I just heard the following, again, from a TBM talking loudly in the next room: "I'm worried the gubmint will tell me where I can live." This from a guy who's renting. "Gubmint can't do anything right." Heard this one a couple of years ago, from the same individual. The government unemployment checks came in the mail exactly how he wanted them. Doesn't it get ti
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Silence is Golden Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My first wife refused to work and refused to do > much of anything else. That first marriage taught > me what I really wanted in a relationship. > > I am a highly independent person, and I prefer a > highly independent partner, since marriage to me > is secondary and commitment is fir
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Is it a good thing if a guy says he likes a woman who needs him? This was stated in response to a remark by a never-Mormon who said he likes that his girlfriend doesn’t need him—she has her own career and is highly educated/PhD. The Mormon’s response became extra cringy when you factor in that he isn’t bringing home the bacon: 5 kids on about a $45,000 annual salary/household inco
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I found this on a website about the number of children per Mormon household: "Fertility. In areas with a high concentration of Latter-day Saints such as Utah, household sizes and fertility rates have historically been above the national average. As of 2021, American church members have an average of 2.8 children per household by ages 35-45, as opposed to a US national average of 2.06."
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A Mormon neighbor that stopped attending regularly expected to be ostracized and talked down to about her waning attendance. And she told me she has definitely gotten this reaction. Some even said she was probably sinning or going along the wrong path. The part she didn't expect was from the Mormons she stills talk with. (They probably only still talk with her because they're still work collea
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I see your point. And, yes, I am not in Utah. The poor Mormons I know, and work with, are all white collar professionals. 4,6, and 7 kids quickly eats into your income. They might as well be blue collar at this point since at least one falls below the poverty line. They have a disdain for "wealthy people," that drive BMWs and Mercedes. But these same people we work with th
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Yes, in 2012, I remember talking with Mormons who wanted Romney to win over Obama. They were searching for anything to support him. He organized the Winter Olympics, and that made him automatically presidental material. He was governor of a liberal, wealthy state and he created the first Obamacare: this made him the ideal presidential candidate for the Republican party. When he li
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I’ve seen so many comments like “good riddance” and “traitor” thrown at Romney’s retirement announcement like I see at The Tribune. Romney walked on water when he presided over the Winter Games (who cares?). Now that he spoke out against some pretty horrendous behavior and conduct, he’s a drag and must go? I thought Mormons were prudes or “squares.” What are they doing
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We have this colleague down the hall who always tells too much. He’s the life of the lunchroom, usually. Well we all knew his son was getting in trouble at school. Smart kid, probably bored. Well the son got his butt beat at school by the “big bad bully.” Gary, the Mormon from insurance, said: “What did your son tell the bully right before he was punched in the face?” The guy d
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Done & Done Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes. Did make me chuckle. > > I also hear my over the top TBM brother talk about > how open minded he is. They are amusing. I would have asked him: “Oh, what have you changed your mind about lately?”
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elderolddog Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My favorite line:  "We’re in Salt Lake City, > and we tattled on the church and lost a lot of > friends.  The silver lining is our friends are > better friends.” > > The line, 'Good riddance to bad rubbish!' leaped > forward. That was a great quote. Quality over quantity for
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Gift article from me… no paywall. https://wapo.st/3sMNxH8
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Yesterday, I heard a Mormon describe herself as a “natural skeptic.” She said it with a straight face.
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I oversee several Mormons, and they never take my advice. I was talking with a Mormon accountant, and I told him that we should move our company's bank accounts to a credit union. Credit unions pay more, have better loan rates, and higher savings and checking interest rates. Do you know what his nonsensical response was? "We can use Bank of America anywhere in the United States. They
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This lady's story continues. She ended up graduating from Brown University in her early 30s. However she laments being educated next to students ten years younger than her, who were raised being told that they were going to an Ivy League school, whose parents paid for tutors in high school and college, and, most importantly, instilled in her that the sky was the limit. The most her very, ver
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A parent focused on the wrong things while missing entire elements of parenting. This is a contributor’s response on a forum I follow: “I remember growing up in my very Mormon household. I had two parents, two sisters, and one brother. We all loved one another so much and spent all, and I mean all, free time together. Now, looking at it as an ex-Mormon a cluster of memories stick
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“John” is insufferable. He is so quick to invalidate people’s experiences.
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What an a$$wipe https://www.quora.com/Did-you-know-that-LDS-missionaries-leave-LDS-after-going-on-missions/answers/1477743666875009?ch=17&oid=1477743666875009&share=9548a7c3&srid=cWplu&target_type=answer
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When in fact he was just showing the world that he’s in a cult. “I don’t care…” he starts out. And that’s why Mormons are creepy. He’s made up his mind and facts won’t change it. https://www.quora.com/If-Dallin-Oaks-becomes-the-next-LDS-prophet-what-can-members-and-especially-those-that-know-him-expect/answer/Bill-Kilpatrick-3?ch=17&oid=1477743666401826&share=e4
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bradley Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We're just two lost souls > Swimming in a fish bowl > Year after year > Running over the same old ground > What have we found? > The same old fears > Wish you were here > > I took Dr Laura's advice on turning a gay TBM > relative straight. It worked. He is married with > kids. Ma
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Northern_Lights Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I believe she is on XM or something like that. I > always forget she is still alive until you see > stuff like this. She’s doing Israeli karate… at 76. She’s going to live forever. These horrible people always do, it seems.
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It’s the advice you can expect from someone who refers to herself as a “recovering feminist.”
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A grandmother called with her grandson. Apparently the grandmother’s son and the grandson’s father is neglectful and abusive. Dr. Laura gave some half-answer, suggestion but seemed relieved that the callers were in Utah. “There are some nice, family oriented churches there. You can’t choose a family but you can choose your friends.” Dr. Laura’s on a roll. She told a wife t
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summer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > >> I know so many Mormons taking advantage of > military benefits, at taxpayers’ expense, to > have free childcare and doctor visits. > > Military benefits are earned, just like any other > job benefits. Those benefits are no more earned than a teacher or librarian. All costs paid for
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I agree wholeheartedly. And so do Americans. Whites in states that are whiter than other states support helping the less fortunate more than whites in racially diverse states. It all comes back to race. And “I’m different.” I know so many Mormons taking advantage of military benefits, at taxpayers’ expense, to have free childcare and doctor visits. But that’s okay. T
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I heard a Mormon woman talk about welfare and poverty and how welfare leads to generations of leeching off the government. She was so high and mighty. Evidently, it’s better to be dirt poor than be poor and asking for assistance. She’s a work too. To her, Romney’s a RINO for taking a principled stand (ie, telling a lying congressperson to quit).
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Maybe the Washington DC area Mormons are more guarded. But what a stoopid response to a commenter saying she didn’t want to have many kids. “I’ll admit that there were drawbacks to being raised in poverty, but that also depends on your definition of success. I will have you know that not once did my family make use of government welfare. When we didn’t have enough to eat, our churc
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Can someone shoot this down, please. It’s a nauseating response. https://www.quora.com/How-do-LDS-excuse-Joseph-Smith-having-had-a-thing-for-minors-and-keeping-his-extramarital-affairs-away-from-his-wife-Emma/answer/Steve-Hunt-235?ch=17&oid=406033815&share=ee0e979f&srid=cWplu&target_type=answer
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Kathleen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Looks kinda like stalking. Looks like the bitter ex-Mormon I keep hearing about. How many children?
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