He went out and purchased a promise ring, but was holding off on giving it to me. As a budding feminist, I left the church in my teens. First of all, Mormons are people so there is a spectrum of what they actually believe on a personal level, and what beliefs are most important to them. And occasionally I have queried the wisdom of that choice. Should I jump ship.


Their thinking is something like this. Fortunately most of my immediate family has done better. And your needs essentially have to be silenced a lot of the times. Besides the obvious brain damage that you will be made to suffer your entire married life, there are future kids to think about. It made me sad to think that the thing that was most important my life в my faith в was something that I could never fully share with my husband.
So that may be the end of it there. You should certainly still date even if you are not looking for a marriage partner. I have been with him through medical school and residency for internal medicine, which was tough, but manageable. By the way I work full time about 60 hours a week with my company and seem to never miss anything for my kid and can do all his bullshit also. Much of it rang true back when my spouse was in med school, internship and residency. This is by design. When she had a strict 6: If there was a disagreement, one person was supposed to submit to the other, consult a rulebook that covered almost everything, or turn to a church leader to decide for them.
She can never hang out on Sundays because she apparently spends the entire day at church. Or maybe he's like me and would rather just collapse into bed with you when he gets home. She likely hasn't had many long-term relationships and has no idea what dynamics are involved in one. She's already past her prime in the Mormon dating market.