When Mormons Remarry
My parents pushed and pushed the Mormon religion on me. They forced me to go until I was 18. Then, they divorced to marry and remarry again. Am I supposed to forget everything? All the information they forced on me as a child is sickening.
I am a child in a family of ten people. I am right in the middle of the pack. I have five brothers and two sisters. My parents were married for about twenty-six years when they divorced. The drama would begin soon after.
My dad would start dating his best friend's daughter. He had the nerve to bring her to the birth of my first-born. He is Mormon and still thought nothing of it. For years I was raised Mormon against my will. I was told I couldn't leave until I was 18 years old. They would not let me date outside the Mormon church. They told me there were three levels of heaven. They said I had to marry a Mormon in order to be "worthy". I had to be "worthy" to get married in a Mormon temple "for time and all eternity". I needed to stay that way to get into the highest level. Hell is not really fire and brimstone, but purgatory. You simply look on as others pass to the heavens. You see the glory others get. That is your "hell".
My mother decided she couldn't be alone. She took to meeting men online. It was very scary. She would fly to places to be with them and not tell us until after she had returned home.
My mom and dad forgot everything they had enforced to their kids. I guess they expected us to forget too. My mom is now on her 5th marriage. My dad is also on wife five - I think - maybe sixth. I left at 18, as soon as I was able. I feel very traumatized by all of it. They still claim to be Mormon. My dad teaches Sunday school at the Mormon church. I wonder how many of their spouses they will be reunited with "for time and all eternity". They want us to "love" all the people they are married to. I am disgusted and so OVER IT!
My dad would start dating his best friend's daughter. He had the nerve to bring her to the birth of my first-born. He is Mormon and still thought nothing of it. For years I was raised Mormon against my will. I was told I couldn't leave until I was 18 years old. They would not let me date outside the Mormon church. They told me there were three levels of heaven. They said I had to marry a Mormon in order to be "worthy". I had to be "worthy" to get married in a Mormon temple "for time and all eternity". I needed to stay that way to get into the highest level. Hell is not really fire and brimstone, but purgatory. You simply look on as others pass to the heavens. You see the glory others get. That is your "hell".
My mother decided she couldn't be alone. She took to meeting men online. It was very scary. She would fly to places to be with them and not tell us until after she had returned home.
My mom and dad forgot everything they had enforced to their kids. I guess they expected us to forget too. My mom is now on her 5th marriage. My dad is also on wife five - I think - maybe sixth. I left at 18, as soon as I was able. I feel very traumatized by all of it. They still claim to be Mormon. My dad teaches Sunday school at the Mormon church. I wonder how many of their spouses they will be reunited with "for time and all eternity". They want us to "love" all the people they are married to. I am disgusted and so OVER IT!
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