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One other thing about those Danish butter cookies is that you can use the tin to store stuff. I'm able to indulge in treats, as I balance them out with healthy food and exercise.

That story and this thread had me laughing.

In my area, Fry's is a huge electronics store, but the grocery store chain Kroger is called Ralphs here.

I agree that you should consider the annulment to be a "Get out of Jail Free card" since him blaming you for "pressuring" him into marriage is a sign to me that he's abusive. If you stayed with him and did have a child, he could abuse the child as well, since that's often the case in domestic abuse situations. It also teaches a girl that abuse is normal in a marriage, as she learns from example, and sons often learn that they can abuse their wives. I do understand that there are wives who abuse their husbands, but it's more likely that the wife is abused. Having been in an emotionally abusive marriage myself, I thank God every day that I was able to escape without having any children, since I was able to cut off all contact with my ex-husband. If I was pregnant, I would have been stuck with fighting a nasty child support battle. I wish my ex-husband wanted an annulment soon after we married, it would have saved the expense of a divorce, since we nearly went to court because at first, he said he wouldn't sign the papers. In the end, he signed the papers, and it was finalized almost a year after I filed. Originally he said he wanted the divorce, but he wouldn't have acted on it, yet when I filed the papers myself, it showed him he was losing control of me. I ended up getting a restraining order against him.

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I second Land's End for tankinis as the tops are long enough that they stay where they should be. One other thing that's great for not just modesty but sun protection is to get one of those shirts from the workout clothes section that's designed to wick away sweat when working out in hot weather. I'm not LDS myself, but even I have one of those shirts since I have fair skin that burns easily, and I want to protect myself from skin cancer. For one piece swimsuits, I also found that you can get Speedo ones at Costco if you have the membership. I actually have one of those that I wear when swimming at my gym because they stay put and since I'm there to swim for exercise, they're fine for me. If your local congregation doesn't allow tankinis, the Speedo type of one piece swimsuit is modest and might work, especially if worn with one of those shirts previously mentioned.

Every test I've done has sorted me into Gryffindor, and when I went to a Hogwarts themed party, I ended up in Gryffindor as well. I even have the scarf for that house, and I wore it to the theater when I went to watch the last movies.

You need to get help right now for this, as depression is a legitimate illness, and one that can be treated with the right type of help in the form of counseling and medication. If you want to get a therapist through the LDS church, your bishop can give you a referral. This also goes for the person struggling with masturbation, and I was going to post the same thing on that thread, but it's now closed, so I'm posting it here. I'm sure I've mentioned before that I also had depression so severe that I was suicidal, but the combination of therapy and medication is what saved my life. Eventually, my depression went into remission and it's been years since I needed any medication. I say that it went into remission like one would say about cancer, because I do consider depression to be a real illness, and one that doesn't have to be terminal if you get treatment for it. The brain is an organ just like any other organ of the body, and like the thyroid for example, it often doesn't produce enough of a chemical.

I decided to make a new thread about this instead of putting it in the thread about gullibility as this is about how a cruel prank backfired on the bullies. POWAY: Homecoming princess turns tables on bullies

You know how your ex is an ex for a reason? Well, one of the major reasons why my ex-husband is my ex was that he's the most gullible person I know. He's basically the reason we get those Nigerian scam e-mails on occasion. If he didn't show me that e-mail from a Nigerian wanting his information to "wire" money for "safekeeping" I wouldn't have been able to talk him out of basically giving his money away to a scam. I also later found out that he had gotten involved with just about every MLM scheme out there, since he wanted to be rich, but didn't want to actually work hard at anything. My credit rating has finally been fixed because of my ex-husband destroying it.

There are other Christian churches that teach modesty to the point where women and girls wear skirts or dresses all the time, and not just at church. Those churches make the LDS church seem more relaxed since Mormon women can wear shorts and pants outside of the chapel if they want to. The only thing the LDS church really requires is that if someone has been to the temple, their garments must be covered.

One issue with cooking wine is that it has a lot of sodium, so I would rather use grape juice or broth if I was going to substitute. Since I'm not LDS, I happen to like using wine if a particular recipe calls for it. It's not something I use every day in cooking, since most things I cook don't always call for wine or other alcoholic beverage.

For the most part, I probably wouldn't have made it past childhood if I lived any earlier than I do now, mostly from vaccines and sanitation. As a woman, I also like that I can vote, and that I was allowed to divorce an abusive spouse. In other periods, that wouldn't have been possible, and if he killed me, he wouldn't have faced punishment at all for it.

I knew the ACLU would take the student's side, but as for rosaries, I was taught that they were not necklaces. I have family members who are Catholic, but I wasn't really raised in the church itself. The ACLU has even supported a LDS college student whose school was making it difficult for him to serve a mission. ACLU backs a Mormon Mormons talk

Yes, this. I ended up marrying someone just like him, as I chose to ignore the signs, and while he didn't become physically abusive, the emotional abuse continued. I thank God that I somehow got out before we had any children that he could abuse, and since there were no children, I was able to cut him completely out of my life. I spent years in therapy before I was ready to be able to get into a relationship again, and now I'm with someone who treats me with respect and who wouldn't think of doing what my ex-husband did. Wednesday, a woman was murdered by her ex who also killed innocent people in the hair salon where she worked, and it just reminded me of how lucky I was to get out, and I thank the Lord every day for getting me out of that situation. This hit close to home for me as my brother and SIL lived near there when they were first married. Seal Beach's sense of security is pierced, but not shattered - latimes.com I suggest you run and don't look back, as something like this would be the worst case scenario.

In a way, this isn't really new as I've heard of something called handfasting where a couple commits to each other for a trial period, then at the end of the trial, they have a second ceremony to make things permanent. It's basically like a LDS couple in countries where temple ceremonies are accepted as legal weddings, where those who have a civil wedding wait a year before going to the temple for their religious ceremony. One thing the LDS church could do in Mexico is have couples get the civil ceremony for 2 years, then allow them to be "sealed" after the 2 years is up, and any children they have could also be "sealed" to them.

To me, it's just a door with windows and wood that looks like an empty cross. In most Protestant churches, you see an empty cross only as a reminder that while Christ died on one as part of the Atonement, but He was resurrected on the 3rd day after His death.

I'm a non-LDS Christian who strongly disagrees with this person's opinion. After all, that vow "in sickness..." definitely applies to someone with Alzheimer's or other form of dementia. In an article about Robertson's comment, it was mentioned that feelings are usually one of the last things to go for someone with Alzheimer's, so the thought of divorcing someone is especially cruel. Even if the caregiver makes the difficult decision to put their spouse in a nursing home, it's usually because they realize that they're no longer able to provide the care they deserve, and they continue to visit the person they married.

If you consider yourself a Christian who follows what Christ taught, you would love your friend unconditionally. I'm not being mean when saying that, but things like this are why some antis say that the LDS church hates homosexuals. I would only be concerned about his drug addiction as someone who is sick with the disease of addiction will do whatever it takes to get their next fix, regardless of any consequences.

In my non-LDS opinion, what you do in the privacy of your bedroom in front of your spouse isn't an issue. As far as underwear goes, all I know is that I'm sensitive and can only wear cotton in order to prevent health issues.

While I hate smoking, I don't think it should be completely illegal, as it would add to the overcrowding of the prison system that already has non-violent drug users in there. Also, it would lead to more crime as what happened when Prohibition was the law. Besides, if I understand something about the LDS church, wasn't it Satan that wanted to force people to do the right thing? I'm in favor of designated smoking areas outside, away from entrances where the smoke isn't going to drift over to where non-smokers would be. There was something recently that said that addiction is a brain disease, and I would say that includes those who are addicted to nicotine as well, since it's one of the hardest addictions to break. For many smokers, the addition is terminal, as they end up dying of a smoking caused cancer or other disease.

I'm still one who prefers actual books, and not only being able to hold one, but the smell of them as well. One other benefit is that when I fly somewhere, I don't have to stop reading during takeoff and landing, while those gadgets have to be turned off until the flight crew says they can be turned on while in the air. I love the look of full book cases, and I feel uncomfortable in a home where there are no books being displayed. I know it's wrong, but I judge someone like that as being anti-intellectual until proven otherwise.

I personally would like it if there were more laws that set the legal age of marriage to 18 as I think it might help reduce the divorce rate. After all, people have to wait until they're 18 to join the military or vote, so I think it would be best if they waited to marry until that age. In my opinion, I like that the average age for marriage is getting to be into the mid 20's, as most people have finished college and are more financially stable and more able to support a family. A 28 year old woman can be just as fertile as an 18 year old, so women who wait until they're self-sufficient aren't wasting their fertility.

I think the resistance against cremation might have something to do with the sanctity of the body, as the Catholic church had a ban on cremation until relatively recently, and they require the ashes to be buried instead of scattered. I've heard also that in countries where burial is illegal and where cremation is the norm, the LDS church doesn't preach against the practice. Personally for me, cremation is what I prefer, as it's less expensive, especially if you get a plain wooden casket for the actual cremation. As far as resurrection goes, if you go by the Genesis story, ashes couldn't be that more difficult than creating Adam.

One thing about a mother's gut is that it's her God given way of protecting her children, especially if there's a chance that someone might be a child molester. I also feel that it's a red flag if someone feels that there's nothing wrong with child porn, as it means that they were abused as a child, and either could become an abuser, or chose a pedophile over their own child.