seashmore

And be careful if you're pregnant! (Kneeling for a long time can make you faint/pass out.) I LOVE doing sealings! When I lived closer to a temple (and went more often), I learned to learn from the different sealers. Every once in a while, they'll share some insight, either about the ordinance or the particular temple you're in.

From the article: "Please note for couples that were never married, there must be evidence that the couple did live together as husband and wife even though there was no marriage or documentation of a marriage." My original question pertains to children born of two persons who did NOT live together as husband and wife. Are they walled off from being linked to their forebearers, thereby having the same effect on their posterity?

I'm single because there are zero LDS guys within ten years and twenty miles of me. At least, that's what I tell people who inquire into my dating life. I look at all that I've been able to do within the Church and my family because I'm single, and I find purpose to my singledom. One thing that keeps me patient is doing sealings. I often think about how long they've been waiting for their forever marriage (hint: longer than I have) and how, in a way, I can give them even more than I have. Seriously, how cool is that? Side note: I had a roommate refer to me as a "gateway date" because so many of the guys who took me on a date married the next girl they dated.

Thanks for the info. I'll have to look into it again.

This is often how I greet people. I use the same username just about everywhere, so if "seashmore" looks familiar, it's probably me. 2nd generation LDS, but we usually left church at the chapel, and my mother recently questioned whether she ever even had a testimony of her own. Never married (so I'm lonely and like to talk about myself), unconventional family, all Midwest. At 29, I eased out of the YSA wards by moving to a place without any. I've graduated Institute at least twice, but still have to sing the song to find anything except a Nephi in the Book of Mormon. My calling highlights include: 1st Counselor in RS and YW (separately, of course), Primary Music Leader, Gospel Doctrine teacher, temple worker (I consider my 18 months served to be a mission equivalent), and RS Secretary (4 times in 3 wards, and I've only lived in one ward that didn't call me, probably because I joked about having already done it twice in three years; I'm either really good at it, or I haven't learned anything yet). I look forward to swapping stories with you.

Anyone know the sealing guidelines for children born to unwed parents? I can't be the only person out there to have encountered this in my family history. Don't parents have to be sealed to each other before having children sealed to them? And, generally speaking, what was not bound on earth cannot be bound in heaven, right? So what happens if Tommy's parents never married on earth? I once presented this scenario to a temple matron, and got a "I hadn't thought of that" look/response, and someone else got a "God will sort it out somehow" answer from their bishop, so I'm not necessarily expecting an answer. But, yes, it's kept me up a night or two.