When I left the church I was terrified my wife would leave me in favor of the church. I know I’m one of the lucky few, but I’m so glad she (eventually) saw the light and followed me out. We are seriously so much happier out than we ever were trapped by Mormonism.1yr ⋅ RetiredMentalGymnast ⋅ r/exmormon
When I left Mormonism I was terrified my wife would choose the church over me. Luckily that didn’t happen and she followed me out. This past weekend she wore a sleeveless dress in public for this first time since the be known her! I’m so proud.3yr ⋅ RetiredMentalGymnast ⋅ r/exmormon
Six years ago we shook hands over an alter during a Masonic based misogynistic ceremony to get married. This year we celebrated our anniversary in Vegas with some daiquiris, cocktails and margaritas.2yr ⋅ RetiredMentalGymnast ⋅ r/exmormon
This is how I feel today. We haven’t been to church in years and moved about 8 months ago. Today I got an email welcoming us to a ward I never heard of before.6mo ⋅ RetiredMentalGymnast ⋅ r/exmormon
In the simple things you can do in those heavily and densely Mormon populated areas that make life a little better.4yr ⋅ RetiredMentalGymnast ⋅ r/exmormon
This is more miraculous than anything I ever saw as a TBM. X-post from r/Blackpeopletwitter.7yr ⋅ RetiredMentalGymnast ⋅ r/exmormon
Some cultist dropped this off for my daughter and I can’t help but wonder, where the hell are their eyes?3yr ⋅ RetiredMentalGymnast ⋅ r/exmormon
Imagine it’s your anniversary and your main goal is to watch a crappy video you’ve seen a hundred times in a building that looks like a hotel lobby. I dated this girl. This could have ended up being my life.4yr ⋅ RetiredMentalGymnast ⋅ r/exmormon
Gospel topic essays for the win. A brief text exchange with my wife after she read the line.5yr ⋅ RetiredMentalGymnast ⋅ r/exmormon
Dating guidelines from my super TBM single ward days. Admittedly even at the time I thought this was ridiculous.6yr ⋅ RetiredMentalGymnast ⋅ r/exmormon
Not quite ready to join the selfie train for various reasons but standing out there feeling free is nothing compared to the feeling of being free from the shackles of Mormonism.5yr ⋅ RetiredMentalGymnast ⋅ r/exmormon
Boo!! (Nothing scares Mormons more than a nice hot cup of black coffee right?) Happy Halloween heathens!4yr ⋅ RetiredMentalGymnast ⋅ r/exmormon
The only perk of Mormonism was when they dropped off popcorn or other treats during Christmas time. This year they gave us a block of wood. Guess $100 billion doesn’t buy what it used to.3yr ⋅ RetiredMentalGymnast ⋅ r/exmormon
Isn’t there a whole chapter in that book ‘ol Horny Joe wrote about not needing a church to pray? Seems like someone might need to go back to church....oh wait, they can’t, because they’re all closed!4yr ⋅ RetiredMentalGymnast ⋅ r/exmormon
“Visitors Welcome (conditions may apply)” is essentially what the updated handbook now says.4yr ⋅ RetiredMentalGymnast ⋅ r/exmormon
There are currently more people active on this subreddit than are subscribed to some other subs we used to know.7yr ⋅ RetiredMentalGymnast ⋅ r/exmormon
I haven’t been to church in a year but they still expect me to come clean their carpeted wall CULTural center.4yr ⋅ RetiredMentalGymnast ⋅ r/exmormon
Where will you go? How about our to breakfast with my wife and daughter instead of watching a bunch of old white dudes tell me how to live my life as though it were still 1950.5yr ⋅ RetiredMentalGymnast ⋅ r/exmormon
Another post about mixing energy drinks and the temple reminded me of a Facebook post I made as a TBM from a few years back.7yr ⋅ RetiredMentalGymnast ⋅ r/exmormon
Questions asked during the EQ lesson today. Also known as a list of completely useless questions that don’t do anything to actually help anyone but actually just reinforce the idea that feelings are the the only thing that matters.6yr ⋅ RetiredMentalGymnast ⋅ r/exmormon