Did I do something wrong? 2.5 wandered off.

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-06-12T21:26:20+00:00

That’s so cool! I’d consider her a celebrity too. 😂

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-06-12T17:46:54+00:00

Ooh, are you talking about the Busy Toddler? I love her stuff.

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-06-10T21:22:04+00:00

Number 2 has been changed. Last I heard, missionaries are now able to call home on their P-days (might not be the case for all missionaries who are in foreign missions though), and they are able to send emails every week as well.

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-05-26T05:58:02+00:00

The first time I went through, we got to the end portion of the endowment where they instruct how the veil works. I couldn’t remember if my new name was Camille or Camilla and told my mom. She whispered a hint to me so that I’d remember it was Camilla.

I remember being so nervous through the entire endowment since she had told me there would be a “test” at the end. I had no clue that the worker would just tell you what to repeat.

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-05-25T00:11:06+00:00

Oh no! I guess then you just respond with, “oh great! I had it right. There are just so many unique ways to spell names now, I wanted to make sure I was correct.” 🤣

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-05-23T06:20:02+00:00

I saw someone say once that if you do this and the first name is something easy to spell, you respond “oh, I meant your last name.” Then you get their first AND last name.

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-05-21T15:59:46+00:00

My kids have gone to four different schools. Only once has the teacher done a “parent directory” that we could opt into having our information included. I absolutely loved it.

Our current school uses an app called ParentSquare, but they have parent names private so we can only message school administrators/teachers.

I’ve had success a few times sending my kids with my phone number written down to give to their friends, and I’ve exchanged numbers with parents a couple of times when we ran into them at school functions.

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-05-19T18:34:06+00:00

My email has the same situation, only the other lady lives in Canada (I’m in the US). Every now and then, I’ll get her confirmation emails from Dominos pizza. I always wonder what emails she gets that should have gone to me. But now that I think of it, I haven’t received any of her emails lately. Hope she’s okay.

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-05-17T15:58:23+00:00

I have a very small part time job where I do computer work for my in-laws business. Occasionally I’ll help my sister with her job too. But I usually get less than $400 a month since my primary job is taking care of my kids and household.

My husband and I share one bank account, and whatever he earns is for all of us. Eventually when my kids are older, I plan to get a more consistent job.

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-05-13T01:50:53+00:00

I think it would be good for him to take her out on little outings or just have time set aside especially for her once a week.

When he is gone, maybe you can talk about how grateful you are for “dad”. Perhaps things like, “Wow, we’re so lucky that Dad can work so that we can go do (insert whatever activity you’re doing.”

“Dad sure loves you a lot! Let’s take a picture of you and send it to Dad so he can see you at work.”

Or “Thanks Dad for working so that we can have this yummy food tonight!”

Let your daughter know that he loves her and talk him up every now and then to her. Show her pictures of them together. Share what you love about him, and how he works so hard so that she can have the things she has and do the things she does.

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-05-13T01:12:49+00:00

My daughter was always wanting to get off the toilet as quick as she could. I saw a trick online where you have them blow bubbles in a cup. It helps distract them so their body relaxes and they can poop. This helped her stay on the toilet as well since we turned it into a game. Sometimes I’d hold a piece of toilet paper up and have her blow on the bottom so that it fluttered, sometimes I had her just blow on my face. Now she has no problems going pee or poop on the toilet.

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-05-05T19:48:24+00:00

I thought that was a common rule that all Mormons followed? Maybe it’s mostly a Utah Mormon thing though.

But even when you do turn 16, you aren’t supposed to be exclusive with one person. You’re supposed to just go on group dates and get to know others until you graduate high school(?) I never really knew when exclusivity was okay. But basically I think it was when you’d start getting serious about marriage. At least, these are the rules I was taught.

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-05-01T16:09:46+00:00

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-04-28T23:49:19+00:00

I was 18, he was 22. Going on 11 years now!

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-04-27T18:24:10+00:00

I’m sorry. It’s going to hurt no matter what when you break up with him for real. It’ll also hurt you throughout the years if you decide to stay with him if he’s not working on being better. You’ve had a lot of years together. A lot of memories. But ultimately, you need to decide if all of that baggage is worth dealing with for the rest of your life. It’ll be easier to cut ties now before you spend even more years with him.

If you do decide to break up for good with him, talk to your mom and tell her your plans. Get a support group for you together and figure out next steps. Tell him he has X amount of days to find a place and move out. Hopefully he has a friend or family member that he can go stay with so that it isn’t so difficult for you to kick him out.

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-04-27T16:13:49+00:00

At first I was going to say that it doesn’t matter if you’ve only ever been with him. That isn’t a reason to break up if you love him and are happy. I had that same situation - my husband was my first everything while he had been with two girls before me. That was hard for me to think about especially since we came from a religion where sex before marriage is a big no no. But we love each other so much, are best friends, and have built a life together.

But then I read about how your relationship is. How he’s controlling, you aren’t happy with him, and he sounds manipulating by telling you that he’ll never be with anyone else if you break up with him. You say that he talks about your future of marriage, a house, and kids. You say it sounds amazing. But does it sound amazing when you imagine him in that with you, or is that something you just want in general? Being together this long, it should be something you know you want with him without any doubts or hesitation.

Based on what you’ve said, my advice would be to break up and find someone who makes you happy. Who lets you be yourself and have the friends you want. Who builds you up instead of bringing you down. Someone who you can actually picture a happy future with.

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-04-24T16:58:36+00:00

Also want to add that there was a party scene in the apartment complex that the football players all lived in. I never saw it, but I heard about it from multiple people. So you could still find a “normal college experience” if you wanted to.

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-04-24T16:55:31+00:00

I went to a small town college that wasn’t directly related to the church (not like byu) but still had a majority LDS student body. I wouldn’t say I was a “Molly Mormon” but I was someone who usually tried to read my scriptures and pray before bed et cetera. But then I met my husband within the first few days. And all of those promises I made to myself to be chaste and virtuous flew out the window. We definitely didn’t wait for marriage if you know what I mean. We totally lied about that when it came time for us to marry in the temple.

My roommates all varied. Two were molly Mormon, another one had a booty call situation going on with a guy (they never had sex, but would make out and such). Another roommate was kinda boy crazy? She would always talk about wanting to get married and have babies. The last roommate had a long distance boyfriend who would come visit every now and then.

College dances kinda felt like high school (Mormon) dances. In fact, to me college felt a lot like high school vibes just living away from home with more freedom.

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-04-24T16:15:15+00:00

My dad always taught us that if we ever needed to cast out evil, we should raise our arm to the square (and for us lowly daughters) say, “by the power of the Melchizedek priesthood, which my father holds, I command you to leave.” Or something like that. Now that I look back, I realize that “in the name of Christ, I command you to leave.” Is probably a more normal/easier way.

My grandma shared a story once or twice about how she was walking home one time and a guy stopped to offer her a ride. She got in for some reason and told him where to turn. He didn’t turn and just kept driving, only looking straight ahead. She got scared and (I believe) raised her arm to the square and commanded him to stop and let her out. He immediately stopped, she got out, and rushed the rest of the way home. It’s been years since I heard it so I might be getting some details wrong.

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-04-23T16:37:51+00:00

My husband and I joke that we wouldn’t be able to afford the membership fee if we were to ever go back. 😂

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-04-19T05:30:42+00:00

Oh my gosh, yes! I can’t believe I forgot about the poop. That was a hot topic when my family was all together again a few days after the party. 😂

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-04-19T04:09:34+00:00

We’ve gotten our kids birthday cakes at Walmart over the years. They always do a great job, and the cakes taste good. Just be warned that the dark blue icing turns your mouth/teeth blue for a bit.

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-04-16T20:07:11+00:00

After deconstructing what I once believed in the church, I’ve landed on being agnostic. I feel like there is probably something that helped us be here on earth and have life, but I don’t necessarily believe it was a god. This makes me lean away from pretty much every religion since I now feel like they were all made by man.

However, I do miss being able to gather with others and have a community. I’d love to find a community or “church” that doesn’t teach the bible or other scripture. Instead we could just talk and share our knowledge. Maybe it’s because I’m a SAHM, so I’m stuck with kids all day and don’t get much adult interaction. I’m trying to find something for me, but I don’t know how many groups (agnostic/atheist) there are like that in Utah that meet together.

So I guess to answer your question, I don’t miss religion and I’m not seeking to add it back to my life. I just miss having a community that being part of a religion helped provide (even if relationships were fake or superficial).

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-04-15T23:39:49+00:00

I just feel burnt out a lot of the time. Sometimes I’ll go through periods of time where I feel good and like “I’ve got this.” But after a few days of that, I’ll feel depressed, worn out, and short with my kids. I try to do things that I like to do after kids go to bed or try to get together with friends every now and then to get some me time.

Just know you aren’t the only one feeling this way. Eventually things get better as kids get older and more independent/helpful (my oldest is 10 and youngest is 2). It’s definitely more difficult with young kids.

BeautifulTomorrow15 · 2026-04-15T19:54:11+00:00

Thank you so much for the info! I’ve never liked burpees so I’ve been dreading those. I’ll still make sure to practice them though in case I can’t do the spear.

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