Learning from a young age that any religion will do means that your children almost certainly will ultimately believe that any religion will do. I have only been dating my boyfriend for just over 3 months,and he has just started his 3rd year in med school. I grew up in Utah, attended BYU, and served a mission. But God works in mysterious ways. If you are worries about her or her family trying to convert you, be honest. I think the only thing that can possibly be worse is if he was working in a different country. Too bad she couldn't handle the guilt and remorse. I've been working like crazy myself, so it is easy for me to understand time issues involved in drs' training.
Having said that, I believe strongly that it takes a special individual who can remain active in the church and have a non-traditional marriage. Anybody dating him is going to need to understand that, and that it has to come first. I'm really glad to hear a few of you have stories of happy interfaith relationships, or leaving the church together, so there's always a chance. Not being an RM, they weren't really interested in me. This guy was orbiting so strongly that he changed his religion before they were even dating. The essay on race and the priesthood claims that Brigham Young prophesied that blacks would receive the priesthood someday, but if you actually follow the link in the footnotes you will see that he was misquoted. Forty plus years later I met my incredibly wonderful fabulous Mormon husband. Anyway, you got yourself a treasure. What if she absolutely despises sex. Plan on knowing their religion better than they do at all times.
Good to see that I'm not alone. When we were dating he made it very clear to me that he had no desire to come back to church. If I were you, I would just nope out of it and move on.
And as an outsider it will be obvious to you what's going on, but here's an awesome breakdown from a couple that flipped from "we go to church every week - we will write a Mormon blog" to resigning over the new policy banning children of gays all over the NY Times this month and something that is upsetting many staunch church members a few days ago. For me and the woman I'm in love with, we CAN discuss it without breaking down into spittle and hate. I've been feeling like a single mother for many years. I know residency is particularly bad, but what about when he finishes that. Just know what your getting into. Love and support them just as you would if your husband was a carpenter. I usually mean exactly what I say. They even refrain from tea and coffee. I knew a couple in my last ward who got married in their mid 20's.