All that matters to her is things are how they are because god wants them that way. He also hints a lot to settling down with me. Will people have feelings about your interfaith marriage. Your relationship with your family will be healed, and so will you. Take the missionary lessons, read the Book of Mormon and the Bible. Posts from people who have your same problem occur on a regular basis here on RFM. I am worried I won't be able to give him my everything, and the wonderful years of commitment and time spent with him will one day only be memories: Becoming a doctor is my dream, and I have worked incredibly hard thus far. Your spouse can be involved with anything that does not require a scheduled time. As more and more people marry out of their faith, the subject of interfaith marriage will become more and more important.
But please also know that the people who love you are hoping you make the right decision because they want you to be happy. If you marry her, you're marrying into a cult, a mild cult as far as cults go, but a cult nonetheless. I will be checking your Blog frequently. I let people assume what they will.
Sorry for the VERY late reply. The idea of a rich doctor is almost antiquated. Do you and your girlfriend have any kind of plan for how you're going to manage your relationship while you're both in residency. He knows that is a possibility. In the interfaith marriages that work where one is LDS and the other is not religious, it only works out when the LDS partner is not fully a believer anymore. She seems to be ok with that, and wants to continue our relationship, and also talks about wanting marriage and children, and raising those children to be mormon like her even if I'm not religious. Also, love how you describe how God has our backs and we can actually act on the notion of things hoped for that are not seen instead of the quaint pseudo idea that all things are known in advance, step by step, and lead to mortal and eternal bliss.
I pray the holy Spirit will provide guidance to both of us, and that love conquers all. But of course this does not mean that mixed religion children cannot grow up to be LDS stalwarts. That is a goal worth fighting for. Do you have a few suggestions for talking points I may want to bring up from stuff directly on LDS. I want to serve a mission in my old age with my husband. I am not one to be interest with his paycheck, since i am accountant myself.
