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I'd understand :) can always get it offed ad mobbed!

Hey all! Hope your day is great! Thought it would be fun to share some good recipe's! I'm not much of a cook, I do the best I can for my family every night but I'm running low on ideas. Would anyone like to share any tips, recipes, YouTube video or recipe online they tried and loved? :) sick of the same dinners! We all know we love food, c'mon embrace it! Share it! Eat it! Missionaries are excited when I get baptized because apparently members of the church all being food. So spit 'em out! :) hehehe!

Hello converts! Just reaching out in hoping anyone else felt the way I do. I feel HORRIBLE for my life before LDS, it's like I can't shake the guilt of everything I have done (whilst not knowing what I was doing was so wrong). It just makes me want to cry, from the big things like sex before marriage to the small things such as the fact I'm sitting here DYING for a cup of coffee and the realisation as to why LDS do not drink it. IT REALLY IS ADDICTIVE. I'm so disgusted in myself that I was unaware of this and that it was this bad. Today was the day I decided to only drink water (I know LDS drink other things haha but I want to be healthy and everything has SUGAR! - just a personal choice) I'm trying to not give in & I'm getting just so discouraged by it all. It's such a life changing thing to join LDS and so hard to give up everything you're so used to doing and being oblivious to it all! If you were brought up LDS your whole life and reading this - please know how lucky and blessed you are to have always known the true church of jesus christ. anyway this is just a bit of a rant. I'm basically just feeling discouraged like it's too hard. I don't want to be judged my first day at church, I regret so much in my life now, I even feel slightly as though I'm not good enough to be LDS. I question if I can do this, but I know I have to because it's what i believe to be true. isn't it funny how my family and friends are so misinformed about who mormons are and what they believe. I've been judged by them most! I have been ridiculed for my choice and yet I'm more worried about being looked down on by other church members. Did any other converts go through trials joining the church? What were they & how did you over come them? If you were made fun of - how did you deal with it? (HAHA WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ADVICE MY FELLOW "CULT" MEMBERS) MUAHAHA!! hahaha!

I think you are spot on. - I've made some progress with my partner since posting. Hopefully it continues this way. We are trying to wrap our heads around getting counselling and he is CONSIDERING marriage but we will need to talk about it more. I do feel INCREDIBLY GUILTY living with him, it's just not right! He tries to sleep with me still and I just can't do it anymore. Ever since I felt the holy spirit. I think the change in that too is also putting a strain on us. I really had to sit down and REALLY think about this. & maybe I did post off impulse. I do think it's because I am lacking that "ideal LDS man" - i mean, it would be easier wouldn't it... to grow into these beliefs with someone who felt the same, same morals and beliefs, wanted the same as I do for my children. But that's just unrealistic. I'm far from what a nice LDS man would consider ideal. I still have so much to learn and so much to change. Pursuing any LDS man would probably just be me running away and taking the easy way out. I do need to talk to my partner and sort this out. Thank you so much

Hey there! I really don't want to go to church for the first time because I'm horrified of being judged for my tattoo's. Obviously people will understand right? (and prior to learning about LDS i was oblivious to the fact it's "wrong".) I honestly do understand why we shouldn't get tattoos, that our bodies are temples from God etc. but are LDS really THAT strict about it? Is there any members of the church who have tattoos? It's the main thing I'm struggling with. Mainly because I know why I shouldn't get more, yet I still want to. That's why I'm putting off my baptism. I want to finish my sleeve! I don't believe it's defacing my body personally. Please give any thoughts, opinions or advice. Are you disgusted that I have tattoos and continue to want more? Does it really define who I am? Is it really that horrible? I've been told it's like spray painting graffiti on the temple. But I can't help to disagree! I know that I'm going to just feel like a giant outcast the first time already, as I know lds are GREAT at building community and have that close-ness with each other. But to feel like that AND feel judged. SUCKS.

In saying that why is it that lds missionaries are apparently considered more eligible to date for young girls in the church? Is it the same for the ones who don't serve a mission? (Because you can choose right? If you go or not?) I assume though that most of the young men do go.

Thank you for respectful replies. I know that he looks at me like he likes me but when he notices that I notice he looks away because I know he should be doing Gods work. Would the bishop help me? My partner would never talk to a bishop. I'm glad to know its not uncommon though. Y'all are such nice gentlemen haha! Thanks for explaining a bit more and basically giving me a mini kick up the toosh to realize the outcome for him if I said anything. Like I said I'm very new to lds still and it's hard to adjust to this new life with rules and not knowing how people are and what I can and can't say. It's pretty overhelming. I feel like my trials with my partner are very much so the devil trying to do anything in his power to stop me from this but I felt that Holy Ghost so strongly and not even the trials with my partner will keep me from the true church of Jesus Christ. Weather I'm with him or not. I guess, I just need to do what I have to do. And pray about it. Maybe it's just a spiritual connection I feel to the missionary but I've never experienced that before so I'm confusing it with something it's not. Considering he is literally the first mormon I've ever met (and I've sill only met 3!) and the fact that he has basically helped me so much and improved/changed my life. That's probably what it is. But thank you so much for not being rude. Gosh I'm silly. What was I thinking. This really put things back in to perspective and I need to focus on learning as much as I can and focus on keep reading the scriptures, asking and growing. Poor missionary guy. I feel bad now. Glad this forum exist!

long story short: I have a partner who isn't a member of the church. We always fight over it & what we want for our children. No we are not married and I am a convert. I prayed to heavenly father SO MUCH. Thoughts of leaving him. That night I dreamt I left my partner & was happy. Whilst I wasn't sure if it were just me or the Holy spirit answering my prayers. Today the missionaries came over again, the elder kind of looks at me like he likes me. I'm attracted to him. But would never ever say anything oh my gosh. Especially when he's on his serving mission. His focus should be else where. Or could I say something? I don't know where I stand or what's appropriate for missionaries etc. (so much to still learn!) But the mutual attraction seems definitely there. I FEEL HORRIBLE. I know my options are to: A) follow the gospel and marry my partner as i live with him. or B) move out, be with my kids and see where life takes me. I know only I can make the decision of what to do. But I guess all I can do right now is pray. Not sure if I want any advice? But it's good to just get it off my chest. Please no judgement.