I feel to say, if you hear this, Amy, in time, it will all come round right. I think you should start by having some very honest conversations. The answer is, most emphatically, NO. Always know the hospital and patients come first-it is just a given. Last year I trained for and ran a marathon, which was a pretty good distraction, but with the move recently and work being quieter than usual I'm finding it tougher than I have before. If someone isn't dying then it is unlikely to be important. I was spiritually prepared to receive the answer that I sought. When I was a teen, my first boyfriend was a convert and people would comment on that instead of how nice he was to me. Many, many lapsed Mormons catch the true vision of the gospel at some time in their lives and desire to repent and become observant again. I also studied his advice for approaching and dating women.
I loved being single, and I love dating him now, but demanding rotations are giving me an idea of what his surgical residency will be like except that I know it will be x I have spent hours and hours and hours on blogs like these, trying to understand if it will be worth it-- worth the very real possibility of losing my identity, of boxing myself in career-wise, of never being in control of where I live, of a thousand lonely nights. Just stumbled across this site today after trying to find ways to help me cope with dating a Doctor. In fact, the church is designed to help people come unto Christ, who is the only one who can change our hearts and help us overcome ourselves to come back to him. I have rediscovered what I love about the church but choose not to attend or participate. Marriage to the right person is wonderful. He is extremely compassionate.
It is how she is programmed and it is a fundamental tenant of the religion. If you try to deconvert her I suggest indirectly at first. You can consider some positive activities and allow you to communicate and learn from each other.
As a Christian one's values won't allow an affair on the lonely spouse' part either - but that probably won't bug you by the sounds of it. Mormon women greatly value sincerity of purpose. She's most likely secretly playing out fantasies of converting you, marrying you in a Mormon temple, and having a very Mormon life, OP. Oh this is a great set of questions. I have been happily married to a non-mormon for 20 years. You would be her back up plan in case she can't find a guy who is a returned missionary, preferably from a prominent LDS family. I am not sorry I married outside the LDS faith.