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Thank you! I am not judging my brother's girlfriend for what he did. That is besides the point. It bugs me that they are pretending like nothing ever happened.

I know it's her life and I'm letting her do as she pleases. But does anyone else think it's a little odd?

Another topic on my mind.. My sister is 21 years old and has been dating Missionary for about 5 years. He is a year younger and left on his mission last December. However, about a month ago. He came home. He is home for personal reasons that have nothing to do with my sister. However, it is a matter of worthiness and he is home for a year. The percentage of missionaries going back out after a year is extremely low. The problem is that he and my sister have picked up like he never left. They are back to dating and kissing and everything and this was after he had been home for a day. I don't feel like is appropriate. I feel like he should be avoiding serious relationships if he has any desire to go back out. I don't want to judge him or my sister, but the whole situation is a little uncomfortable. She needed that time away from him and he needed that time to grow up. Any words of wisdom?

Thank you for letting me get problems off of my chest as I send them into the virtual world for strangers to read. I have posted a lot today, but there is a lot on my mind. This summer I became wonderful friends with 3 people. One of these people happens to be my younger brother. We have know each other for awhile but we really connected and formed a close group this summer. Brother. Girlfriend. J. Brother and Girlfriend ended up getting together. J became best friends with brother. I became best friends with Girlfriend and J in separate ways but we all are good friends together. Anyways. J because jealous of Girlfriend and Brother. Girlfriend become jealous of J and Brother because they are always together. J begins sending strange texts to Girlfriend concerning Brother and Girlfriend becomes increasing uncomfortable with J and Brother's relationship. Brother realizes things are weird and that J is way too close to Brother. However, Brother is too nice to really discuss this. They are both theater boys- being cuddly and 'gay' is some sort of weird theater thing... that is totally inappropriate. J confides in Girlfriend that as well as harboring feelings for his ex-girl friend, he has feelings for Brother. He is apparent 'bi'. He says he is trying to stop and surpress these feelings but sending inappropriate text messages about Brother and always hanging out with him is not helping the cause. J and Girlfriend are not speaking. Boyfriend and J are still friends. Brother and Girlfriend broke up.. got back together and now everything is very weird. I miss my friends. I know this is an odd situation but any advice or comments would be nice. All three of these people are good members of the church.

This is not a gospel specific subject but it's something I desperately need some advice or insight on. I have began my first year of teaching at an inner city, very difficult school. I was hired to teach fourth grade and I literally had the class from heck, every teacher and faculty member in the school agreed. I worked my butt off every single day. I came to school early and I stayed late putting in hours and hours of extra work. I spent tons of my own money buying supplies and setting up the classroom. However, it was hard, the class was horrid and every single strategy of mine failed. One of our kindergartener teachers took a job at another school. Our school, because of enrollment numbers, was unable to hire another teacher. We had one girl who was teaching first grade. She was an emergency hire, and this was counting as her student teaching. She was given a retired first grade teacher to help her set up and get her class going. When the kindergarten teacher left, this girl was moved to kinder because she was endorsed. My principal switched me to first grade and the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classes have been rearranged and things are a mess. I'm not upset by the switch. I LOVE first grade and have always wanted to teach it. However, I felt like the biggest reason I was switched is because I couldn't handle the fourth graders. My principal explained this wasn't necessarily the case. She says I'll do better in first grade and these changes needed to happen. Sure. It still hurts. So I am switched to first, still expected to write sub plans for my fourth graders while they sort out the new classes. However. I am not teaching. The obnoxious old woman hired to help the emergency hire girl is now put in my classroom and she is the teacher. I am sitting back for a week or more and watching her teach my class while I 'ease' into the position. The kids are familiar with her- however, they like me and trust me and are very resilient. I've sent out a letter to parents explaining the switch. I am ready to teach. I hate sitting back and not being able to do the job I was hired for. I hate watching this emergency hire take over her own class, while I, who has already student taught in the first grade is taking the back seat. This woman treats me like a little kid and is constantly correcting me, repeating things I already know or explaining basic teaching strategies. I know she is trying to help me. It makes me feel worthless, belittled and like I've been punished. I feel like the school doesn't respect me. She goes to all of our team meeting and talks for me and is always refering to 'our' classroom. I am the teacher. I also feel like I could do a much better job, I have to refrain from butting in on her unorganized and ineffective lessons. I know this is silly, but should I have any right to feel this way? I don't like confrontation, it's often gotten me into trouble. How can I go about explaining my feelings and frustrations without looking like a whiny brat?

Our current missionaries like to stop by our house so my mom will bake them cookies..

Thanks, I am just fine going to my home ward.

First off- hello! I'm new to these forums, although I've been trolling them for awhile. I would love some advice and opinions on something. I left. I went back to my homeward. I am a young single adult, sadly- still living at home. I have friends, I keep busy, I do things. I simply don't like my single's ward. I talk to people and have more friends in my home family ward that I do in the single's ward. I don't feel comfortable there and don't have very many friends. It's extremely cliquey and most of the people are older than I am. However, I feel so pressured to be part of a single's ward. Do you think it is necessary to be part of a single's ward? Will I be shunned for still attending my family ward?