Get helpful advice on your cases from a community of physicians. Of course my parents love each other very much and would not choose another spouse, which is why her response caught me off guard. Think about what you want in a relationship. Up to this point, she has just assumed that all atheists are innately evil people. Mormons are one of the few remaining groups with healthy women.
Besides the obvious brain damage that you will be made to suffer your entire married life, there are future kids to think about. You don't want a divorce because it will hurt the kids - they love him and think he's the greatest. I have feeling you stopped pursuing anyone unlikely to go for you. That being said, there are some facets of the religion that you should be aware of that will influence how she approaches both you and the relationship. I don't want to stress him. If you decide to marry this man, you both will find a way to be happy and have a wonderful marriage, not that perfect that we see in the Sundays at Church.
When you said that the doctor spouse sacrifices for their patients and their family sacrifices for the doctor's career, it really described my situation. My mom was a single mother with a lower than average income working full time so she understood that aspect. Should either of you sisters raise your children and wonder what faith will they choose. Mormon decried it was all a lie, an anti mormon lie. I wouldn't swap roles with my husband any day, he definitly has it the hardest. That will most likely be the deal breaker for her. She found the perfect Mormon guy, they were married in the temple. And after years of this struggle, will your love for him and desire to avoid the hassle cause you to reduce your activation. He could never tolerate my work schedule, so I became a stay at home mom.
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. And occasionally I have queried the wisdom of that choice. It was not just frustrating but also saddening and stressful. Should either of you sisters raise your children and wonder what faith will they choose. And your needs essentially have to be silenced a lot of the times. They even refrain from tea and coffee. In my view, baptism at 8 is just a variation on infant baptism. So there's THAT to look forward to.
