Tagged with "Singles"
Sailing Single-Handed: A Navigation Guide for Single Latter-day Saints
Every four years, a small group of men and women gathers in the Vendée region of western France to begin a three-to-four month sailing race around the world. Each of them will make the voyage alone, single-handed, in a 60-foot-long monohull yacht. The Vendée Globe, as this race is known, is...
12 things Mormon daters don't understand
Dating is certainly an old curiosity shop. It's filled to bursting with odds and ends, cures and maladies, various shapes and sizes, but is, most notably, old. After all, boys and girls have been pairing off since Adam first saw Eve, since Jacob set sisters squabbling and since Ruth jumped back...
She’s Out of My League
After the spiritual high of conference, I think we need something a little more mindless to cleanse the palate. I saw the movie of the captioned title a couple of weeks ago. It involves a gorgeous, blond bombshell–a “hard” ten, as one character describes her–who inexplicably begins dating...
The only reason that will sustain us
"I want to go on a mission," I enthusiastically announced to my bishop, who happened to be my father. "Why?" was his less-than-enthusiastic response. I proceeded to give him a nice long list of great reasons, including: gain a stronger testimony, pay back Heavenly Father, learn the scriptures,...
Marriage in due time
I recently was called as the Sunday School teacher for my singles ward. I suppose the bishop felt it important for me to impart my wisdom before the great and dreadful day of my return to the family ward -- my time is limited. (And, in the words of Yoda: "When 31 years of age you reach, happy you...
Confidence in the family
I was engaged once to a man I didn’t marry. For the record, he was a good Latter-day Saint and a good man. But I came to discover that even good people can have bad relationships. We were engaged for 4 tumultuous months before I finally called it off. I knew it wasn’t right early on. I could...
Single on yet another Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day stands before us -- the dreaded day set aside so lovers can express their love. The traditional day that we, as Mormon "singles," feel even more sensitive than usual about our singlehood. So how do we survive it? Not just the day itself, but also an entire January of...
The dangers of ward hopping
MR says: For all you single people out there... So, young single adults ... have you ever been in a ward you didn't like? The chemistry was off? Didn't connect with your quorum? Not enough hotties? Too few mingles? Well, what did you do about it? If your answer is, "I served others, fulfilled my calling,...
On broken engagements
Jon shakily wrote down the thoughts and worries he had been fretting about for weeks. He drove to her house and handed her the letter, watching anxiously as she began to read. She only made it partway through before handing it back. "OK, I don't want to read anymore," she said. And with that,...
The Vibe
Jen had it. None of us could put our finger on just what “it” was; we were just grateful to be her roommates. Because of “it,” we didn’t have to roast beef or cook brownies to fill our apartment with boys from the ward. We always had adventurous weekend plans — with boys. For a...
Marriage Miscommunication
After a decade of coming home for the holidays as a singleton, I have fielded my fair share of some variation of the following question: “So, are you dating anyone?” I’ve handled it pretty well, if I do say so myself, but it can get a bit tiresome. So last year I decided to take matters into...
Guess Who’s Paying for Dinner?
MR says: Oh dating. Thanks to a fancy new job and, more to the point, a fancy new salary, for the first time in my adult life I am not worried about money. This means I can buy plane tickets to see my friends get married, and I can give people presents just because, and I can pay off my student loan and...
BYU singles ward dispensing Sunday school dating advice
MR says: Should Sunday school help singles find a date? One of the things I love about the church is the practical applicability it promotes in relation to Christ's teachings. Sometimes, though, I worry that our members go a bit far in applying eternal principles. Case in point: My sister's BYU singles...
Don’t Bother Praying About Whom You Should Marry
In a 1973 BYU Devotional address, Elder Bruce McConkie shared how he decided whom to marry: How do you choose a wife? I’ve heard a lot of young people from Brigham Young University and elsewhere say, “I’ve got to get a feeling of inspiration. I’ve got to get some...
First Person: Unexpected Life
I’m living an unexpected life. But aren’t we all? My eight-year-old declaration of my life’s work was: I am going to be a mother. My second grade teacher didn’t like that; she kept insisting that I needed to pick a “profession.” I was adamant. I would be a mother, and that was final....
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