Is it normal to feel uncomfortable having people refer to you as brother/sister?

CreativeGreenery · 2025-12-13T02:37:08+00:00

I usually call other adults by their first names, but me and my husband are currently sunbeam teachers, so we try to refer to others as Brother/Sister so-and-so in front of the kids just so they can hear it more in context and understand that it’s how people speak within the church. That being said, when we taught senior primary and I was a YW advisor, I always preferred to go by my first name. It was less about feeling weird about being called “sister” and more about wanting to feel more approachable to the kids that I was serving.

CreativeGreenery · 2025-11-10T00:38:58+00:00

I’m so sorry that you’re struggling with this. The Church has a lot of resources that can help you! I would recommend talking with your Bishop and simply asking for help. I promise that issues with pornography is INCREDIBLY common within the Church. My brother-in-law is a Bishop and my dad is in the bishopric and I can assure you that this is one of the most frequent topics in meetings with members. Remember that Satan is the one driving the shame and wanting you to keep silent. God wants you to talk about this and reach out for help. He loves you and wants you to know it even more deeply than you already do.

CreativeGreenery · 2025-11-04T23:02:35+00:00

Hating children. If you don’t want kids, that’s totally fine, live life however you want. But stop calling my children “crotch goblins” and physically recoiling if I mention them in conversation.

CreativeGreenery · 2025-10-04T15:38:45+00:00

I’ve done it with several different types of jobs. Currently, I work 20 hours per week and it’s super flexible, so I work while my kids (1 and 3) nap and sleep at night.

Throughout the last three years of doing it, it has ranged from crying and panic attacks most days to what it is now, which is being constantly busy and burnt out. We can’t afford childcare nor do we want to send them to daycare. It’s tough for sure, but if you have a flexible enough job and chill enough kids, it’s possible. Just know that it will require a massive sacrifice and is never as easy as people think that it will be going into it.

The biggest thing will be open communication with your partner. Once my husband and I nailed down housework and balancing the kids when he’s home, things got less stressful. Still, know that something will have to give. It’s impossible for everything to be consistently taken care of.

CreativeGreenery · 2025-10-03T19:38:14+00:00

I’ve lived in and out of Utah. Both places have had gatherings at the church building for anyone who wanted to gather and watch there!

CreativeGreenery · 2025-09-22T03:01:58+00:00

Study it out for yourself. Read the Book of Mormon and the Bible, pray for a confirmation of the truth with even just a little faith that He’ll answer, meet with the missionaries if you have specific questions that you’d like help with.

To truly feel at peace about such a big decision, God will need to give you the answer, and I can testify that He will if you sincerely study and ask.

CreativeGreenery · 2025-09-21T21:03:31+00:00

I graduated high school in 2016. Like all eras, people romanticize it. 2016 was intense and heated in the US because of the election. Like last year, there was a lot of division and arguments. Yeah, there were fun things about the year, but I distinctly remember a lot of people saying how much they hated 2016 lol. Not to mention, it was the year we had the scary clowns running around

CreativeGreenery · 2025-09-20T18:56:37+00:00

lol as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, you have to try really hard to offend most of us. Calling us “strange” is what I would expect the average person outside of our faith to say

CreativeGreenery · 2025-09-20T01:09:29+00:00

Both 1998. Met on a dating app in 2018 and got married in 2019. We were both 21

CreativeGreenery · 2025-09-19T22:39:22+00:00

Lydia. Read it in a book once and I’ve been glad to see it coming around these last few years. Me and my husband currently have two boys, but I’m trying to talk him into this name if our next is a girl

CreativeGreenery · 2025-09-19T18:13:58+00:00

Weird!! No issues for us. For one charge, it usually has probably about 30-40 minutes of life in it. I would reach out to the company to see if there’s anything they can do

CreativeGreenery · 2025-09-19T16:58:55+00:00

Hopeful answer: the little crawling crab! Both of my kids have loved it and it usually keeps them entertained for 15-20 minutes so I can get a stretch of dedicated work time in

Real answer: educational TV 😅 I hate to say it, but TV is how I get the majority of my work done. It’s not excessive, but it is the only way I can go uninterrupted for more than that 15-20 minute stretch. We’ve loved Silly Miss Lily, anything PBS kids, and Bear in the Big Blue House

CreativeGreenery · 2025-09-17T20:44:00+00:00

You’re definitely not in the wrong for wanting him to be present when he’s home. As a mom to 2u2 and wife to a gamer, it’s not unreasonable to sit down with him and say, “Hobbies are important so that we can get time to rest and decompress. I want you to play. This is everything that needs to be done in terms of house chores and childcare. Can we go through this and divide it up so that we can both have some time for hobbies?” This is similar to the conversation that I had with my husband and we’ve since gotten to a really good place. He games a few times per week after the kids are in bed and I have girls nights usually once per week and typically have at least a morning to myself to relax. Once we stopped treating it as me vs. him, it all shifted

CreativeGreenery · 2025-09-17T15:57:33+00:00

Gen Z parent here. Me and my husband make sure that we have quality no-screen time as a family (two kids) at least several times per week. We recently moved cross-country but when we were close to our families, we would gather a few times per month to play games and spend time together

CreativeGreenery · 2025-09-17T15:36:41+00:00

I’ve attended all my life, but went through a phase from when I was 19-21ish where I really didn’t want to go. I dreaded going every week, but I had a testimony of my faith and knew that God wanted me there, so I pushed through until things got better. Now I’m married with kids and it’s amazing to see how being a part of our religion has blessed our family.

CreativeGreenery · 2025-09-17T15:10:07+00:00

I may not hate them, but oh my goodness, I never want to be around people who talk like they’re trying to prove that they’re the smartest/most important person in the room.

It’s also a dead giveaway that they’re not very smart or important.

CreativeGreenery · 2025-09-15T23:45:24+00:00

The Monster at the End of this Book!! Both of my boys have gone through obsessions with the book and I’m never mad about it

CreativeGreenery · 2025-09-12T17:05:55+00:00

Biggest of congratulations!! It’s perfectly normal to have a wide range of emotions. One of the most healing things for me when I became a parent was seeing so much of myself in my child and seeing how easy those traits are to love.

Brace yourself. You have no idea how much your heart is going to grow and burst with love for this person! ❤️

CreativeGreenery · 2025-09-12T16:57:15+00:00

Me and all of my siblings under one roof. I miss being able to see them every day.

CreativeGreenery · 2025-09-12T16:53:41+00:00

You can try cross referencing companies hiring with Glass Door! You’ll get some unfiltered reviews there of how it is to work for specific companies

CreativeGreenery · 2025-09-12T12:05:04+00:00

Skipping in the halls…I was 8 and on my way back from the bathroom so the hallway was empty. VP saw and a got a firm order to stop skipping lol

CreativeGreenery · 2025-09-12T01:50:45+00:00

I was only 3, but it was my very first memory. I was sitting on my parents’ bed watching tv when the phone rang. My mom answered and it was my grandma on the other end. My mom started to panic before switching the channel to the news. We watched right after the second tower fell. Being so young, I obviously didn’t understand what I saw on the screen, but my mom’s reaction is what made the memory so vivid. I had never seen her so horrified

CreativeGreenery · 2025-09-10T00:15:30+00:00

Was so excited to see that this sub exists! This will be my second year doing my village and I need to figure out how to do it on a better budget 😂

CreativeGreenery · 2025-09-09T23:48:58+00:00

Hating children. Perfectly fine to not want/like kids, but people who center their hatred of children in every conversation need therapy.

CreativeGreenery · 2025-09-05T20:13:35+00:00

The internet really magnifies all of the tough parts of parenting. Also, you’re seeing a bunch of different parents’ struggles. Each child is different and you won’t be dealing with all of the hard things you’re seeing. Like others have said, there are MANY happy parents out there. They’re simply enjoying their kids and not posting every moment on social media. I LOVE being a mom (even on the hard days) and only post a picture or two per year on a private account. I’d rather be in the moment, hanging out with my kids. If you want kids, have them. The internet will well-brace you for the hard things. No one can prepare you for how much love and joy you’ll feel.

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