I can accept her, and she's told me she can accept me The challenging part for me now is the idea of putting my kids through the brainwashing. Make sure you are According to the teachings of the Church, Mormon youth should not date before the age of This is more of a custom than a hard rule, but it is a good standard to follow, as you will probably not be mature enough to effectively handle that kind of personal relationship before then. While Scientology is way worse hopefully the parallels will get her thinking. It is the greatest sadness of her life. There are a few things I've come to accept, though: Our house will never be clean We will never be caught up on laundry We will probably always eat take out instead of cooking Sleeping next to one another is something we now cherish I will not be a young parent I'm 21 now and we don't plan on having children until our thirties I will always love him and would never make him give up what he loves, just as he would never make me do the same. Communication is at an all time low and stress is at an all time high. At the risk of overloading this post, I'm going to copy and paste here, a Reddit comment that I made in this exmo sub the other day. Why Mormons don't drink wine or coffee.

I have been married to a doctor for 5 years now and we have two children. Thanks again for the continued comments and replies to my edit. Did U have sex with her yet.
Would she be okay spending a Sunday to an atheist space with you. Mixed races, however, are NOT tied into opposing beliefs and mixed races don't try to "convert" each other. Just remember that you chose one another. You would be her back up plan in case she can't find a guy who is a returned missionary, preferably from a prominent LDS family. The point made was that a parallel can be drawn between interfaith and interracial marriages. Things I have and continue to think about. You just can't imagine the heap o' hurt you're potentially setting yourself up for. I had many extremely hurtful things said to me, along with an intervention hosted by my married-in-the-temple-and-divorced grandmother. Please see above link for full rules. Anyway, you got yourself a treasure.
If we have children, they will be OK to go to your church, but not compelled to do so, and never baptized. I knew a couple in my last ward who got married in their mid 20's. He's emotionally threatening me to keep his infidelities a secret. I was thinking about this last night after listening to Radio West.