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Mike wrote:

Any meaning to the name “scooter”?

No, not really. I suppose I do like scooters though!

afterall wrote:

It’s good that you and your wife have already started discussing some of this. Being able to be honest with a spouse makes a signficant difference!

The problem I have with being telling her everything I’m feeling and thinking is that, as one can imagine, letting go of the idea that ‘all the doctrines are either true or false’ is really difficult when you really truly believe in (or even hope for) some of them. Eternal families is the biggest one. I think she feels that if she admits that not everything the church tells us is true, then eternal families may not be true as a result. Really hard to let go of. To be honest, I’m struggling with that a little bit myself.

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Brian Johnston wrote:

How is your wife doing with all this? Are you guys on the same page?

Thanks for your replies, Brian and SD. My wife and I often talk about church and spiritual matters, so she knows that the church doesn’t really matter to me right now, and she knows that providing for our family is my main focus. That being said, I’m hesitant to unload everything on her at once as I don’t want to frighten her and make her believe I want to leave the church. I can see incredible value in what the church provides in terms of community, spirituality, etc. And I fully plan on raising our kids in the church. But she has some doctrines herself that she’s not completely ok with herself and it’s always been that way, so maybe we’re more on the same page than I think.

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