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I know that my family reacts like a time bomb when it comes to dating or marrying someone who's not LDS.
The Church teaches that if you're not married in the Temple, that you can't be together in Heaven after you die. Personally, I believe that if two people love each other, they will be together forever. (Simple terms)
When parents who are LDS see their children dating people who aren't members of their church, they believe that they won't be sealed together forever, that the spouses will be separated forever, that their grandchildren will be separated forever, basically, that the family will be split up and not be together in the afterlife. That's why they tend to react the way that they do. They want their children to be with family forever, and if they don't get married in the Temple (or get sealed later) that they won't be. Well, in the well-meaning families who react this way anyways....
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Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly-Rose Franken
.... absence makes me miss him more...
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