November Bonus Story #4 -- Audio
Added 2023-11-27 21:44:40 +0000 UTCTW: talks of miscarriage
This story was something from the twilight zone it felt like.. and we're all for each doing their own but this was a bit of a mess. What are your thoughts on this one?
Comments
If my wife made me pay for her being pregnant I would divorce
Collin
2024-11-04 01:01:57 +0000 UTCmy bfs ex wife had a baby at 50 , anything can happen these days ♡︎
gracie
2024-10-01 23:38:47 +0000 UTCI was raised in the Mormon Church. And what Morgie said is true. While it was not explicitly said, it was heavily implied. The more children you bring from the heavenly realm, the higher the status you have within the Church and to God himself. I was taught from a young age that my worth as a woman was to have children and be a homemaker. It is an incredibly traditional religion. While there are differences between fundamental latter-day Saints and the modern day church itself, they are still rooted in the same scripture and beliefs. I don’t think what Morgan said was far off from the truth.
Mercedes Howard
2024-07-30 11:08:53 +0000 UTCI’m Mormon and have never heard in my 28 years of life that the more kids you have it’ll help you get to heaven. I love this podcast but it always hurts when people assume things about my religion and talk about them as if they’re facts based solely off of a documentary.
Gillian Kucharek
2024-07-10 04:05:33 +0000 UTCSomething that always confuses me with these kinds of stories is why people stay with these horrible people
Sarah Michelle
2024-06-12 19:53:11 +0000 UTCLauren I think you’re onto something 😭😭😭😭
Dharma Marquardt
2024-06-07 14:08:48 +0000 UTCI’ve miscarried and I cannot imagine if my significant other was not there with me. Both of our moms were there as well 🥰❤️
Sheyanne
2024-01-18 23:09:25 +0000 UTCJust on the comments around IVF: IVF doesn’t always work. I have no other choice but to do IVF and I’ve just had my fourth failed cycle. It’s not only the phenomenal cost, it’s also emotionally and physically exhausting and I’m sure you don’t mean to be hurtful but to be so blasé about choosing to do IVF purely to select the gender of a second baby is pretty insensitive to those that have to do IVF to even have the chance. Love the podcast and I hope you take this in the way it was meant, as trying to educate rather than tear anyone down.
Evelyn Valentine
2023-12-18 23:52:47 +0000 UTCI would HIGHLY recommend checking out Fundie Fridays if you are interested in learning more about Christian Fundamentalism. Jen is AMAZING
Uhhhhleeeeseeeeeeuhhhhh
2023-12-13 22:53:35 +0000 UTCIVF mom here as well. I had really wanted to select the sex of our baby. Id really wanted a girl (and we had one by chance!!!). However, they said in order to determine the sex of the embryo, they would have to take a few cells from the small, celled organism, the embryo, just in order to determine the sex. It has its risks, and can damage the embryo and its development. So in addition to the cost, it’s not really worth it, unless there are some genetic abnormalities within your family. I was originally so devastated when I found this out, so just wanted to share what I’ve learned. (:
Madysen Cook
2023-12-09 16:07:03 +0000 UTCThanks for the love🥹 Going through a faith transition is really tricky. I think once my parents looked more into church history & saw how my sibling and I have been treated that really pushed them to leave, but it was not an easy decision for them at all. Give yourself grace & whatever you choose is the right choice for you 💗
fia
2023-12-06 17:58:41 +0000 UTCHonestly, everything lately has been making me doubt my religion (LDS) good for you for being your authentic self! You dont need no man (if anything, men need women) divorce is great thing, rather than having miserable parents, they’re happily as divorced friends.
Katelyn Thompson
2023-12-06 04:05:13 +0000 UTCI’m LDS and I’ve never heard the “more children you have, the closer you are to God” but it makes sense honestly. I makes since why everytime I tell people my boyfriend has 9 siblings, they assume he’s Mormon (which he is) but how have I, in my 20 years of being part of the Mormon church, never heard of that, while others have. It makes no sense and honestly makes my brain hurt lol
Katelyn Thompson
2023-12-06 03:58:59 +0000 UTCIVF mom here - all in, our one IVF cycle was about $40K. A lot of people don’t have success on the first round AND testing for gender is an additional fee because you’re really genetically testing the embryo and just so happen to know the sex. We didn’t do it because it would have been an additional $10K
Abby Smartt
2023-12-05 16:55:12 +0000 UTCYou should check out Shiny Happy People on Amazon prime. It’s a short docuseries on the Duggars family!
Camelin Cochran
2023-12-02 02:52:09 +0000 UTCI came out when I was about 15, and my youngest sibling came out as non-binary 2 years ago. Luckily over the last year my parents fully left the church in support but we have lost a lot of family members in the process. They all think I should be married to a man & should have had a kid by now. Not to mention the sexism explicitly in the gospel & esp the culture. Divorce is a whole other issue. Hope this woman can find a supportive husband that will be there for her worst moments. 💗
fia
2023-12-01 23:11:17 +0000 UTCI could talk about this subject for dayyyyys. Miscarriage in the mormon church is insanely looked down upon & so is using birth control. I grew up mormon (in utah) but my mom grew up in LA. She’s the oldest of 9 kids, got married at 19, had a miscarriage of her first baby and my older brother at 24. My grandma had their youngest three years before my brother was born, so my aunt and I are only six years apart. I’m 24 now and many kids I went to school have already been married 6 years with 3+ kids.
fia
2023-12-01 23:08:09 +0000 UTCMarital rape is a thing. This women might not want kids. And she will not get divorced because of her community.
Misty
2023-12-01 01:21:42 +0000 UTCHe gave a lot of detail to try not to seem like the asshole but he clearly was. Mommas boy as well. Why are you grieving with your mom instead your wife?
Meka Sampler
2023-11-30 02:32:38 +0000 UTCJust popping on here to say I just got my Spotify wrapped and listened to 7,054 minutes of THT this year and I loved every second of it 😂
Emily Dourm
2023-11-30 01:33:45 +0000 UTCI immediately knew they were Mormon before Lds was even mentioned 😂
Angelina Cerone
2023-11-28 07:27:09 +0000 UTCLauren: My grandma wanted to have a daughter sooo bad: she had 4 boys. First grandchild? A boy She was so happy when I, first granddaughter, was born!
Catherine Lirette
2023-11-28 06:15:39 +0000 UTCMy first thoughts were exactly what you guys said, why the hell is that mom having ANOTHER kid after being so sick after the last one? Wild
Anna Banana
2023-11-27 22:41:16 +0000 UTCWow I’ve never been this early to anything in my life🤣
Kelsie Wheeler
2023-11-27 21:47:04 +0000 UTC
