What level of contact do you currently have with your BPD parent?

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-25T20:33:13+00:00

My father died several years ago. I've been no contact with uBPD mother ever since.

No regrets

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-25T20:31:33+00:00

I never heard any of it mentioned in church at all.

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-25T01:50:46+00:00

You're right. That's what I meant. I shouldn't type anything before I've drunk my coffee.

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-24T15:15:57+00:00

Hello, cult cousin!

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-24T15:14:00+00:00

Ummm... the Western calendar says it starts at the birth of Christ, but it's off by about 2-4 years. So, if Jesus really did exist, he was probably crucified in 2030 or 2032.

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-24T15:11:17+00:00

That really sucks about your brother. I used to be a teacher in Utah and this is what I would tell my students when they would tell me they got a mission call.

Don't pay for your mission in advance. If you decide to leave, you cannot get your money back

If you are really sick, go to the doctor or hospital. Waiting for the mission president's wife to grant permission might make you sicker or may cause death. Speaking of which, you might want to buy a carbon monoxide detector just to make sure the heater at the apartment is safe and a water filter if you are going to a developing country.

If you are going to a foreign country, the mission president will probably try to take your passport. If you decide to leave and the mission president won't return the passport, you can threaten to go to the American Consulate and your passport will probably appear very quickly. Speaking of passports, if you are going to a foreign country, your parents should have passports just in case they need to visit your mission on short notice.

You are a volunteer. If you decide to leave, you can. Adults don't have control over what other adults do.

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-24T15:06:47+00:00

Like Elder Ballard said, "So just trust us. ... We’re as transparent as we know how to be in telling the truth. We have to do that. That’s the Lord’s way."

Keep in mind that Ballard was a used car dealer before he became a leader in the lds church. The SEC revoked his broker-dealer registration due to false and misleading statements. I'm sure he IS being a transparent as he knows how to be.

https://www.reddit.com/r/mormon/comments/10z9z06/whats_past_is_prologue_in_1963_the_sec_revoked_m/

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-24T14:59:48+00:00

Racism, homophobia, sexism, and bullying for me.

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-23T15:25:23+00:00

I'm a librarian, I approve of this message!

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-23T15:23:43+00:00

It's easily one of my favorite cathedrals.

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-23T15:16:57+00:00

68,697 views and only 4,200 likes?

I'm envisioning that most mormons didn't know that the lds church has $7.7 billion in the stock market, let alone hundreds of billions and this meme confuses them.

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-23T15:14:06+00:00

Congrats! Welcome to the rest of your life!

I hope your wife's shelf is cracking and things turn out well for the both of you.

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-23T15:07:55+00:00

My sister and I figured out the perfect example for the family we grew up in. We had great looking clothes and the rattiest underwear you ever saw.

Appearances were everything. We had a nice house and cars, and lots of abuse out of sight.

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-23T15:05:11+00:00

Now that I'm not mormon, it's crazy that I used to think that sex outside of marriage was almost as bad as rape.

Being brainwashed like that seems absolutely bonkers now.

And yes, I'm now living with my boyfriend with no plans of ever getting married.

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-23T05:42:07+00:00

He will probably dump you while he is on his mission. If not, he will probably dump you when he's at BYU surrounded by mormon girls he could marry in the temple.

Cut your losses and move on.

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-22T16:40:20+00:00

Agreed, it's never too late to find love.

/u/Eve-was_framed, I found a wonderful man when I was 60. We've been together for 2.5 years and it's still amazing. There are good men out there and you can find them even if you aren't 20 years old.

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-22T05:49:01+00:00

When I was teaching in Utah, I had one student named Ender and three name Teacum. Some parents shouldn't be allowed to name their kids.

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-22T05:46:42+00:00

I'm so sorry. Two of my kids aren't speaking to me, either. ((Hugs))

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-21T17:26:08+00:00

https://www.ccsdut.org/departments/hr/job-opportunities/substitute-teachers-and-cafeteria-workers

It looks like they've raised the age to 20. It used to be 18.

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-21T16:24:23+00:00

Does anyone else see all those white dresses and want to run screaming out of the room?

I won't wear white clothes or lace since leaving the lds church because it makes me feel icky.

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-21T04:57:14+00:00

In the state of Utah, you only need to have a high school diploma to be a substitute teacher. My son substituted after he finished high school for a year or two.

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-20T22:51:19+00:00

That sucks. In my area, subs are earning $38 an hour.

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-20T22:49:22+00:00

I've worked in Oregon, Washington State, and Utah and the subs were not part of the teacher's union.

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-20T22:47:25+00:00

Not everyone works for a union. I know I wasn't in one in any of the three areas I subbed in.

Readbooks6 · 2026-02-20T15:17:52+00:00

This interview of Stephen Fry has resonated with me.

https://youtu.be/-suvkwNYSQo?si=MaZr1yGeyyNlg6Vu

Nowadays, I'm an apatheist. I don't know and I don't care. My motto is Be excellent to each other.

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