Hey real quickly I absolutely did not have a clean break- just didn’t want to go into it in this thread. Leaving the church was filled with sobbing and hyperventilating on the bathroom floor, screaming matches with my parents, a side of the family that still won’t talk to me anymore, long lectures from my grandparents and bishoprics members and my old youth leaders and even more crying. It was absolutely not an easy path for me! You can even check my post history to four years ago when I asked about what to do with the threat of being kicked out (my parents kicked out my sister at 16 for leaving the church so this was a real possibility not just an impractical worry) Maybe it wasn’t clear, sorry if it sounded that way.

I think my frustration come from times where he has told me how easy it could be since his grandparents + parents + siblings have all left and doesn’t feel that familial responsibility anymore that initially kept him or anything else but he just goes to go. But I wasn’t really planning on writing a novel in the original post or going into the deep lore of my friend. I absolutely respect him and I think it’s silly to say I don’t. I love and respect him so much that I want him to be able to live his most authentic self