I loved that ! I had no idea what to expect at the start and really enjoyed both the tone and the amount of nuance you shared approaching that topic. Plus, I gained a few insights. Thanks !
Thank you so much for reading, Amandine, and for the kind words! I knew the title would throw the reader for a loop 😝 I'm glad it all made sense and was informative in the end!
This is such a thoughtful reflection, Lauren. I went to high school with a lot of Mormons who seemed to live on the edges of the super restrictive Mormonism we see (i.e. the friends I'm thinking of didn't drink soda but beyond that seemed to live life the same way I grew up). Recently I've met and spend time with several Mormons via my cookbook club and their religion is something that intrigues me but I haven't felt close enough (yet) to talk about. It's a lot different this time around, observing differences in adulthood between my non-religious life and theirs, and the choices around marriage and kids especially, versus teenagers just whittling the time away lol.
Also - your passage about meeting the boy in Seaside - my teenage self is JEALOUS! I LOL'd reading that because every summer we go to Seaside for the 4th of July with good family friends and their daughter is the same age as me. We LIVED for strolling the prom and checking out cute boys and coming up with names for them and dreaming that they'd talk to us lol.
Thank you so much for reading, Morganne! Totally, as kids I can see how there wouldn't be much of a difference. I can definitely see how lives would start to diverge once adulthood rolls around. The soda thing is so funny too - the family I lived next to drank Diet Dr. Pepper like it was water (they literally would give some to the toddler in her bottle lol). That's one of the many inconsistencies I've noticed and seen people point out about the church.
It was seriously like something out of a teen romance novel, it felt surreal! And there is just something about Seaside in the summertime. I really have my friend to thank for making it happen. It was one of the only times I actually did something like that. Most of the time was just daydreaming with my friends like you!
Whenever I see mormons on their mission I cheer internally, it's like finding a lucky clover. More mormons, less methadone. (although I've seen enough kidnap/murder/cult documentaries to never set foot in Utah)
I loved that ! I had no idea what to expect at the start and really enjoyed both the tone and the amount of nuance you shared approaching that topic. Plus, I gained a few insights. Thanks !
Thank you so much for reading, Amandine, and for the kind words! I knew the title would throw the reader for a loop 😝 I'm glad it all made sense and was informative in the end!
This is such a thoughtful reflection, Lauren. I went to high school with a lot of Mormons who seemed to live on the edges of the super restrictive Mormonism we see (i.e. the friends I'm thinking of didn't drink soda but beyond that seemed to live life the same way I grew up). Recently I've met and spend time with several Mormons via my cookbook club and their religion is something that intrigues me but I haven't felt close enough (yet) to talk about. It's a lot different this time around, observing differences in adulthood between my non-religious life and theirs, and the choices around marriage and kids especially, versus teenagers just whittling the time away lol.
Also - your passage about meeting the boy in Seaside - my teenage self is JEALOUS! I LOL'd reading that because every summer we go to Seaside for the 4th of July with good family friends and their daughter is the same age as me. We LIVED for strolling the prom and checking out cute boys and coming up with names for them and dreaming that they'd talk to us lol.
Thank you so much for reading, Morganne! Totally, as kids I can see how there wouldn't be much of a difference. I can definitely see how lives would start to diverge once adulthood rolls around. The soda thing is so funny too - the family I lived next to drank Diet Dr. Pepper like it was water (they literally would give some to the toddler in her bottle lol). That's one of the many inconsistencies I've noticed and seen people point out about the church.
It was seriously like something out of a teen romance novel, it felt surreal! And there is just something about Seaside in the summertime. I really have my friend to thank for making it happen. It was one of the only times I actually did something like that. Most of the time was just daydreaming with my friends like you!
That friend really was the ultimate wingwoman lol
Whenever I see mormons on their mission I cheer internally, it's like finding a lucky clover. More mormons, less methadone. (although I've seen enough kidnap/murder/cult documentaries to never set foot in Utah)
Hahaha totally 🍀 And same here, Utah sounds like a terrifying place
Oh I totally binged it already!!!
Same!! Wowza, what a season