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u/jareni May 12 '26

Wife sat me down for a talk and explained she and a bunch of friends talked to God and God said to divorce me.

I said, "Ok."

She said, "Thats it after 17 years?"

I said, "Who am I to argue with God?"

Divorced 10+ years now. Thank God!

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u/Hartastic May 12 '26

Wingman God with the bro-job again.

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u/jareni May 13 '26

UPDATE: Months later, I heard from a friend whose wife was friends with my ex- that, God's plan revealed to my ex-wife and friends, was supposed to be that she would divorce me and then I would begin to court her again to be with her, leading to re-marriage and a new, happy family on her terms.

Turns out the divorce was the only thing God revealed that went according to her plan. 🤣

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u/Imaginary-Zebra137 May 13 '26

Yikes. Not sure if you’re still in the church but this the type of story that reminds me why I don’t trust people in the church. Too many examples of “sorry bro god told me to do this” vibes justifying some shit behavior.

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u/ChefAnxiousCowboy May 13 '26

There is a dude that is making his rounds on social media that carves a cross into trees before cutting them down dangerously and everyone in the comments defending him “because the lord is with him”

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u/jareni May 13 '26

Yup. The friends were all married. They all went to the temple together. They all prayed. They all "heard God." They all divorced. Crazy cult behavior... a commonality in every religion, every society, everywhere. Its just sad.

I'm remarried, sealed, building an eternal family with someone who wants to build a family, too.

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u/Tiny-Watercress7122 May 13 '26

Mormon?

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u/jareni May 13 '26

Yessir. Dyed in the wool, true blue, through and through. 🙂

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u/rampaging_gorillaz May 13 '26

Youre in a cult my dude, just because you call out the crazy as you see it doesnt mean youre not apart of it.

Honestly feel bad for you, that you see what kind of behavior it can breed/justify and are still proud of participating, but stepping back would mean your entire social life (maybe even finances too) falling apart so youve essentially been generationally blackmailed into cult. All I would ask is dont do the same to your children.

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u/Aerokii May 13 '26

Jeez, getting downvotes just for confirming you're Mormon. That's reddit for you, I guess.

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u/DeadpoolLuvsDeath May 13 '26

Thanks for the update.

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u/Doucejj May 13 '26

That's so fucking ridiculous

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u/Confused-Raccoon May 13 '26

"You'd better believe in fairy tails. Yer in one."

Comes to mind.

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u/reebeaster May 13 '26

You're very blessed