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Emower and Linked you guys make some great points. My wife saw me not wear my garments the other day and was upset. I ended up buying her flowers and a card telling her I was sorry. But I said I don't think I could go back to attending priesthood. I remembered what she wanted me to do and did a litt...

Great suggestions RH, I'll have to see if she is willing to take a Sunday off sometime. She is such a stickler though about missing church even if we travel.

Well I was able to successfully make a compromise with my wife that if I tried to pray to see God's influence in my life then I could skip priesthood meeting. I told her I just didn't feel comfortable there anymore. This thing about seeing God's influence in my life though is difficult because even ...

Sorry to hear your plight Linked, but I guess most of us are in the same boat. Hopefully we and the church can continue to make baby steps so that eventually it won't be such a problem to not participate in church. It's like we are the new pioneers transitioning away from religion. I'm sure we are n...

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My wife and I still read the scriptures together nightly. We recently read about Abinadi where he is talking about God and I commented that what he said was trinitarian and I had heard of this in my critical studies. She asked why would Joseph Smith change his views from one God to 3 separate beings...

No because she might feel bad about it although she knows of my dissaffection. It is nice to have a group like this though to commiserate with when the slog gets bad.

My wife has noticed a difference if I've been listening to Mormon Stories or not. And I have often done it without her knowledge. When I admitted to doing it she was upset but I told her it wasn't to disrespect her but it helped me feel happier about my situation. I think because when we go to churc...

If God is an unchanging God, why does the church change so much?

Hey Linked,

How did your wife react when you stopped wearing your g's? I wonder if our wives would actually like us more without g's? (sexier right?)

Congrats!

Angel, I just finished watching the short series on Netflix about Bill Gates. That guy is amazing. Anyhow, it was inspirational to me because with his and his wife's foundation they are doing great things. Granted they have lots of money, but I think we can all participate in making the world a bett...

Thanks everyone for your responses! I especially liked five finger's response :) Anywho, my wife does care if I attend or not and often asks me questions about it unfortunately. This last Sunday I hated it because the teacher wanted us to turn to our neighbor and discuss our spiritual experiences or...

Hey everyone, My ward (elder's quorum) is very tbm and I don't feel comfortable there because being tbm as they are they are not open to alternative viewpoints other than tbm ones. In any event, my wife is still quite tbm even though she knows why I think and don't believe like I used to. But, it se...

Glad things are going better Linked! Best wishes for the future!

I think if you posted a video that would be great Hermey!

Thanks for the feedback on Veon. Subsequently I bought my wife some flowers and wrote her a card sort of giving her some thoughts that I thought may persuade her to cut me some slack. I mentioned pres. Nelson's quote about being free to choose a different religion if new knowledge justified it and m...

Hey guys thanks for your responses! Having a faith crisis or should we say the church is having a truth crisis is difficult. It is nice to know that it is not true but being married to a tbm makes life quite challenging right?! May the universe or God help us all! Hopefully the truth will continue t...

Hey JTC, good suggestion. I am in between Utah and Salt Lake counties in Utah so either county would probably work. In an effort to be more transparent with her last night I confessed to drinking coffee, not wearing my garment top while at work sometimes (too hot), and listening to Mormon Stories. S...

I am relatively new here but have been following you guys for years. But I think I'm getting to the point of maybe needing to go to a marriage counselor with or without my wife to deal with our relationship. She knows of my disaffection, yet she has a hard time compromising on things and doesn't lik...

Thanks for that wise response Hagoth!