Comments on: Mormons to the rescue!

By: funny

funny — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:23:06 +0000

@ Shelley: LOLOL! We used to say we were Catholic, thank you.

By: Shelley

Shelley — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:40:58 +0000

Having lived in Salt Lake City for 4 years, I can say there are worse things than having Mormon neighbours, even if it does mean having two earnest young men in suits and ties knock on your door many weekends. The trick to discouraging that is to answer the door in your bathrobe — scares them off really quick!

By: threadbndr

threadbndr — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:40:06 +0000

One of my best friends from HS and college is a Mormon. I adore her family to bits. They more or less raised a third friend of ours (whose also alcholic parents used to lock her out of the house whenever the spirits moved them).

We may agree to disagree on theology, but on social responsibility, no arguement!

By: funny

funny — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:31:04 +0000

@ frugalscholar: That’s exactly the story of a friend of mine from graduate school. Almost identical! The alcoholic mother remarried, selecting an alcoholic mate. The two of them threw my friend out at about the age of 14 or 15. She was taken in by the Mormons, lived with a Mormon family for several years, became a dance instructor. Then went on to college, got an M.A. in English, wised up, and went to law school. She’s now a prominent immigration lawyer here in the Valley.

She actually converted, becoming one of the two liberal Mormons I’ve ever met.

Pauline, though, is no 15-year-old. She’s a 42-year-old woman who’s pretty sot in her ways. One never knows, though…maybe an old dog can be taught new tricks. At the very least, maybe the children, who by now are in bad shape psychologically, can be rescued.

By: frugalscholar

frugalscholar — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:45:55 +0000

My daughter had a friend with a wacko mother. They moved away post-Katrina (b/c landlord tripled rent) and we were so worried about her, not to mention her two younger brothers. The mother, with alcohol and other problems, kicked her daughter out of the house at 15. The girl was taken in by a Mormon family and she lived with them for a few years. Amazingly, she then found another kind family to take her in. Next year, she will be at the U of North Carolina at Chapel Hill!