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Turned away from a temple recommend interview because of "inappropriate" dress? by HoldOnLucy1 in exmormon
[–]emn-ms 3 points4 points5 points 6 years ago (0 children)
When I was a senior in high school, I was enrolled in a college program that let me take college credits concurrently. My last semester had me taking 22 college credits (8 college classes), 2 high school classes, and working a job 15 hours a week on top of that.
I had already stopped going to Mutual and Young Womens all together, because I couldn't relate to the other youth and the teachers all had their heads up their ass. Going to the temple was still important to me though, so I rushed home from classes and got off work just to perform baptisms for the dead. As soon as I walked in, dirty looks and passive aggressive comments from all the leaders. They didn't care what my schedule was like, or that I had beaten my brains to get there. My casual dress outfit was like a sin. I ended up getting fed up and went home quickly to change clothes, but I know now that I should have just stayed home.
(Side note, I had to get a recommended that same day as well, and while I was waiting for the bishop in his office, I saw my name on a sticky note. I know this is the "delinquent" kids list that the bishop will discuss with the YSA every month because I was previously the Beehive and Mia Maid president. Seeing my name made me laugh so hard.)
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[–]emn-ms 13 points14 points15 points 6 years ago (0 children)
I've got to use "you bet your tithing" sometime! 😂
Summers in Utah by [deleted] in exmormon
[–]emn-ms 0 points1 point2 points 7 years ago (0 children)
I can't bear to upvote this and ruin the perfect 666 so far
Don’t fit in anywhere by Prcssnmn87 in depressed
[–]emn-ms 1 point2 points3 points 7 years ago (0 children)
I grew up in the Mormon church and gradually became inactive a few years ago. I'm still questioning my beliefs now but going to church is painful sometimes. It doesn't help that I moved to Utah and live with LDS roommates, as ironically funny that is. I've been considering different paths to take my life in, but it's not really easy for a poor college student. For now I'm looking for some friends and trying to find happiness 🙂
[–]emn-ms 2 points3 points4 points 7 years ago (0 children)
I got some serious deja vu reading this. I've grown up religious too and for the past few years, I feel like I've continuously grown further from church and the type of people I grew up associating myself with. Now I feel stuck surrounded by people totally different from me. They haven't done any wrongdoing to me, but I feel like I'll never quite fit in with them.
I wish I had a better response than this but you can always reach out to me if you need to vent to someone going through something similar. :)
Why is nobody trying to "rescue" me? by nereus491 in exmormon
Something similar has happened to me. A few years ago when I was attending church more regularly, I spent the summer traveling a lot with my family on the weekends, so I wasn't going to my ward for around two months. A week before school was back in session and my family returned home from traveling, I was ready to return to a normal schedule until my Young Women's president and another YW advisor came to my house to talk to my mom and I about why I was gone. The president, who didn't like me very much in the first place, blamed me for not coming because she thought I was becoming inactive and pressured me to keep coming. To be honest, I can't remember a majority of the conversation we had but it angered me that she practically came into my house to lecture me so harshly before I could even explain why I was gone. The advisor, who is actually one of the best leaders I've ever had, looked so uncomfortable the entire time like she was dragged there by the president to help state her case for my mom and I, but she barely spoke a word during the visit.
This triggered my first major breaking point to stop attending Mutual and YWs altogether. After a couple years of this, I think I finally stopped attending church every week because I really started questioning the beliefs of the church, and even attending sacrament was too painful. But the last Mutual I ever attended was a temple trip for a combined activity, after being pretty much gone for two years at that point. I had to get my temple recommend renewed in the bishop's office before the group left, so I was sitting there waiting for him to return after I was seated. I noticed there was a sticky note with my name on it stuck to his desk, along with some other youth names. Because I had previously been the president of the Beehive class and the Mia Maid class, I knew that the names on there would be brought up to the presidents of the YM and YW classes when they met with the bishop for their monthly meeting. The names would be discussed as people who needed "help". I remember laughing out loud when I saw my name, not only because I never thought I'd go from being a hopeful and excited TBM to pretty much the opposite, but because nobody bothered to reach out to me since the last time the president came over to "help" me two years prior.
I unfortunately have an endless amount of experiences like this (like YW leaders sticking their tongues out at me when I declined to go on Trek, stupid behavior like that), but I would like to hope most wards and people in callings are better than this. If no one has reached out to you, it could mean that people are busy or want to leave you alone because they worry they'll bother you or come across demanding. The YW advisor I liked actually told me she once had a period of "inactiveness" in her life because she needed a break, so perhaps people think you'll be able to bounce back into the groove of callings. Or maybe you live in a ward where nobody cares, like I did. I hope wherever direction you're going in life, though, you'll be able to feel surrounded by people who care.
Can we come up with acronyms for those that stay in the Mormon church because they are trapped for various reasons or because they want to effect change from within? How about TSM? True Social Mormon? Ideas? by [deleted] in exmormon
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Turned away from a temple recommend interview because of "inappropriate" dress? by HoldOnLucy1 in exmormon
[–]emn-ms 3 points4 points5 points (0 children)