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Four Lies Singles Shouldn’t Believe
1. If you are single, there is something wrong with you. You shouldn’t be happy with your life if you are single. Being single does not mean you are inherently wrong, broken, or incomplete. It simply...
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Mormon Girls and The Dating Rules
“The Rules.” A mythical book of rules for women and dating. According to legend, if you follow their thirty rules for courtship and dating, the man you have always dreamed of will ask you out, woo...
View ArticleLet the More Loving One Be Me
I have done very few truly wild things in my life—scratch that—I’ve done a whole bunch of wild things, but I have done precious few wild things in my love life. Three or four years ago, I struck up a...
View ArticleTaking the Sweet without the Bitter
I was in a Relief Society lesson a couple of weeks ago and (as I am wont to do) I raised my hand to make a comment. I don’t remember now exactly what the lesson was on, but my comment was something to...
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Young adults on marriage: It’s so important that we’ll put it off
With marriage rates declining and the average age at marriage rising, young adults in a new study say that marriage still stands as their most important pursuit in life. Lead study author Brian...
View Article5 Things Single LDS guys wish Single LDS Girls knew
Click here to “Like” Mariah Proctor’s author page on Facebook. (Go ahead, make my day). I was sitting with a friend not too long ago, discussing her current situation with a boy that she liked. She...
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The Decision to Marry is Not About Checklists
I have always wanted to be married in the temple. Who I would be married to and when we would be married was another story. Growing up as a Latter Day Saint, I received very conflicting messages about...
View ArticleYour Hardest Family Question: I don’t know if I can marry this man
Question I am engaged to a man 12 years older than me who is sensitive, caring, and hard working. We started out as friends and got to know each other better. We became close and within 3 months of...
View Article6 Things I Didn’t Expect About Falling in Love
Click here, to “like” this author on Facebook. In April of 2014, I was sitting on a cushion on the floor in Nepal, eating dinner at a low table and constantly shifting trying to get comfortable. I’d...
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Time Magazine: What Two Religions Tell Us about the Modern Dating Crisis
Jon Birger, writing in Time magazine, decided to look at Mormons and Orthodox Jews to see if these two very religious cultures that emphasize marriage, were troubled by the same dating crisis that...
View ArticleWhat is the Purpose of a Singles’ Ward?
This week was my last Sunday in a singles’ ward before I join the ranks of the blissfully wed. It has caused me to review my seven years of sitting in wards where leaders crack jokes about sitting a...
View ArticleWorldwide Devotional for Young Adults: President Nelson
Details If you are a millennial or have someone in your house who is 18 to 30 years old, you know that it can be difficult sometimes to feel purposeful in our fast-paced world. The demands of life can...
View ArticleSingle adult conference in the Middle East: ‘We are one’
Two months after participating in a single adult conference for Latter-day Saints living in the Middle East, Katie Shaler still feels the impact of gathering with others who share her beliefs. “It was...
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In the Words of LDS Singles: A Singular Humanitarian Experience
To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE. Winston Churchill said, “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” Like members of the church everywhere, LDS...
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Survey Reveals What It’s Really Like to Be Divorced in the LDS Church
To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE. To read the full article on LDSLiving, click here. Given how central the family is in LDS doctrine, divorce in the LDS community is a...
View ArticleDid My “One and Only” Die in the War in Heaven?
To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE After reading and hearing dozens of people discussing the topic of marriage, particularly the ones wondering if they’ve married the right...
View ArticleThe Problem with Looking for a Spark and Why I Needed to Change My...
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE The following was written by Anne Maxson. To read the full article, click here. Do you believe in love at first sight? Probably not. But do...
View ArticleFive Signs You’re Dating the One You Should Marry
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE When you are dating someone often you start to wonder, could this be the one? Everyone has a list either written or unwritten. However, we...
View Article5 Things Every Single Adult Mormon Needs To Remember
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE The following comes from My Life by GoGo Goff. To read the full post, click here. As I talk with single Mormons around the nation I often hear...
View ArticleHow Soon is Too Soon?: Kissing and Dating on the Way to a Temple Marriage
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Not long ago I was visiting with a Young Single Adult who asked what is the purpose of dating? And when is it okay to kiss? In 2005 Elder...
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