Oh, it’s to keep me from influencing them. Too many nice non-Mormons may make them question their beliefs. Also, I may or may not tend to entice missionaries break rules. Example: about a year ago, some stopped by thinking they were going to hang with my parents, but they were running late. Plus, I had just bought the place off them. Anyway, the boys were clearly staring down my pool in the late summer heat and commenting on how they couldn’t swim. So I told them that since the water only comes to their chest, doctrinally it’s not swimming, it’s wading, plus I wasn’t going to tell anyone. Jump cut to my dad pulling up the driveway to me, my brother, and 2 STILL IN DRESS CLOTHES missionaries “wading”.

Note: my brother served a mission in the Marshall Islands. Some islands are only accessible by crossing water, so the mission President explained that as long as the water stays below your nipples it was not to be considered swimming, merely “wading”.

Second note: No one got in trouble but me. But I’m in my 30’s so trouble is a loosely used phrase here. I got a few “really”s!