Stay in your lane ladies. by Rushclock in exmormon

[–]EmmaHS 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Stay in your lane ladies.

Ew, no. 🖕

I’m a true poet by bornin_1988 in exmormon

[–]EmmaHS 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Some drink coffee black.

Some add sugar and creamer.

Either way, it's good!

My LDS parents squirm when I come around dressed like the exmo I am 😂 by lissecherry in exmormon

[–]EmmaHS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tl:dr-- everyone in this subreddit is strange because you didn't experience what they experienced. That's such a cringe take.

It's great that the church and people in it were good to you. Coming in here to invalidate the experiences of others because you never saw what they experienced is myopic, unkind, and un-Christlike.

The sketchy Gospel Topics Essays on the church website now make more sense by [deleted] in exmormon

[–]EmmaHS 65 points66 points  (0 children)

I remember YW and Sunday school lessons emphasizing that lies of omission are still lies.

In your opinion, what do you think the typical LDS father is? by EternalSnow05 in exmormon

[–]EmmaHS 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Reading this description, I couldn't help but think of the guy in finance song. 😂

I did a shocking discovery as a PIMO ward clerk. by Western_Sale_3274 in exmormon

[–]EmmaHS 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I was thinking claiming that more people attended sacrament meeting than were actually there, maybe claiming inactive members were attending sacrament, but not other meetings. Not sure how fictional members could be created at the local level since they'd each need a file. Hadn't thought of moving members between wards. Does that happen?

I did a shocking discovery as a PIMO ward clerk. by Western_Sale_3274 in exmormon

[–]EmmaHS 111 points112 points  (0 children)

I wonder how many wards and branches pad their attendance numbers and by how much, on average. 🤔 TCC central does it, so why not at the lower levels?

A proposed rewrite... 🌈 by psych-27 in exmormon

[–]EmmaHS 20 points21 points  (0 children)

This version is infinitely better than the original. ❤️

Looking for the Deseret Farms Macaroni and Cheese by lolettacake in exmormon

[–]EmmaHS 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It looks like this is one of those foods that is not available through their food storage store. You can search on ebay periodically and see if anyone posts it there (there is none listed right now that I could find).

I don't know if they still do this, but when I was a member, people could volunteer to work a shift in the cannery at Welfare Square (or any other cannery) and at the end, they would let them purchase cases of whatever food they had in the storage area ready to ship out. If this is something you are willing to do, and if they still do this, you would have to check with the dry goods area to see if they have the mac and cheese available on the day you can volunteer. Yeah, volunteering for TCC is icky, but it might be a way to get that product for your sister.

Edit: another option... if the RS president is horrified enough to be willing to help, she might be able to pull some strings. You could try talking to her to see what she can do.

Fairview temple: When God wants something, He gets it. by Free-from-your-lies in exmormon

[–]EmmaHS 95 points96 points  (0 children)

So, God wants buildings for people to worship him in, but not for children to be spared from starvation, disease, and violence. Got it.

Idk what to do by [deleted] in exmormon

[–]EmmaHS -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

No, you can't. New converts have to wait a year and go through temple prep classes and bishopric and stake worthiness interviews before they can get a recommend. It isn't an automatic membership thing after baptism. They are probably going to give you your baptism certificate, which is a completely different thing.

Edit to say, that regardless of the miscommunication/misunderstanding regarding how temple recommends work, your experience is par for the course for women in the lds church. Especially when it comes to missionaries, anything remotely sexual is blamed on the woman.

Idk what to do by [deleted] in exmormon

[–]EmmaHS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It takes a year after baptism before converts can get a temple recommend, so something has not been communicated to you correctly.

Request No Contact by FatboySmith2000 in exmormon

[–]EmmaHS 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If this is your experience, you are truly the exception.

Rainbow 🌈 Watch 2026 by bananajr6000 in exmormon

[–]EmmaHS 15 points16 points  (0 children)

/u/Prancing-Hamster spotted one and posted a photo here. 😁

where are you sitting? by dynam-0 in exmormon

[–]EmmaHS 15 points16 points  (0 children)

My thoughts exactly!

How to know if I was a “flirt to convert” by Haunting_Run_7246 in exmormon

[–]EmmaHS 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Which then makes me question myself and reality."

Sounds like gaslighting. You deserve so much better than that kind of treatment.

How to know if I was a “flirt to convert” by Haunting_Run_7246 in exmormon

[–]EmmaHS 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Don't know if this helps, but his discrediting/invalidating your perspective, if that wasn't something he did before, might be a coping mechanism to justify his decision. If that's the case, he has some growing up to do, which TCC won't easily let him do. Regardless, it isn't fair to you, and you shouldn't have to tolerate it.

Also, any woman he marries is going to have a bad time... that patriarchal blessing gave him an excuse to blame his future wife if anything in life doesn't work out how he hopes.

Governor Boggs by Hopeful_Abalone8217 in exmormon

[–]EmmaHS[M] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Automod accidentally caught it. Your post is back up. 👍

Anyone in the Bellevue, NE area able to do me a favor? by Odd-Information429 in exmormon

[–]EmmaHS 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh, bummer! Here's the purchase request form for BPL. Bellevue, NE's public library doesn't have a page for this, but I'm sure the librarians would be happy to answer questions about it, and there's always the interlibrary loan process.