mbh26 Posted August 2, 2015 Posted August 2, 2015 I've got news for you... it never ends... and, in this day and age more and more young people are staying in the home (parents can carry them on health insurance under Obama-care until they're 26 for goodness sakes). And, because of the employment situation, many young couples/families have moved back home with parents and are living in the basement...My nephew is 22 and he still lives at home and has no desire to leave. Why should he? He's a hard worker and I think he contributes to the household, but he still has it very comfy... GG Is it really such a burden on parents to have their children living with them during their 20s? Were they planning on renting the room out or something?
JulieM Posted August 2, 2015 Posted August 2, 2015 (edited) My son didn't serve a mission but has many of his friends who are recently home from their missions. Every single one of them are contacting the sister missionaries they knew from their missions to ask out and date. Some have gone through several sisters that they knew. They had given each other their contact info before they left the mission field. I actually see nothing wrong with this as I see them wanting to date and also trying to adjust to being home. They reach out to those they're familiar with and those who have had a common experience from their past year or two. No engagements yet but some are close Edited August 2, 2015 by JulieM 3
Kenngo1969 Posted August 2, 2015 Posted August 2, 2015 And for some of us the informal celibacy of a mission seems to have extended about 4 years past its end. And, for those of us who have successfully attracted the collective indifference of the female of the species in its entirety, it has extended a heckuva lot longer than that, Son! (And yes, I'd wager ... if I were a wagerin' man ... that you're actually young enough to be my son! )
Kenngo1969 Posted August 2, 2015 Posted August 2, 2015 I'll be honest I find it gross when people under 20 get marriedI went to college with a young lady. She graduated from high school at 15, got her Associate Degree at 17, and was engaged to marry, I believe, a 22-year-old RM. We all know people who are 18 going on 30 (such as this young lady), and we know others who are 40 going on 12. Whatever we might think "rules" are (or whatever we might think they should be), there are always exceptions. 2
Avatar4321 Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 Good one...and I am sure you would love and serve her with great care even if she had questions she left the church or just had questions.Considering She is a nonmember and asks questions frequently why wouldn't I love and serve her regardless? What does that have to do with learning much more after I married her than before? I'm not sure what you are trying to claim.
Thinking Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 On my mission there was a sister missionary that most of the Elders wanted to marry. Her nickname was the Apostle because everybody listened to her and she was totally focused on the work. She knew that most of the Elders were in love with her, which is why I think she enjoyed being in my district - I was in the minority that didn't have a crush on her. She was a lovely woman, just not my type. Anyway, I received a wedding invitation from her shortly after the mission. She married an RM, but not from our mission.
Duncan Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 I vividly remember sitting in my exit interview with my Mission Pres. he told me to get married asap. When I was with the stake president getting released he told me the same thing and even gave me a blessing to get married. My YSA Bishop, I thought, put an insane amount of pressure on people to get married. I fully embraced it and got married to someone I barely knew and didn't love and we had a child right away because to wait would be "selfish", putting off marriage would be selfish. Long story short we got divorced and I don't live where women are plenty and I can't move away and leave my son. I don't know what to believe and who to believe or what God wanted me to do in all of this. My PB says basically when you get married pick someone with these qualities, as if women would be in plentiful supply so I would have people to pick from but there is no one here, so what am I supposed to do? Marriage and a failed marriage is one reason I have a hard time believing in the promises in my Blessing.
Thinking Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 I vividly remember sitting in my exit interview with my Mission Pres. he told me to get married asap. When I was with the stake president getting released he told me the same thing and even gave me a blessing to get married. My YSA Bishop, I thought, put an insane amount of pressure on people to get married. I fully embraced it and got married to someone I barely knew and didn't love and we had a child right away because to wait would be "selfish", putting off marriage would be selfish. Long story short we got divorced and I don't live where women are plenty and I can't move away and leave my son. I don't know what to believe and who to believe or what God wanted me to do in all of this. My PB says basically when you get married pick someone with these qualities, as if women would be in plentiful supply so I would have people to pick from but there is no one here, so what am I supposed to do? Marriage and a failed marriage is one reason I have a hard time believing in the promises in my Blessing. I'm sorry that you endured so much pressure. At my exit interview my mission president told me that although marriage was the next step, he refused to put a time table on it. My stake president didn't say a word about getting married. 2
Avatar4321 Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 Considering She is a nonmember and asks questions frequently why wouldn't I love and serve her regardless? What does that have to do with learning much more after I married her than before? I'm not sure what you are trying to claim.Would like a response here Jeanne.
Thinking Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 Did i accidently kill the thread? No. You just happened to be the last poster when it was taking its last breath.
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