The exmo selfie train!

[Reuben]

Kinda makes you wonder how many guys resign because they want to grow a beard?

I can honestly say that that was never one of my reasons. Full disclosure, I usually wear facial hair in fall and winter and did even as an active TBM. Not really an issue in my part of the country, Facial hair is quite normal to us.

I was joking about that as a reason. If a guy wants to wear a beard, he needs to overcome the "submit-comply-obey" training he has received in the past and simply quit shaving. Within the Jell-O belt, members will receive some flak for growing facial hair, but the pressure is not sufficient to feel a need to resign. If your beard is bushy enough you might be able to hold even more priesthood keys by attaching them to your beard.

Is that why bishops with facial hair are typically commanded to shave? So they can't overpower the stake president? I guess it would be bad if an SP went up against a BP with power word and had nothing better than magic missile...

[glass shelf]

I enjoy scrolling through.

It gives me hope because I am not one of them. I am still stuck in the middle. Just had a big fight with DH last night over girls camp. I don't want our DD to attend, but he does. We are at a stalemate.

I am also a little bitter about missing out on the freedom of choice during my high school/college years. I wish I had gotten out sooner.

I take back my statement. I don't enjoy scrolling through anymore. Yesterday got to be too much. How can whole families leave together and I cant even get my DH to have a conversation about my issues and concerns about our children being raised in such a toxic atmosphere? Rough weekend. It hurts to see the happy families moving on. maybe someday. just not today.

My husband left after (with?) me, but the reality is that he was never as Mormon as I was in spite of being BIC, RM, etc. He also isn't nearly as ex-Mo as I am. It's a weird place, and one picture on the internet definitely doesn't tell you a family's story.
Hang in there!