Mormons are people like everyone else and his coolness towards you may have nothing to do with your religion or his. Why don’t you ask him?

Thank you for the link to the video. I agree that there are many serious problems with recreational marijuana use. I have been accused of taking away someones agency by wanting the regulation of marijuana. I don’t get it. Why would I not try to slow the spread of a damaging drug into my community? What could possibly be wrong with voting against laws that open the gate to recreational marijuana use?

Bryant, recreational marijuana affects everyone else besides those who choose to use it. Increased traffic fatalities, second-hand smoke, increased potency with the public unaware, marketing to children in candy form, self-grow capability polluting rivers with herbicides and pesticides, and cartels moving in are side effects being experienced in states that have legalized marijuana. Here’s a very informative and frightening video: https://www.mercatornet.com/features/view/chronic-state-the-impact-of-legalising-marijuana-in-colorado/21693

Thank you for sharing your heart-rending story. Last I looked, the divorce rate for temple-married couples was a bit over 7%, and the divorce rate for mixed-member couples was about 40%. The divorce rate for couples who are both faithful to any religion is about 25%. These stats are an indication of how difficult it can be to sustain a marriage when couples are mixed on how they view religion. That said, we have friends and family members who started out their marriage with being sealed in the temple, and then things changed radically when either the husband or wife has completely lost faith or fallen into sin. The way we start out is no guarantee that things will end up the way we intended. I do know that when my husband and I knew we were meant to be together, NOTHING could keep us apart. Every minute we lived separately was irritating, almost intolerable.

We have people very close to us who received inspiration to marry non-members and things have turned out very well for them. I’m no counselor and have no authority in your life, but I would involve your family right away and let them be part of this decision with you, engaging in prayer with you, and receiving promptings with you. It could turn out to be a marvelous, inspiring family journey of faith. All the best to you!

Now I have had these friends from seven to three years. They are my best friends and I love them so much. I would do anything for them and they would do anything for me. A friend had been asking me if we (Mormons) were allowed to date non-members. I explained to her that we could date and marry non-members, that it wasn’t very common because we believe in life after death, being sealed in the temple and how you had to be a member to enter the temple. I didn’t think much of it at the time but later one of my dearest non-member friends asked me out on a date. I have been his good friend for a long time and honestly, I had deep feelings for him but I tried to suppress them because I feared disapproval from my parents.

Let me tell you about him
He does not come from a good family background. He never met his father, he has two half-siblings, his mother lost custody of him and his siblings. They were sent to live in his grandparents house where he was barely acknowledged due to four people still living with his grandparents. They didn’t really push goals, or hold standers, or encourage anything in their household. Being a self-starter can be hard, it’s even harder to keep trying when your efforts seem to go unnoticed. He suffers from depression and has had suicidal thoughts. He was looked down on in school because where he came from.  I have been through a lot of his episodes and other emotional breakdowns. Around our senior year of high school, he started to get a grip on his depression and pull himself together. He doesn’t smoke, drink or take any drugs. Going through college he has been doing much better with his life and trying to make a better life for himself. God puts us here for a reason and met the people we met for a reason to. I have always had a gift of handling and helping people that suffer from depression, but he was something special to me and I am special to him. He has told me many times, before we started dating, that I bring a light into his life and that when hes with me he feels like he has a stronger chance at having a normal life, a better life.

One thing that has been rolling around in my mind is when I look at him I see life here on earth, not into the eternity but I have had this dream, I have this dream twice now, The world is quiet and calm, everything seems a little gray, He is standing in normal clothing by himself, he seemed lost and looking for something. I walked over to him, dressed in a white dress, I take his hand and lead him to a beautiful bright area where a man ( the savior, I believe) was waiting to meet him.

We have gone a four more dates and my love for him grows more and more. He ask if we can pursue a relationship. He doesn’t seem to share an interest in the church but he attends if I ask him to go with me. I love him so much and I don’t want to let him go but I fear terribly of what my family will say. I know and share my family’s love for the temple and they want me to marry in the temple. No one in my family has married a non-member so this troubles me immensely. I have no idea how my family would react to me dating a non-member. I have read many LDS stories of Members married to Non-members, they give me help and strength for future possibilities but no help to how to go about this for announcing to my family.
Any advice?

Mormons sing in most of their meetings and often have choir singing or special musical numbers. However, Mormons don’t use the kinds of rock music that some Protestant congregations have. If you would like to take a look at the hymns we sing, most of which are about Jesus Christ, take a look here: https://www.lds.org/music/text/hymns?lang=eng

well my dad was mormon and all use kids were ok and coul dhave kids and he never let my momma down in any way no r did she let him down