idahommie

Get it right girls, Potato Salad!

Temple Marriage and the part member Family........ My wife of 15 years is a non member and I was born in the Church. When we were married I was "less" active in church, in fact we lived together before we were married, my wife(then girlfriend) would go to Relief Society with my Mom, and was accepted by the girls I grew up with. We were married by A great family friend whom was also the Bishop at the time. 15 years later finds us active in church(not in my hometown any longer), with myself living worthy of my priethood and our children being members but my wife has not accepted the gospel. She attends church with us every Sunday, even though she is really not accepted by the sisters in our ward. Our daughter has mentioned her desire to marry in the temple on numerous occasions. My wife has confided in me it would be the worst day in her life to not see her daughter marry. My council to my daughter and her soon to be husband (when the time comes AND if my wife is not a member yet) will be to marry outside the temple and then seek a temple marriage. I hope and pray I never have to say that, but my wife is the love of my life, we have a wonderful family and a wonderful relationship, I could not stand by and watch her be crushed in such a way. My wife would be supportive and never voice her hurt, the best non Mormon Mormon I've known. I truly believe the church should allow a civil marriage prior to a temple ceremony here in the States without the year long wait. Has anyone ever held their temple marriage then had a civil marriage after as an option? If our families may not experience eternal life together for one reason or another, can we not try to make our time together in this earthly existence as wonderful as possible?

Sorry Bud, Man up and find a woman that will love you back..........

Why yes they can. See, I'm a kept man!(well, actually a stay at home Dad man-servant). Oh, and to top it off, I've even gained 50 lbs since we were married(16 yrs and 2 kids) I love my bride, whom has gained a few herself(I assisted in this.....2 kids remember?) Hey Tumbled, a man either loves the mother of his children or does not, frankly, it sounds as though YOU deserve better, but I pray things work out the way YOU want them to.

Just last year I completed an IronButt " National Parks Tour " in which I visited 57 national parks in 26 states on my Motorcycle, loads of fun! But I grew up visiting Yellowstone every summer, and later snowmobiling it in the winter(the best time to visit Yellowstone) so it is my favorite park. Glacier National park is also a pretty park.

My son has been suspended twice for fighting. He never initiated the violence, as witnesses attested to. There are two rules I teach my son; We never hit someone first, and #2 if you are hit then you swing until there is NO resistance in the other individual. I had to petition teachers to allow him to remain a member of the NHS, and was very lucky to succeed. Zero tolerance rules should have never been introduced to our school systems, of course parents and teachers should still be allowed to discipline kids as well.