I know I'm in Utah now, but actually I got it a lot back home, too. Pretty much any adult member I associated with asked me about it. And then when I say I'm not currently planning one, they would switch into encouragement mode and sometimes get that "look" of "Well why not?"
And, see, I understand that there were some fellows in my ward that NEEDED that encouragement. They were able to, they just needed encouragement to go after it, and try and get some money for it. For them it was the push they needed to go on a mission. One of them is right now.
Honor, I like your example of a month later "When are you going to have another one?"
For me, a month after my BAPTISM people were asking "So, are you going to go on a mission?" That was awkward, for me. Could I at least finish reading the Book of Mormon, first? :P
But that question came up a LOT, so 4 months after becoming a member I got my PB to figure out what to do.
Canuck: Now that you're married, when missions get brought up in conversations, how do people react when they find out you didn't go on one?
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