You'll be richly rewarded. I am 27, LDS, and 5 days away from marrying my own amazing non-Mormon man. I think it's very helpful that I wasn't nearly as busy for most of our relationship thus farwe got engaged before I got absurdly busy and so it's not like we weren't extremely close. A lot of Mormons think that good people will obviously recognize the truthfulness of the church and quickly join. Though being with a resident is hard, it can be totally worth it if you're committed to the person and you know that they are committed to you - you just have to realize that commitment will look different coming from them. Hopefully you will all have fun meeting singles and try out this online dating thing Remember that we are the largest free online dating service, so you will never have to pay a dime to meet your soulmate. At best they just try to include you in the community, and at worst you are constantly told that you'll be welcome "when you're ready. The goal of dating at that age is to broaden your social circle and learn more about yourself. Can you live your whole life with a husband you doesnt or never will believe in the mormon church. He fit me- does that make sense.
I worked my butt off and supported our family through internship, residency and two fellowships always looking forward to the day when he would finally be in practice and things would get 'easier". It just gets so lonely you invariably commission yourself a single parent. It's definitely not an easy life. He is truly my soulmate and I shudder to think that if I had not chosen to marry outside of the church, I would not have had this life with him. Good luck and my prayers are with you. A grandpa sense of humor and occasional clever line from an old movie go a long way. And the longer you see her you won't be getting out of anything soon either. If a direct contact is simply not possible given the residency schedule, then how about a bedtime phone call. I was the bishops' daughter who went to BYU but didn't go on a mission because I was already married with a 10 month old by my 21st birthday.
Some exceptions and valid reasons do exist for divorce but self righteousness is not on of them. And your needs essentially have to be silenced a lot of the times. There's a ton of crazy in what we were taught all our lives. I still feel enriched by the contrasts, but in the important things, we have largely come together. The dots are extremely close for every LDS person, its just extremely hard to connect them.
Am I a homewrecker. By the way, I have had to get another job to help make ends meet. In the Garden of Eden, Eve may have introduced sin into the world, but ultimately her actions worked out for good because it allowed all of us to be born and tested in this telestial state. Also, as Joanna points out, men and women already inhabit a separate culture. She was so sad over what she sacrificed it just haunted everyone on Reddit. Ask Mormon Girl is the blog of author Joanna Brooks. She views patriarchy as a quality of God.