I keep pondering how to begin my comments, but when someone on the blog wanted proof of whether most people find their “true love” in the gay world, I have to speak of Edward’s experience. When he first transgressed, he felt he would stay with that man forever. How great was his shock when within a couple of months, the man was with someone else! It was devastating to watch Edward’s progression from believing he would find his “eternal companion,”... Read more

Poster wants sources that support the following statement included in this post.  “I do want to make clear that although some homosexual couples do find long-lasting relationships, this is not the norm within the homosexual community. Unfortunately this population finds itself in a culture of accepted sexual promiscuity that promotes individualized sexual pleasure instead of monogamy. I think members who decide to live the gay lifestyle have hopes that they will be able to mimic a Mormon marriage by finding... Read more

I just wanted to say how GRATEFUL I am for the link I found here to faceseast.org and would like to recommend it to your readers. It is a blog for people that are dealing with “mixed marriages”. Mixed meaning where one spouse is a believing LDS member (tbm) and the other is a (nom) liberal, new order, inactive, atheist, or non-member. Usually one spouse has become disaffected with the church and the other spouse can come here for support... Read more

I have been married for almost 4 years now and am due recently with my second child. About a month ago my husband told me he didn’t think he wanted to live the word of wisdom anymore. He confessed to getting drunk on two previous “guy’s trips”. I am shocked and hurt because of this. It is very important to me to have a spouse who can go with me to the temple and who can give priesthood blessings to... Read more

There was a wonderful story shared May 9th on This American Life on NPR that I highly recommend listening to. It’s under the overall title “Reunited (and it feels so good)”. The chapter is called “Act one. Not your parents’ parent trap. ” An absolutely wonderful commentary by a daughter who’s parents divorce and remarry. Read more

I recently found your blog through strengtheningmarriage.com/blog where I have participated frequently. I am LDS, and my wife and I just celebrated our 18th anniversary yesterday. I find one of the greatest difficulties in my marriage is the difference in our dependency. My wife is very independent. She is a go-getter. She has many, many friends and literally knows most of the people in our community. She gets great satisfaction out of serving, helping, and being busy. She does not... Read more

I’m glad I found this blog via a comment at strengtheningmarriage.com/blog. It is interesting to find places that openly discuss sexuality in a gospel perspective. My unfortunate experience, both with my parents growing up and now with my own family after being married for 18 years, is that sexuality isn’t something that is discussed. As a result, it has become a tremendous obstacle and frustration instead of bringing us closer as is intended. A close, connected, intimate relationship is seeming... Read more

I’m going to consider getting that parent’s guide. I was just having an issue this week with my teenager lying to us about the silliest things, but I was reading on line that you have to understand why they are lying and deal with that because all teens lie, and they just like to push their boundaries. In my son’s case, it was always about wanting more freedoms and not to be treated like one of his younger siblings. So... Read more

Do you think there are wholesome, positive ways that the lower-drive spouse (not always, but usually the wife) can proactively “awaken” or arouse sensual feelings throughout the day for the purpose of encouraging more sexual intimacy in marriage? Many researchers discussing female sexuality (for example Laura Brotherson’s book) encourage women to awaken their God-given sexuality. Do you have any tips for how this can be done without resorting to pornography? Growing up in the Church, you’re always taught to extinguish... Read more