We do want to be with close family and friends, of course. But our big debate here is whether or not we should just do that (like a dinner) or an actual reception where we invite lots of people. And we are planning on getting married after I graduate with my undergrad. I'll have a couple years of grad school after that so we'll be doing all the wedding/honeymoon stuff in between. Maybe it
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I understand that most of the time, you can't have your cake and eat it too. But that's not going to discourage me from trying to do what we really, ideally want. I would be doing myself a disservice if I just gave up and settled without trying. And we want to get married because we want to be married...I don't really know how to explain that other than we want to be husband and wife. We still
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Haha I try not to be one who fakes anything for the sake of appearances :) For us, we just know who we are, and that we don't like being the center of attention. So a reception doesn't sound like the most fun thing to us. (Also the cost would be a put-off since we already aren't super keen on the idea). So we just have to weigh those factors in with not wanting to for-go the possibility of gifts.
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I really never meant for this to be a discussion about "net loss" or "profit". I understand what you're saying but this was never really supposed to be about money, other than to say we don't want to spend a ton and we'd still like the possibility of receiving gifts or money if people feel inclined... And my partner really doesn't care. He'd be okay with a city hall marriag
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I don't really see how it's that odd to want gifts or money...it's a fairly natural and traditional aspect of weddings. If we don't get any gifts or money? That's cool too. But I wouldn't be mad if people did give us some. As for the reception bit, neither of us really want a big reception. We're quiet, private people and it just doesn't sound like something we want to do. I don't think that
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I don't know if you're referring to me, but I never said it's not her choice. Everyone has a choice. I don't even necessarily think it's a bad choice - I rather liked growing up in the church. But seeing as how this is an ExMormon phorum, I simply thought people would find the specificity interesting. I was in no way trying to come across as judgmental or hateful, and honestly I don't feel I
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For me, it's simple. If God really does love his children as much as everyone claims he does, then why is the church so small and so controversial? It's either false...or if it's true, God doesn't actually care about his children. Either way, the church is ruined for me.
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Thank you! I never like getting snarky with anyone, but I felt like with all the present responses I needed to clarify myself. :)
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That's a lovely story. I want to make something clear though: I never said that we are expecting others to finance our wedding and honeymoon. Yes, we have thought about doing a "honeyfund" for some extra money on the trip instead of doing physical gifts, but as I stated in the original post, it is our wedding and we plan on paying for it. I don't like getting offended but I never sa
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If I'm being honest with myself, I don't even really want physical gifts that much...maybe a few things, but overall we already have most everything we need. I'd much rather do a "honeyfund". So in this case, having a reception with tons of people does seem silly to me. Your wedding sounds more up my alley! But I do think that if people give to a honeyfund for us, they'd still expect
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Not trying to sound ignorant, but what IS the explanation for how JS and others wrote ("Translated") the BOM so quickly? I honestly just have no idea what people think on the subject. If they believe it went on for longer than the church says, etc.
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I should clarify - my boyfriend/future husband does work full time so while we are poor college kids we are not "completely broke college kids" and he'll have a decent tax return. Honestly the honeymoon is the most important part to us. I'd be willing to go virtually non-existent with the wedding part if it means we'd be putting all that money towards a nice honeymoon. But that's ju
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Hopefully it'll never come to that as I'll be on the pill and bf will get a vasectomy. But to me, it is an option. But that's really not what this post is about and that's all I want to say on the matter.
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I understand that it can happen no matter what kind of birth control you're using, but if I'm being completely honest I'm not against abortion. Of course it's always possible for an oops to happen. But in my case I wouldn't go through with it. That's just me.
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Well, for one I would never let myself be put in the position. And two, I honestly wouldn't specify that. But that's just me.
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Yeah, we're quite the opposite of the "fairy tale wedding". To me there is no such thing. I never "dreamed of my wedding" as a little girl. To me that's silly. We want to keep our wedding at an absolute maximum of $1,500 (and that still makes me cry a little). And the honeymoon, since we'd really like to do what we want most, could easily run us around $2,500-$3,000. Most o
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This is off topic but I'm looking for advice. My boyfriend and I will be getting married next summer (not in the temple! woohoo!) and we want to keep it as cheap as humanly possible. In fact, I'm seriously considering just doing a city hall wedding. We were considering doing a reception, but we want to keep it as cheap as humanly possible....definitely under $1,000 but in my ideal world it would
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I wasn't aware of the official organization from the 60's and 70's! Learned something new today. I guess what I meant is more just the religious zealots of today (what I've observed - and I was born in '92). By the former mark, the LDS are definitely not "Jesus Freaks" because they are certainly not about Jesus.
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Gives a whole new meaning to WWJD.
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I don't think they are in the traditional sense of the word, because Jesus is absolutely not the focus of many, if any at all, members. BUT. I was thinking about it today, and when I was a TBM I always looked at uber-religious people (usually some Protestant Christian denominations I guess?) in a negative way - my first reaction to them was always "wow can you stop throwing religion in t
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I'm curious, what are some of the most ridiculous "prerequisites" for marriage that you all have seen among TBM's? One that I seriously can't understand is the "Must be an Eagle Scout" that a lot of young women have. I mean sure that can be an admirable title....but denying to date a boy just because he doesn't have it?? What are some other ridiculous "must-haves&
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The LDS church using "if you feel the 'spirit' during hymns, that means the church is true" is so incredibly bogus. Music making you FEEL something is just a part of it: http://mentalfloss.com/article/51745/why-does-music-give-us-chills I guess by that standard, since I get chills and cry almost every time I hear a certain Jeff Buckley song, I should start worshiping him? Lol
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Not this exact thing, but once a few months back, the missionaries and a couple of ward members showed up unannounced one weeknight and asked if they could come in and "bless my house"... On another note, for FHE at the branch I attended til recently, once a month for the "activity" portion they split up into teams and go to inactives' houses, bringing treats and "we'd
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I will always love "Be Still, My Soul" and "A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief". The first just always gives me chills, and the latter has sentimental value.
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I haven't been to church since early April. It's glorious, and I don't plan on going back. The sister missionaries still love to text me, however, about twice a week, to tell me "Hope you're having a great day! :)" I know at least one of them knows who I am/what I look like. I'm extremely excited for the day she transfers out and then they officially don't know what I look like,
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Love that one of the birth mother's main priorities is an LDS family. http://www.aactofloveadoptions.com/adoption-situations/seeking-adoptive-family-for-caucasian-baby-due-in-september-2015-8414
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I might be a little bit the odd one out here in that hymns are one of the only things I liked about TSCC, but when you're forced to conduct hymn #37 in a family ward with an ancient organist, you can't help but hate it. #37 - The Wintry Day, Descending to Its Close https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIecWjisDTo ^Listen and slowly die.
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Hey Wren, so sorry to hear that you're going through this. I'm in college too, luckily not at BYU, and it's tough enough to find people to fit in with at a non-LDS school. If you can at all change where you're going, at any point, it may be for the best. One of my close friends (who is fairly liberal and a bit of a hippie) was attending BYU-Idaho for the entire last year. She found out at the
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Touche. There's room for everyone if you put up and shut up!
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The reason I even really started to contemplate my membership in the church is because I chose not to have children, ever. After I chose that, it all went downhill. I absolutely refused for my life to end up this way or anything like it. and it is what I see far too often in the church.
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