging out with them all-together? Do I just tell them I don't want to hang out with them if they're doing church stuff? Should I just keep going with them? The problem is, almost everybody up here is Mormon, so it's hard to make decent friends that aren't Mormon. Just frustrating.