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{Single Saints} Greener Pastures Right Where You Are
Mormon Life says: Greener in future dating pastures? With his trademark humor, our bachelor-in-residence Ryan Kunz thoughtfully examines the quandary many singles face.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from being single, it’s that the grass isn’t always greener in future pastures. I typically have a disdain for clichés, especially those that assume I share...
'Dating is fun!'
When the revised For the Strength of Youth booklet was released in January of this year, the first thing many young women did when they received their copies was turn to the section on "Dating" to see if anything had changed! Young women know that the world has changed drastically, but the...
Y grad aims to build a social network for LDS singles
Mormon Life says: The site allows people in the network to not only look for other singels, but to plan and host social events, find housemates or landlords, form groups around shared interests, get recommendations for dating activities in the city where they live, and more.
It's hardly a new idea to use the Internet to help 20-something and 30-something single adult members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meet, date and marry. There are many sites...
Is Parenting Getting in the Way of Your Marriage?
Mormon Life says: Your spouse will rarely demand as much from you as your children, so it's easy to get overwhelmed by the role of parent and neglect your role as husband or wife. Figure out if you suffer from this problem.
One of the most common types of couples who seek help from me in couples counseling are new empty nesters. They often say something like, “Now that our kids are gone, we don’t know what to talk...
Do Mormons get married too young?
Mormon Life says: This is a touchy topic and LDS Living has no opinion on it, but we think the discussion is interesting and thought we'd post it for our readers.
Once a group of us ladies were playing the game “Two Truths and a Lie,” and one woman told the following truth: “I got maternity clothes for my nineteenth birthday.” Someone asked, “Why on earth...
{Single Saints} Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Mormon Life says: Breakups. We’ve all been there, whether you’re the breaker-upper or the break-up-ee. While I'm no dating expert, I've found through my own trial and error that these eight steps help to heal the heart.
I’ve dealt with my fair share of breakups in the past. Some ended well, some ended badly, but all were hard to deal with at the time. Knowing that something you put hard work, effort, and time into...
{Single Saints} Making Long Distance Work
Mormon Life says: Some might say long distance is the wrong distance when it comes to relationships, and long run, they're right. But plenty have had success. The key is communication.
One of my favorite treats is the French bread pizza. It’s an ingenious upgrade on the standard pizza design, can be ready to eat in five minutes, and comes with a handy tray for catching crumbs...
Latter-day Saint mid-singles experience
The LDS Church recently restructured its “singles” wards, effectively shutting them off to unmarried people who are 31 years old or above. In many ways, this move formalized even more than previously the “limbo” of sorts that unmarried but still quite young Mormons find themselves in with relation...
Young Love
My dear, sweet, intensely committed-to-the-gospel daughter has been home from her mission for four months now. When she first got home, she decided attending the local single’s branch wasn’t for her. She was much more comfortable attending our family ward, where she spent Sunday meetings hanging...
I'm Anxious - So Let's Break Up
Mormon Life says: Many singles experience doubts about their relationships. In some cases the anxiety is so high they flee the relationship. Is this anxiety a warning from God or is it something else? Are they dodging danger or losing out on a valuable dating and relationship experience?
Dating can be stressful. It isn’t easy to interpret what the other person is doing or saying, what it means, or how to react. The uncertainty of when or if someone will call or do their part is...
Mormon missionaries remember that dreaded ‘Dear John’ letter
Taped to the wall of his kitchen in Botswana, where Jackson served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was a typewritten letter that had belonged to a missionary who lived there before him. It was an apologetic breakup note from his girlfriend.Jackson doesn’t recall...
For the strength of single adults
We teach our children from the “For The Strength of Youth” pamphlet to make wise choices in their lives.
But when the parents of these same teens become single themselves, what happens to those standards?
What we teach our own children should be the standard of what we live in our own lives.
{Single Saints} Dating Mythbusters, Part 2
Mormon Life says: Part 2 of my experiment with common date-getting techniques. See how Facebook stalking, eye games, compliments, and repetition measured up.
Last week we started exploring the wiles girls use to get guys to like them in Dating Mythbusters, Part 1. 1. Be straightforward; guys like girls who ask them out.
2. ...
Mormon Prom in California promotes high standards
Southern California teenagers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints attended the Mormon Prom on Saturday, March 17, at Soka University in Aliso Viejo, Calif. Youths ages 16-18 from the Santa Margarita, Mission Viejo, San Clemente and Laguna Niguel congregations were invited to join...
{Single Saints} Dating Mythbusters
Mormon Life says: As a comparatively naive dater, I wondered if it would help to get tips from my fellow females on how to get dates. Here's my verdict on their success, using a totally scientific experimental method.
Click here to read part 2.I remember watching Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and asking my mother what Grumpy meant when he said, “And all females is poison! They’re full of wicked...
