Here are my thoughts as someone who grew up with a non-mormon father and as someone who married a non-mormon girl. Lately we haven't been talking much as he doesn't want the "scrap time" that I have left over, but instead wants quality time. Should we try to heed their counsel and marry in the Church. You might need to trade missionary lessons for research on her part, and we can suggest less scary resources. Would I like to have him by my side. Better than freezing up and avoiding them altogether. But if your faith is a key part of your life, this is huge. For me this has been an opportunity to increase my love, tolerance, compassion and acceptance.
I'll bring up some CES letter issues, let her know why I wouldn't want my children raised like this, and we'll see what happens. You might want to determine your level of willingness to put up with his demanding work schedule and to communicate with him about your needs and concerns. He knows that is a possibility. To the individual who asked, "Am I dating a douchebag. That's my two cents. You can't reason with fanatics, and you got one. The goal of dating at that age is to broaden your social circle and learn more about yourself. Hi I think you are all lucky to marry a Doctor. Then she can have a chance to actually be the individual she is, and they can have an adult conversation about their future and whether or not they have one. Follow the footnotes and you start to find the lies.
I have read half of all the comments and decided to skip the rest. Now look at the flip side в if he loves you, and realizes you fully believe, how will he deal with the importance of the temple to you. The yard stick he uses to assess what is "normal" is so warped that he has lost touch with what a happy life could look like he often berates himself for feeling so miserable given how "easy" his schedule is at just 65 hours a week, not like surgery or some other 80 hour a week speciality. Single women who are educated, regardless of religion, are also going to find similar gender imbalances among their educated peers nowadays.
Pants-to-Church Sunday left me a bit bruised. I was with him before I even started college and the past year was especially tough as I am getting more and more busy. Love is what we do, not what we feel.
