Oct 12, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Marriage
Question Gramps, My husband has been texting a woman incessantly for 1.5 months. They have been in contact through Facebook, email and sometimes skyping but mainly texting. He texts her from work and then comes home and texts her for 4-5 hours every day. He...
Oct 10, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Marriage, Mormon Policy
Question Dear Gramps, I recently attended a wedding in our ward chapel between a member and a non member. The Bishop did not perform a ring exchange ceremony. He later stated “we LDS do not do that” but they exchanged rings at the reception in the...
Aug 21, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons
Question Gramps, OK, at school I’m a little too popular. At church, (with youth) I find it hard to connect myself with them. It’s awkward for me there. Guys there just don’t seem to be my sort of guys, and only the girls at school are attracted to me. It’s hard...
Aug 20, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family, Life's Lessons, Love
Question Dear Gramps, Ever sense I was young I have always felt that my mom loves my brother more than me. No matter what I did I would always get in trouble and my brother could get away with murder. Still till this day I have tried making our relationship stronger...
Aug 19, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Depression, Life's Lessons
Question Dear Gramps, I spent some time reading messages on this website trying to find answer on my problem and I wasn’t able to do so. Maybe that is because of complexity of my problem, and yet again, maybe my problem has no solution. I was exposed to LDS...
Aug 18, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Health, Life's Lessons
Question My step mom still thinks I imagine the headaches; despite the fact that, in 1996, I had emergency surgery to remove a tumor from my brain. My concern is this: I don’t know if my family is correct, if I have been over-stating my “conditions” to use as a...
Aug 16, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Doctrine, Personal Searching
Question Hi, Gramps! Should I pay tithing on my mission fund? I’ve heard missionaries don’t pay tithing, but they also aren’t earning while on their mission. Since the money I am earning now is going 100% towards the Lord’s work on my mission,...
Aug 13, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Forgiveness, Life's Lessons, Repentance
Question Gramps, I am curious why with serious sin it is necessary to confess to a Bishop or Stake President. How does that aid the healing process? In my case, I made a serious sin, and had a relationship with someone of the same gender for a year and a half...
Aug 12, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Forgiveness, Life's Lessons, Repentance, Sexual Issues
So basically let me get this straight. I had an emotional affair, though did not realize that’s what it was until therapy (as I’m not active and not well indoctrinated) And according to scripture…it’s adultry. So, pretty much I have no hope...
Jul 15, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons
Question Gramps, I hear everyone in the world say that everything happens for a reason. Does it? I always felt that we have our free agency and make choices and except those consequences whether they be good or bad. I am puzzled with what I hear about happening...
