This reminds me of all the hype before Y2K. At the time, I was TBM and our ward's relief society president was running around like chicken little and declaring that the year 2000 was going to be the end of the world. Even better: My parents believed it, so much that my Dad boarded up all the windows on the house the night before, stocked up on food, and my mom bought gas masks! I was marri
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Cheryl, So true. I got rid of mine and now wish I could show them to people who ask. They are hard to describe unless you see them.
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Stray Mutt: Yes, that is true about senior missionaries having different rules. It just struck me as funny later in life because I was always taught in my youth that God told the prophet where each missionary was needed and that all mission calls came from divine inspiration. What a crock. Also, I often wondered about female missionaries specifically called to the Salt Lake Temple mission. I
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elderoddog: So true. Despite the mormon belief that women should "look to their husbands" and essentially be submissive, my mom remarkably calls all of the shots in our family. She was truly the "neck" of our supposed head of household growing up. She handled all of the discipline, and my dad never got involved. He has always been the "great enabler"(which resulte
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When I was a TBM, I decided to go on a mission. But since I was a female, my mom was afraid I would be called out of the country and go somewhere unsafe. So, it was listed on my application that I could only serve stateside. Magically, I got my mission call to California. Many years later, my parents decided to go on a senior mission. But my mom did not want to leave home. So, she put on
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I haven't set foot in a Mormon church for about 18 years now. My husband got me out. This is how: I was born and raised in the Mormon church. My mom was a convert in her teens and my dad came from a very large family and was raised in the church. My dad always came across as a rock, firm in his testimony, and unwavering in his devotion to the church. But that was the problem. Between
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