Would you rather give up the prospect of being married in the temple, the assurance of children being raised in the church, and parts of Mormon culture for your boyfriend, or a great man for your beliefs. My dream in life as cliche as it sounds is to be happy, and to raise a family - be one of those home mums who goes to school meetings, and award nights, and bakes cakes for their kids school fares. It all depends on the girl.



No one appreciates how demanding it is unless they have lived it, many friends over the years said to me "lucky you, you are married to a Doctor. I can be part of a church family whether my spouse goes or not. Interreligious marriages are not a new thing. At the end of the second date I knew I needed him in my life. The Church encourages you to use dating as an opportunity to show your respect not just for others, but for yourself.
We keep getting more and more wedding invitations to our apt and with each one I feel like my dreams float farther and farther away. She said we couldn't watch it because the lady who produced the doc was formerly a professor at BYU but has since left the church, so she wouldn't have anything good to say. True Believer Mos base their actions on a set of priorities that make no sense to Nomos. That of course does not mean all eternal marriages should have been entered into or will succeed. After our child was born, I can say that my resentment of my husband started to grow and overshadow the respect I have for what he does. When we're together, everything is good.
I gave her a piece of my mind as my home is much happier and healthy now then when I was married to my x. Now that my boyfriend and I are beginning to talk about a future together, though, I realize that I need to consider this question of marrying outside of the church very carefully. These garments will not be fun for dating, if you know what I mean. Also, as Joanna points out, men and women already inhabit a separate culture. If you marry him, you are committing to accepting him without the church and all that this entails.