http://www.lds.net/forums/ Strengthening families and marriages, family traditions, family mission statements, scrapbooking and preserving memories, Family Home Evening, family activities, family reunions, wholesome recreational activities, family prayer and scripture study, connecting generations, babies, parenting, single parenting, discipline, preventing or surviving divorce, eliminating unwanted media influences, addiction recovery, etc. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:44:14 GMT vBulletin 10 http://www.lds.net/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.lds.net/forums/ http://www.lds.net/forums/family/27701-temple-marriage-sealing-children.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:02:25 GMT If Husband 1 (who is non-LDS) marries Wife No. 1 (who is LDS) in a civil ceremony, and they later have children, and then divorce, if Husband 1 later converts to LDS and marries Wife No. 2 (who is LDS) in the temple, can Husband 1 get sealed to his children eventhough he is no longer married to Wife No.1? What happens if after Husband 1 (non-LDS) and Wife No. 1 (LDS) divorce, can Wife No.1 later get married to an LDS man and get sealed to the children she had with Husband 1? Is there any way that Wife No. 1 can be sealed to her children if she is no longer married to Husband 1? If Husband 1 (who is non-LDS) marries Wife No. 1 (who is LDS) in a civil ceremony, and they later have children, and then divorce, if Husband 1 later converts to LDS and marries Wife No. 2 (who is LDS) in the temple, can Husband 1 get sealed to his children eventhough he is no longer married to Wife No.1? What happens if after Husband 1 (non-LDS) and Wife No. 1 (LDS) divorce, can Wife No.1 later get married to an LDS man and get sealed to the children she had with Husband 1? Is there any way that Wife No. 1 can be sealed to her children if she is no longer married to Husband 1? ]]> Family Q_A_111 http://www.lds.net/forums/family/27701-temple-marriage-sealing-children.html http://www.lds.net/forums/family/27684-biological-parents-vs-sealed-parents.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:39:14 GMT I know that families can be eternal. But what about parents that are separated from their child by an unfortunate event? What happens when that child is adopted and sealed into a different family? At that point, are the biological parents irrelevant in regards to that child's eternal family? Or is there a place for them as an extended family unit? ]]> Family Bini http://www.lds.net/forums/family/27684-biological-parents-vs-sealed-parents.html http://www.lds.net/forums/family/27532-trying-talk-myself-off-ledge.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:31:58 GMT I'm having an affair. Not physically, but mentally and emotionally. I honestly don't know what to do. I'm not ready to end it. Nor am I ready to take it to the next level. I can't. It would destroy my whole family, my world, eternity! But I want to. And he wants to, which means destroying the whole world of not one, but two families. I've never kissed him. I've never held his hand. I've never even been alone with him. And it's the hardest thing I've ever NOT done because I've never wanted to so bad in my life.

We chat online about everything under the sun (and I draw the line at anything sexual, though he tries and we've not exactly had perfectly "chaste" conversations). We avoid one another in public (though we do see one another, it's a small town) ... because we know we can't trust one another not to do something we both know we shouldn't. But I want to sit down with him face to face and have a good heart to heart conversation about what is happening (chatting just doesn't include enough emotion for me) ... I just don't know that we should. I don't know if we can trust ourselves.

I keep justifying this by analyzing my own crappy marriage (and his). BUT.... It doesn't matter how bad it is at home, though, there is NO excuse for this behavior. From either one of us. He's on my mind 24/7. I can't sleep. I can't eat. I'm making myself sick.

I've prayed over this ... a dozen times a day. I've fasted. I've studied the scriptures. I've researched lds.org. I know what I'm doing is wrong. I have this feeling that I should go to the temple, but I feel so unworthy. He's become a wonderful friend and I never imagined that it would escalate beyond friendship. He's everything that's missing in my own marriage. But that is no excuse. I just don't know what to do. :bawl: ]]> Family Torn http://www.lds.net/forums/family/27532-trying-talk-myself-off-ledge.html http://www.lds.net/forums/family/27092-help-marriage-slipping.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:45:01 GMT My wife and I have been married for almost two years now. We have a great relationship and we love each other. Needless to say, we both know that we would lay our lives down for each other. When we were first married we were "two peas in a pod." We were inseparable and we were happy. During our first year of marriage we both felt that we had been blessed tremendously! We both have great full-time jobs that pay very well and we are both going to school part-time.

Here is my first issue. Our intimacy has diminished and is continuing to fall quite rapidly. I have talked to my wife about this and she understands that I see an issue and that it is getting worst by the minute. I have tried everything in the book to spice things up again. But nothing seems to work. I feel like the more I try with failed attempts the more I feel depressed and overwhelmed. I am starting to get the idea that I'm am the only one in the marriage that is working to make things better. We recently moved to a new area and I don't have anyone I feel comfortable talking to. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!

Second, when we were first married, having a child was in a few of our conversations. We recently have adopted a dog and I have heard her mention that, "we have a dog, why do we need kids?" On another occasion, she has told me that she does not want to have any kids. I love kids and I want kids and she knows this. I know I may not have the financial ability to support a non-working mother and one kid.

I'm hanging on my last thread. I'm starting to feel selfish because I keep working at it and nothing happens. What do you do in this type of situation? What do you do when you marry someone you thought was one way and then after you get married they turn into someone else? :confused: ]]> Family CSS4Life http://www.lds.net/forums/family/27092-help-marriage-slipping.html