The following posts from my personal blog give more detail into the two points above, if you want a fuller picture of my thoughts on them:
I see through my glass, darkly – as I play my saxophone in harmony with the other instruments in God’s orchestra. (h/t Elder Joseph Wirthlin)
Dating sucks
Even if people view many things differently, the core Gospel principles (LOVE; belief in the unseen but hoped; self-reflective change; symbolic cleansing; striving to recognize the will of the divine; never giving up) are universal.
If I were to find myself single tomorrow – I would be just as aweful at it as I ever was. and that is substantially aweful.
Temple marriage in NOT the formula for happiness. But for many Mormons, it IS A PART of the recipe for happiness.
Only you can know if you have enough in common with your BF to offset the religious difference. (more…)