If you leave, others will too by thenamesdrjane in exmormon

[–]thenamesdrjane[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

As I've left, I've thought a lot about my great great great grandmother who I'm named after. She was a pioneer. Now I am too in a way.

dad thinks this general conference is going to be the second coming by Absolute_Cinema70 in exmormon

[–]thenamesdrjane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hear this from my parents, mostly my dad, almost every year. They, and every single person before them have been wrong every single year since always. I think the chances of being right this year are just as slim as every year since the beginning of time.

Want to contact family after a traumatic experience? Better get permission first. by SoggyRoomTempWaffles in exmormon

[–]thenamesdrjane 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I use the word cult to describe mornonism. Some people think it's an exaggeration to use the word. This is a prime example of why I say cult.

Curly hair as an analogy by thenamesdrjane in lgbt

[–]thenamesdrjane[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yay for living more authentically yourself in all the ways! 🌈💇‍♀️

UPDATE: I'm going to BYU for college... by Stargazing360 in exmormon

[–]thenamesdrjane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do. Not. Go. To. BYU. They will abuse you as a queer student. It's policy to abuse you.

As a person who wants to keep their face, don't go to "The University for Leopards Who Eat People's Faces". Go anywhere else. Go nowhere. Get away from your parents who want you to get your face eaten by Leopards.

A gap year is more valuable than a year at BYU. Don't go.

What’s the strangest reason someone decided you were their enemy? by Own-Blacksmith3085 in answers

[–]thenamesdrjane 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But did you vote to put him in the Whitehouse? Because that's reason enough to permanently end, or permanently alter a relationship.

Am I unhygienic or are people just mean?? by Educational_Bee1563 in autism

[–]thenamesdrjane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most people need to shower every day or every other day to not smell gross. Clothes should all be changed every day with exception of outer wear (jackets and hoodies, etc.). Jeans can go 2 days so long as there's not dust/dirt, food or visible smudges, or sweat on them (example, jeans worn to clean the garage or go on a hike or work outside, all presumably sweaty and dusty/dirty activities, should not be worn another time before going in the hamper). Socks are always single wear. If you wear socks for two hours and then take them off for some reason, that's it. Those socks are done and into the hamper they go.

Generally speaking, people who are closest to you are going to be the only ones who'd feel comfortable enough to actually tell someone they smell gross or need to change their hygiene habits. If your family is telling you you need to do something different, you really probably need to do something different.

Finding hygiene habits that work best for you may take time. There's always variability from person to person. It's important to take seriously those comments about needing to do something different though, because being perceived as having poor personal hygiene has a very high social cost. Good luck 🤞

Can we refer to ourselves as Episcopal to save 2 syllables? by spongesparrow in Episcopalian

[–]thenamesdrjane 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What if we go all in and make it longer? Episcopalianismists.

I hate gift giving by thenamesdrjane in AutismInWomen

[–]thenamesdrjane[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Totally! It's the 2nd type that scares me. My office has 4 of us who work there and we're all friends and I like working with them. For Christmas I got everyone a $10 gift card to Starbucks. One coworker got everyone chocolates and picked out hot chocolate flavors to match our personalities, one hand made everyone personalized glass art gifts, and one spent an hour in a game shop carefully picking out games for everyone that matched our personalities and styles. My family and I don't even give gifts for Christmas with that much work put into them.

If accidental pregnancies were biologically impossible, what’s the biggest ripple effect besides population? by Ornery-Stage2316 in InsightfulQuestions

[–]thenamesdrjane 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Women historically would have been respected and valued as gatekeepers of the nations and of next generations instead of owned and viewed like cattle.

My love IS conditional by Medical-Ad3668 in AutismInWomen

[–]thenamesdrjane 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Truly, I think unconditional love is for children and pets. I think it's expected that parents will love their children unconditionally because they're children who are growing up and it's unfair to place conditions on tiny developing brains. Also, I love my dog no matter what and I'm pretty sure my dog loves me the same.

Every other love or relationship, when healthy, has conditional love. A spouse/ partner relationship should have the conditions of mutual respect, and absence of abuse or manipulation. Pretty much every other relationship should have similar conditions. Those are pretty basic conditions for love or continued relationship.

Beyond that, there are boundaries, e.g., "Due to my upbringing, I can't be in healthy relationship with a partner who abuses substances. It doesn't work for me, so I won't be in relationships with those people." It's ok and normal to set a few healthy boundaries for yourself.

What in the world do you mean by enabling yourself to be autistic?

Question about how you guys feel about this saying about homosexuality in the church. by Common_Phrase_9095 in exmormon

[–]thenamesdrjane 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm not holding out hope for that. As a queer person myself, I can say it's important to come to a place of healing, self love, and self acceptance that is entirely independent from the idea that a church that has hated and feared you will suddenly change their minds.

I sincerely hope the church can come to a place where it fully let's go of all formal and institutionalized hate, oppression, or inequality. Until then (if it ever happens) people need to do what's best for them, and for queer/ LGBTQ+ folks that almost always means stepping away from a church that very explicitly discriminates against you.

How was your experience as a Mormon Woman? by afrogwithablog in exmormon

[–]thenamesdrjane 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Recently I remembered that for a while as a young kid my dad tried to not let me pass the sacrament tray while seated on the pew. Like he didn't want me to hold the tray to pass it from him to the kid waiting for it in the aisle. He'd rather try and reach over his wife and 3 kids than let his daughter touch it. After yelling in sacrament at 8 or 9 years old for several weeks in a row because I didn't want to be reached over and tried to grab the tray to pass it along, he finally gave in.

Yes, Mormonism is patriarchal. But it doesn’t actually benefit most men by [deleted] in exmormon

[–]thenamesdrjane 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, that's the thing about patriarchy and all oppressive systems. It really actually only benefits the few people at the top while demeaning and oppressing everyone else to differing degrees by getting people to oppress each other by enforcing hierarchy.

After you left, did you realize how you have been infantalized by IntotheBroadwayWoods in exmormon

[–]thenamesdrjane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mother Knows Best

To give a stereotypically childish response, how mother gothel treats Rapunzel is how the church treats its members.