See to it that she is aware of your plan, so you both can properly dress. Maybe watch "Going Clear" with her. Anyway, before you marry you should work out anything hypothetical that might come up in the future. Does he have a faith similarly conversion-focused as I could see that being a challenge. He has sacrificed parts of his career as well. When I was a teen, my first boyfriend was a convert and people would comment on that instead of how nice he was to me. You will be expected to condone but not attend events in the temple to which you will not be granted access. Observe the suttle loony behavior of the family during thanksgiving. You really don't know how great you have it.
I was off travelling the world when I met and fell madly in love with a deployed Marine. We'll discuss further after the holiday and see where we end up. There are other rewards, like him being available during the week or on odd days when other dads aren't, and knowing that we don't have to struggle financially as many of our friends do in this tough economy. His job prevents you much access to him. Whenever you bring something up, they'll say if it's not on lds. Should I jump ship. As a general authority I knew, now deceased, told me in the mid-eightiesвIf you find a good man who is not LDS, marry him.
They even refrain from tea and coffee. Also, if you have girls, you must realize that they are second class citizens in the church and the church will reinforce this idea. That's another 15 for me. If you have dated a doctor or other abnormally busy person or are in the medical profession yourself that would be particularly helpful, but I'll gladly take any words of wisdom.
I gave her a piece of my mind as my home is much happier and healthy now then when I was married to my x. I learned that going out and having fun with friends every single weekend was not going to be part of our lifestyle together due to time restrictions, tiredness, etc. You will raise the kids by yourself, and he won't help even when he's home because he'll be too tired or feel too entitled to HIS time alone.