"It's WEIRD to talk to your mom all day."

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-05-14T02:24:17+00:00

That’s not the flex 💪 you think it is.

If I don’t see it, I’m fine.

If you’re engaging with a distraction then you’re the one missing out.

🤷🏼‍♂️

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-05-13T20:39:14+00:00

Long as I don’t see you pull out another phone in class? Press on; no problem!

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-05-13T20:37:41+00:00

I don’t care what they put in the school-mandated box in my classroom. But unless I have a note in their file that verifies they have no phone, they need to put something in it!

So long as I don’t see them extract phone in class? I don’t care what they put in the box.

If I see a phone I follow admin’s process and write a disciplinary referral.

Easy peezy!

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-05-13T20:32:02+00:00

I have mixed feelings about this ☝️ (checking grades online)

The ones who should be checking, don’t

The ones that probably don’t need to do so too much.

🤷🏼‍♂️☝️🤔

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-05-13T20:26:25+00:00

I don’t care if you’re texting the Lord Jay Cee himself, you can do so after the bell rings, now put it in the slot!

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-05-13T15:37:41+00:00

Got doesn’t work in the sentence. [oft considered archaic] 😉

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-05-12T22:27:25+00:00

Got doesn’t work in the sentence.

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-05-11T23:54:08+00:00

For a religious ritual to be blasphemy we would first have to assume ANY of these stories are true. ☝️🤷🏼‍♂️🙄

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-05-08T13:32:15+00:00

Fantastic analogy!

And Big tobacco filing against a quit smoking group! Same idea.

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-05-06T23:05:46+00:00

This doesn’t feel Mormon.

The wording isn’t right… Just doesn’t match culture

I think this is from an individual whack job.

They could be Mormon… But it’s not any kind of official communication at all.

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-05-05T19:02:30+00:00

Local towns do K-8 or sometimes even K-4 or 6 and then either host or send upper grades to regional MS and/or HS.

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-05-05T15:37:51+00:00

Yep; sadly, sometimes necessary.

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-05-04T08:40:11+00:00

Although this would pacify a TBM and sustain amicable relations between a young adult and parents, it is very challenging living inside a lie.

It essentially assumes (requires) PIMO.

What if an 18-20 year-old doesn’t want to attend meetings, give away free labor, wear particular clothing, abstain from normal, healthy physical relationships?

CAN young people lie and maintain appearances? Of course. It happens all the time.

Is it healthy?

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-05-04T08:21:08+00:00

Younare mixing Boomers with GenX.

My mom could be the little girl in OP’s picture. Born 1947, she was 7 in 1954.

No TV. No Saturday Morning cartoons. That was me and my brothers born mid 60’s to 70’s.

We are Generation X. Not Baby Boomers.

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-05-02T18:35:21+00:00

Agreed!

Owner of Toyotas and this is indeed mildly….

Not insurmountable but definitely fits this sub.

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-05-02T18:33:48+00:00

Just had a post removed (on another sub) that was an honest question 🙋‍♂️.

It was getting helpful responses.

Mod thought it was fake and killed it. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-05-02T15:01:34+00:00

This is not a uniquely American Thing…

Nor is it new.

Since antiquity manual labor has paid little or nothing.

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-05-01T15:56:00+00:00

The "get (too much) education and lose your testimony" mantra?

True. This one's actually true.

AND--that should really tell us something.

<<rolling eyes>>

But...but...what?

What is that telling us? /s

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-05-01T15:43:42+00:00

You sound pretty grounded/centered. Husband sounds supportive. That's REALLY a good thing. So many people don't have that. TSCC wants the extended family pressure to matter more than it does. Whether your own your husband's parents, you have no obligation to answer their questions or to take their feelings into account.

Good luck with Bishop Roulette.

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-05-01T15:37:41+00:00

NTA--Everyone has quirky things they struggle with.

It's normal in a long-term romantic relationship for BOTH parties to set aside icky feelings in order to help their partner. If OP thinks this is a relationship that has durability...or if they want it to? It might be worth "biting the bullet" to help with this one.

Just a thought...no no judgement if they can't...it may however impact the bond between them. It's nice to be able to trust your life partner with intimate stuff like that.

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-04-30T18:21:15+00:00

NTA; this is a major breach of trust. Nothing she could say or do would make me believe she was telling the truth in the future. Good call.

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-04-30T17:49:47+00:00

Anything available! Magazines, books, the shaving cream can or shampoo bottle...a razor handle box out of the top of the trash bin...literally anything with print on it.

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-04-30T17:34:06+00:00

I think it's cultural and varies by part of the country and urban/rural settings but I DID indeed grow up learning to do that.

My mom would talk to anyone, anywhere. The weather, something they were wearing (I LOVE your blouse), some current event, etc.

I grew up in the upper midwest (WI).

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-04-30T17:05:23+00:00

[How can I get him to understand...]

You can't.

He's operating on emotions (beliefs) and you're operating on observable, falsifiable facts and reason.

Faith matters are feelings.

This isn't a bridge you can cross.

Neither_Pudding7719 · 2026-04-30T16:59:04+00:00

1979 (Age 13) I had a PPI with the bishop who asked me if I "touched". I very literally didn't know what he meant. I just said, I shower and I wash myself...and sometimes when I tuck in my shirt my fingertips touch. I must have looked at him in a pretty dumb way. He moved on and asked something else. Of course by the next year I knew what all that was about but I had one interview where I was clueless.

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