tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post8545885777005248145..comments2023-04-03T04:00:20.248-07:00Comments on figuring it out...: stepping outside.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-13549150377754189242008-01-08T21:01:00.000-08:002008-01-08T21:01:00.000-08:00the best of wishes to you, anonymous, your positio...the best of wishes to you, anonymous, your position is not one I envy at all... I hope that your husband is understanding and supportive. <BR/><BR/>it is, after all, our family and friends that affect us the most, and are affected the most when a we have to renegotiate our faith and belief systems. very difficult stuff.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137757234906638603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-42612394730177275072008-01-07T11:51:00.000-08:002008-01-07T11:51:00.000-08:00Wow, G, I really appreciate you sharing your story...Wow, G, I really appreciate you sharing your story. I admire your courage in returning your recommend.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous, I'm so sorry for the position you're put in by your husband's calling. Is he getting anywhere near to being released anyway? Either way, I hope you can figure out the least difficult way to handle what sounds like an agonizing situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-27684520045287052642008-01-06T01:50:00.000-08:002008-01-06T01:50:00.000-08:00Returning your recommend was very brave. I'll even...Returning your recommend was very brave. I'll eventually have to take that step as well. I've struggled with the same issues for several years. My husband is my bishop and he got my barcoded recommend signed by the stake president. It will expire in the spring and I don't know what I will do then. Except for weddings, I've not been to the temple for over a year and a half and that was to see my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-74984468042785339892007-12-18T09:10:00.000-08:002007-12-18T09:10:00.000-08:00our recommends expired a couple of years ago and w...our recommends expired a couple of years ago and we weren't active enough at the time to get new ones before my BIL got married. so my husband lied about having to work and i lied about not getting in with the SP in time before their wedding. i was the photographer at their wedding and i had to sit in the temple lobby feeling like SUCH a shit for lying about my temple recommend. a few weeks C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06278966723822635150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319139334819650146.post-1183098040804191282007-12-15T08:06:00.000-08:002007-12-15T08:06:00.000-08:00I so know what you mean about these new recommends...I so know what you mean about these new recommends being a curve ball. I was going to keep mine up to date until it expired in the hopes that I would still get to go to my sister's wedding and avoid that major discomfort, but then they came out with these electronic ones and since I had already gone inactive, and told the bishop why, I knew there was no way he'd issue me another one. Alas, Lessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10741982738892350097noreply@blogger.com