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I would tell them that it is none of their business and they should worry about themselves.
Quote:We’re working on it.
Serious question, asked as a reflective exercise:
What are the benefits and risks of saying the first one rather than the second one?
Old-Timer wrote:Quote:I would tell them that it is none of their business and they should worry about themselves.
Quote:We’re working on it.
Serious question, asked as a reflective exercise:
What are the benefits and risks of saying the first one rather than the second one?
I will totally admit that Ray’s advice on how to answer the question is probably nicer and more mature. After all, I have some anger issues so my advice might not be the best. However, I feel like saying “we are working on it”, gives the impression that a third person has the right interject themselves in your marriage and personal life. I didn’t grow up LDS and I just feel like privacy gets blurred sometimes at church.
No interjection right if you say it directly, concisely and walk away immediately afterword. Some brick heads might not get it, but their heads would be too hard to be offended, as well.
I can’t say it’s not anyone’s business why we are not getting sealed. Maybe for my peers in the chapel but for the Bishop on up they want to at least know why a sealing is not in the near future. After all my Bishop is interested in our salvation and knows what steps we need to take. If we are not moving forward he at least would want to know why. My answer just happens to be pretty close to “we are working on it” and he has encouraged me to keep working on it and offered to help in the way of counsel in or out of the church. BTW, I did go thru with my son and I don’t want to say here what the entire experience was like for me but I will say it was special and I am glad I went thru. Also, I didn’t ask or want anyone to come share the experience other than my escort and my wife but there were plenty of friends who showed up on there own and I now see why. I can’t imagine being there longer than we were anyway. It took us from 6:30pm and we didn’t leave until after 10. I’m going to head on over to the “garment” thread because I have some real questions about the need for 24 hr even doing yard work directions.
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