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In addition the the Dan Savage video that Red Ryder referenced, here’s another helpful link. Give it a quick read as well... https://www.patheos.com/blogs/excommunications/2015/04/the-one-reason-why-you-dont-need-to-purchase-your-disbelief/ Thank you so much, Hermey. I really liked this article. I t ...

After watching my video, my parents, who were very gracious and loving about it all, said that at some point they would want to talk to me about "all this," to which I replied, "That's fine. I'm ok talking, but I'm also ok just leaving it alone." We have done the latter. The elephant remains, but ...

Update: well, I tried. Edited to remove details: I tried to talk to my parents, and my mom avoided the convo. She looked ready to run away or start crying. So... I am not quite sure where to go. For now, I guess I consider it done. I wish we could have had a conversation, but maybe another time ...

My being out will be complete this weekend as I sit out my kids baptism and allow grandpa to step in. Natural progression. I'm sure it is widely known through gossip anyway. So be it. I’m so sorry. That must be really hard on you. It brings back memories of the cog dis I felt when my husband “ ...

The Beast wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2019 8:46 am It's still up. If anyone wants a link, let me know.

I’d love to see your video, if you’re willing to share it!

So I haven’t been able to talk with my parents at all, but I have spoken with my mother in law a bit. She outright asked me if I ever get to go to church anymore (she knows DH doesn’t go). I said “not really, but that’s ok”. She said it wasn’t ok. I told her I “have a hard time with some of the stuff ...

Anyone ever have a masturbation talk that didn’t go very well? Totally. Hubby’s friend and (friend’s) wife told me all about his experiment with masturbating after leaving the church. Guess what?! He didn’t feel guilty at all!! While I’m happy that the guilt and shame have gone, I really would have ...

Thank you Red Ryder. I will watch that video. I am not afraid of confrontation, so much as a detoured conversation/extra questions that I may not want to answer. I appreciate your thoughts.

Thanks everyone. This is helpful. My husband suggested just not saying anything also, but it’s hard to just not say anything. I have a sibling that got married, and was married for 6 months before any of us knew. My mom was the last to know. It caused a lot of stress and heartache for my mom, and I s ...

I like some of the other suggestions that have been offered. What form of communication did this person use? My neighbor texted me a week or so ago to tell me that her (grown) daughter is my son’s primary teacher. And if he ever wants to go to primary, she’s happy to sit with him. I just ignored the ...

I’m finally ready to out myself to my parents. It’s getting more and more difficult to dodge the questions, spiritual emails, and church speak. I may even be brave and out myself to my in-laws... but we will see. I’d also like to start wearing tank tops for the hot summer, and feel like I need to say ...

So you are saying there is no difference other than just they start paying dues at baptism? Thanks for the insight. They basically just don’t have boundaries, do they? My sister did submit to quit Mormon, so she’s just waiting for confirmation that it’s all done with. I’m considering doing the same w ...

Between blessing of a child (or putting the name on the record of the church) vs baptism in the eyes of the church? I know that once a person has been baptized they are a member, but how does that differ from just being on the records? My sister’s kids haven’t been baptized, but were put on the rec ...

Did you get a chance to respond yet? I think I would do something simple like: Thanks for thinking of and praying for me. I’m not up to participating with the scouts at this time. I just had to send something similar to the RS pres about ministering. She was very polite back and wished me a happy n ...

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png Humans are weirdly drawn in by this phenomena and I don't know how to "fix" it. My solution has been to never post on anything on social media and simply avoid those arguments, particularly with people I know. If you manage to add me as a friend on ...

This sounds like torture to me. I guess some people enjoy social events with people they don’t know well, but I’m not one of those people. My neighbor keeps inviting me to RS activities, and so far I’ve been able to politely decline, but I don’t know how I would respond if she got pushy like these la ...

I’m sorry this is happening to you. I have missed a few of my siblings weddings, but I had good excuses (brand new nursing baby) and siblings weddings aren’t the same as kids. I hope you can enjoy the day! I’m sure it will be draining with all of the looks and/or questions from relatives. Hopefully e ...

Thanks for your responses everyone. It seems strange to me that for a long time nobody visited us. I believe the EQ president is our home teacher/ministering person. He’s never visited us. My next door neighbor (the other one) visits occasionally, but she always has and it never seems to be in the n ...

So I’ve been quite busy, but have also been trying to read through the archives here. I feel like I know some of you much better now! Just a quick update from my post about meeting with the bishopric counselor (I don’t know how to link that post, so sorry) - I kept getting called/emailed to meet wit ...

I did it. I sent the email. Here is what it said: Hi (exec sec), I’m sorry, but I won’t be able to meet with brother (counselor). If he would like to contact me, he’s welcome to email me. Thanks, Somegirl Now I guess I wait to see if I hear back. I was nervous sending the email, but all of your words ...