In my case, marriage was a handy alternative to going on a mission. Also, we were getting pretty tired of having sex on her parent's couch and in mall parking lots.
My brother-in-law is all set to come home from his two-year Mormon mission. Though he's not sure what lay in store for him as far as school, romance and employment are concerned, he has no fear.
...the way that I look at it if I do the seminry answers (read, pray, go to church)things in the end will work out as long as I do my part. I am also hoping that my billionair mission presidant will give my a few grand, but will see.
I'm afraid, my dear brother, it takes a hell of a lot more than that to get through life. For example, learning to spell big words like, "seminary", "billionaire", "president", "me" and "we'll". No amount of praying will help you with that.
On the other hand, what incentive does he have to learn to think and communicate when all the thinking has been done for him and all his communication is effectively censored anyway? Just yesterday I listened to his sisters figure it all out for him. Go to school, find a nice girl, get married and have babies. They figure they'll have him married off by next summer.
Sadly, it's likely they will. Maybe, if I'm lucky, I can get him drunk and laid before they completely fuck his life over.
Which reminds me. I watched the time-worn VHS of my 1993 wedding in an LDS church gym for the first time since the blessed event. I couldn't help but think that many in attendance must have thought the same thing I did as I watched the video, "what the HELL are these two CHILDREN thinking?" I can answer that question. We were thinking, "We so horny!"
Donna really did look spectacular though. And I looked... well... young. Very, very young. Too young. Creepy young. It was eerily what, I'm sure, many polygamist weddings look like. Teen bride and groom sell their youth and innocence because they feel guilty about a little heavy petting and pre-marital sex.
All you kids out there take my advice on this. If your love truly is eternal, it still will be in five years. Donna and I would have been much better equipped for marriage with a few years of experience under our belts. Also, if and when you go ahead and ignore that advice and get married anyway, move to New York and follow your dream of being a starving actor for a few years BEFORE effectively ending your youth by having children.
Filed under - Donna | Family | MormonismIn my case, marriage was a handy alternative to going on a mission. Also, we were getting pretty tired of having sex on her parent's couch and in mall parking lots.
How is sex anywhere a bad thing? And marriage versus a mission? I'd have gotten hitched in a heartbeat.
Oh wait.
*ding ding ding ding* My brain is working now.
You wanted the guilt-free kind of sex. Gotcha.
I am quite familiar with marrying quickly to assuage guilt over pre-marital sex. My halo was only SLIGHTLY tarnished when I got married.
What?? You don't believe me??
Sideon's questions are hilarious!
I was 30 when I finally tied the knot & even though I felt like an old maid, I was so glad I waited. You're so right about many Mormons getting married because they are horny. Some even think those feelings come from God & are a sign that they are meant to be. Bad reason when it is going to last FOREVER!
Actually a polygamist wedding would be a young girl and very old guy. Coming from an old mormon family, I found it funny that my great-great-grandmother divorced her first husband who was a polygamist. The family (even though Mormon) are anti-polygamist. My great-grandmother divorced her husband when he presented her with another wife... this was after the proclamation and they did not belong to any of the breakoff churches.
Yes, lots of old men and little girls. My great-grandmother was the youngest child of the youngest wife of a polygamist. Dad was 72 and mom was 15 when she was born.
But those old men do get married young the first time. You gotta git while the gittin's good, after all.
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What's the big rush to get married? I do not understand...
As far as marriage being a forever thing? Some pertinent questions for a celestial destination:
-Is there PMS in heaven? Blue balls?
-Does celesital copulation automatically create spirit children, or will there be celestial condoms available?
-If your spouse's inlaws are total bastards in this life, is it acceptable to hate their guts eternally?
-In heavenly divorces, how does custody of those children work if spouses reside in different solar systems?
From the movie "Labyrinth," with Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie... this quote seems apropos:
"It's only forever... not long at all."