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Mormon wives

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Stepawayfromthefridgenow · 06/09/2024 22:07

Watching this show ‘The secret lives of Mormon wives’ I had no idea their lives were like that or allowed to be.
Anyone Mormon here or know any Mormons?

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Bigcat25 · 06/09/2024 23:29

Ofthemall: you can convert but they do tithe ten percent of income to the church, fyi. The church has accumulated massive wealth.

LostTheMarble · 06/09/2024 23:27

NeverEnoughPants · 06/09/2024 22:16

What are their lives like?

My cousins are Mormons, and their lives seem for the most part pretty normal.

Most religious people live normal day to day lives. It’s the belief systems that’s usually whackadoodle, some more than others. Mormons are bordering on Scientology level of cultish woowoo.

Ofthemall · 06/09/2024 23:25

I’d love to be a mormon (can you just become one or do you have to be born into it / marry into it?!) but I love coffee too much so I don’t think they’d want me 😂

LostTheMarble · 06/09/2024 23:24

Bigcat25 · 06/09/2024 23:14

I haven't seen the show but the Mormons I know are very wonderful, generous people in relationships with equality. I know several Mormon women who went on to get advanced degrees/PHDs later in life and have great jobs.

This is the religious equivalent of saying ‘my husband is great because he doesn’t hit me, aren’t I lucky’.

Bigcat25 · 06/09/2024 23:21

That said I've never been to SLC.

Bigcat25 · 06/09/2024 23:21

Trying not to be too outing but I have some Morman relatives who are not anti gay. They have their son's gay friend stay regularly when in town. That's probably not typical, but the other Mormon I know aren't judging anyone for their sexuality.

FuckThePoPo · 06/09/2024 23:18

Well I'm sure they are great apart from no tea coffee or alcohol, no abortions, no gays. No thanks 😂

Bigcat25 · 06/09/2024 23:14

I haven't seen the show but the Mormons I know are very wonderful, generous people in relationships with equality. I know several Mormon women who went on to get advanced degrees/PHDs later in life and have great jobs.

NeverEnoughPants · 06/09/2024 22:16

What are their lives like?

My cousins are Mormons, and their lives seem for the most part pretty normal.

KrisAkabusi · 06/09/2024 22:15

It's as real as any other 'reality' show.

So probably completely fake.