Today I took a survey about the state of singles in the LDS church.
Many of the questions were decent and I could tell whoever developed the survey is seeking to truly understand how the church can better minister to those who aren’t married and breeding.
And then at the end, this question:
“Why do you think you aren’t married?”
That has to be a joke, right? But they asked, so I answered:
If I’m to believe at least four of the men I’ve dated, I’m not married because God told them to stop dating me. (Interesting article about that excuse here.)
If I believe my inner demons, I am not married because I do not now, nor have I ever, meet a physical ideal that many Mormon men think they deserve.
The real reason? Maybe ask every man I’ve dated in the past 25 years why I wasn’t worth marrying.
This question is offensive and ridiculous.
Hey. “We believe in being honest…” (see #13 here.) So I was.
That is the perfect response to such a horrible question!