For anyone wondering... this was created and submitted for a Writing 150 assignment (a general course taken by a lot of BYU students). I only uploaded this to RU-vid for the convenience of pulling it up for a presentation in class. I'm loving all of this feedback years later, not sure why so many people have taken interest in it recently lol
I think younger parents have an easier time keeping up with their kids and this is healthier for both parents and kids. For people that want to get married on the younger side instead of older side, converting to Mormonism and picking up a Utah girl is ideal. Also, Mormon marriages have lower rates of divorce and they are generally happier and more stress free than the average American. Girls where I am from have no interest in marrying or having kids in the future. They all want to be "strong independent women".
BYU students invented the term “non-committal make-out session” (NCMO, or “nick-mo”), which is like the Mormon version of hooking up. Legend has it that some BYU couples would drive to Vegas, get married at a cheap wedding chapel, do the dirty all weekend, file for an annulment on Monday, and then pretend it never happened. I spent three years as a student at BYU (before and after my church mission), and I hardly dated there. The thought of being a married BYU student was terrifying to me.
I didn't go to BYU, but a lot of the pressures felt at BYU are felt in the church in general. I had a bishop in my YSA ward pull me in for a meeting one time just to lecture me on why I wasn't married yet. It was super awkward and weird. So yeah, I believe those who've had that kinda crap happen to them. It's unfortunate. Just live your life y'all and go with the current!
My friend had just returned from his mission. He was back at BYU. There was a bishop who told my friend to go through the ward and stake lists and then date every woman until he found "the one" to marry.
They used to tell RMs that in order to avoid breaking the law of chastity, to marry within one year after return. So the pressure was on. I knew someone who proposed after the first date. He told her the spirit told him she was the one to marry. She bought it and they were married the next week in the SLC temple. Another guy came home and started going to the temple. Met someone there. They dated a month and got engaged.
Priesthood class at BYU in the early 2000s was all about eternal marriage. Like every Sunday. Problem was many women wouldn't date you seriously unless you were a RM. I hear now there's not as much pressure to marry young.
I knew someone at BYU back in 2006 who was dating a RM fellow student. After four months he wanted to get married. His father told him to dump the girlfriend after the four months. She just wanted to finish her education first.
The girl in glasses and jeans jacket seems like Female Jesse Eisenberg lol. I mean we can put here in "Social Network" and nobody will find a difference in the way she Portrays Mark Zukerberg and Jesse Eisenberg Portrays Mark Zukerberg
Mormons are weird, but I have to admit that they have great chicks. I think many Mormons stem from Swedish and Norwegians. At least they look very Skandinavian
This is true. My family is LDS and we have a lot of Scandinavian ancestry. Sweden and Denmark specifically. Lots of other LDS families are the same. P.S. Your profile pic made me think I had a fly on my Mac! LMAO!
