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ooooh oops that's because it looks like I replied to a post from nov 12.... didn't see that it had 8 pages lol. I'll answer yours now SPICY I like strong tastin hot foods, like when your cheek under your eyeballs sweats, it's the best.as for "Loose or tight?" tight!

This is a tough one...depends on the place. usually I run before sunrise cuz I wake up early to run. but I'm gonna say if I was back in my hometown SUNSET. cuz you can run around the neighborhood and smell everybody cooking good food, then get back take a shower and eat lol water or gatorade?!

yes, I can see how it wouldnt really be ideal for a non-mormon and a mormon to get married. But you yourself prove that it can work. I'm not saying that this is the situation that I would desire most, and I don't know if our relationship will even lead to marriage. What I do know though is that I'm going to keep an open mind, and be true to my heart in both cases: my girl, and the church. I'm going to take things slow and see where they go. Besides, there are bigger threats to our relationship then our difference in faith...like her distaste for del taco...I LOVE del taco soft tacos and she hates del taco....how could anyone hate del taco!?!?! seriously though, I'm going to take my time checking things out and slowly searching my heart. Hopefully things will work out for the better :)

I am in no way looking into the church just because I want to get close to this girl. If things led to marriage I'm sure I could very well marry her without changing the way I live my life and without becoming mormon, when I have asked her before if mormons are allowed to marry non-mormons she said that she wouldn't care if the person that she married was mormon or not, and that one of her sister's had married a non-mormon anyways. Yes it's true that I didn't even think about going to any kind of church or trying to turn my life around until I started dating my girl, but that's only because she has INSPIRED me to change my life. Made me see that maybe I can be happy, maybe I can have faith again. I have lived a life full of sin and done many many things that I am not proud of. But I'm trying to fix that.

oh, I was jut thinking of a question I had about clothes and here there is with a thread already started. Ok, if I wanted to say attend church one day to check it out (side question: are guests welcome?) is there anything special or is it just sunday best like at any church? I'll have to go shopping anyways, don't have any sunday clothes anymore...except for uniforms

yes, I got that understanding just from reading over like the basic beleifs and stuff. But it's not like I'm a stranger to long commitments. But it dawned on me the other day that the laws and everything make sense...they are there for a reason really. Like chastity for example. I had married at the age of 20 and it didn't even last a year. I thought at the time that it was love, but now I can see that it was just lust. If I had lived a chaste life, then maybe I would have spent more time to actually figure out what I was getting myself into...now that I have a clear head and I look back on my ex wife I realize how horrible of a person she really was, and I can't beleive that I married her. On a side note, I called the hotline number that you guys gave me and they took all my information down and said they were sending me a dvd. I'll have to wait untill I get back home to get it though because I'm currently doing training in the desert right now. can't wait!

I thank you all for your advice and wisdom. I talked with her last night, and told her that I have been researching and looking into information on LDS. And after takling to her about it I know for sure that her faith is important to her, and I'm not going to do anything to make it falter in anyway. I'm going to call a missionary today (thanks for the number btw), and just talk to them and see what they have to say.

I've been dating this girl now for 3 months and she is amazing. Everyday I grow more and more fond of her and eventhough I shouldn't be thinking of things like this so early in the relationship I find myself daydreaming and planning and wondering about a future with her. Here is my problem, she's mormon and I'm not. I should clarify even further; She is religious and I'm not. I'm not even sure what I beleive actually...I wasn't really 'raised christian' as I see a lot of people say, my parents were not very religious. Yes, we prayed at the dinner table before we ate and on holidays but it was more of like a routine. I attended church only when I stayed over night at my cousin's house on saturday sometimes (his immediate family was alot more religious and my cousin and I were attached at the hip pretty much so I would go along) so I'm not unfamilair with church, although I was just kind of going through the motions. On the other hand from what I know of her family they are far more religious than even my cousins. But she doesn't go to service that much, and when I looked on lds.org to try and learn a little about it...she doesn't follow alot of the rules. And sometimes she doesn't really seem that enthusiastic about being a mormon with some things that she says. But I have noticed that her family is really close...and I don't know what would happen if we married with me not being a mormon. I wouldn't want to ruin that closeness she has with her family even if she would marry me w/o me being mormon. And if her faith is maybe weak right now I wouldn't want for me to be a reason for her to leave the church, and I also feel guilty when we do things that are sin... I don't want her to lose faith honestly because I know how powerful it can be for people...I actually envy it sometimes I have been thinking of possibly attempting to join. There are parts of my life that I barely survived through, rough times, and I fear that if even worse times come I won't be able to make it through them without faith. But I don't want her to be the only reason that I'm joining the church. And I have this weird idea in my head that maybe she likes things that are non-mormon and if I joined would she like me less? I think maybe I should maybe try and talk to a missionary on my own...or should I tell her first? I'm so confused right now...but I have been checking this forum alot, and everyday I have been scanning the internet on information about LDS and I get this excited feeling in me whenever I do...kinda like this feeling I used to get as a child when I would pray. before I lost faith

Hello everyone, I'm a new forum member. I'm not religious, but I joined this forum to learn more about LDS and post questions in the future. I have skimmed over the forums a little so far, and you all seem like polite, understanding people (which is hard to find in any kind of forums these days). Anyway, just wanted to introduce my self. I'm 22 and I serve our country in the USMC