Lonely is an everyday thing. I married outside the church and have no regrets. Easily found in most hospital lobbies. Obviously don't make any commitments further in the relationship because you do not want to be married into an insane orthodox LDS family because it will cause alot of troubles.
My experience with non members has been so much more meaningful and caring. He spends about 80 hours a week at the hospital. Learned by me in time and tears. Wow i am in the exact same position. See her good qualities for what they are and see it as a good relationship to remember. All I can say is, "WOW".
To his defense, when we were great, we were great. It is nice to hear that I am not alone, and that we can do it. I do not understand what makes these nurses think that they have a place in his life. I'm in the exact same pulling-out-my-hair situation that you are. She won't marry you. I think your response is Bang on.
I get to experience the joys of his culture, which I never would have known otherwise. Right now, my husband is in his third and final year of an extremely draining and stressful fellowship. She can only get sealed to him in a Mormon temple. If she is full on Mormon, this relationship will go one of two ways: You will convert and change your entire lifestyle and personality to conform with her expectations never to deconvert or you will face severe penalitesor you will break up because you won't convert and change everything about yourself. Because Mormons retain old-fashioned values, Mormon girls are raised in a traditional environment by good fathers. He has spent years building his practice and is a busy, highly successful pediatric surgeon who is compassionate and respected by everybody, but I think by nature, it is hard for him to be empathetic or to relate to more personal issues. I am a lawyer married to a surgical oncologist. She seems to be ok with that, and wants to continue our relationship, and also talks about wanting marriage and children, and raising those children to be mormon like her even if I'm not religious.