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12-27-2007, 03:03 PM | #21 |
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Maybe not, but why would they care if a mormon friend went? My impression of 19 years olds is they don't put pressure on their peers much. Sure it can happen, but I think 19 year olds now days are more in the "whatever you want to do man" mode.
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12-27-2007, 03:04 PM | #22 | |
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Did his father go on a mission? (I don't know) All the Mormon pressure in the world led to only one person in my stake going on a mission? That's some amazing pressure. There's 100 times more pressure in Woot's bunghole |
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12-27-2007, 03:04 PM | #23 |
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12-27-2007, 03:05 PM | #24 |
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My friends were pretty supportive and encouraging. I think there is enormous cultural pressure to go.
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12-27-2007, 03:06 PM | #25 |
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12-27-2007, 03:09 PM | #26 | |
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Is this now a discussion about how well the expectation/pressure works? It worked on me. |
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12-27-2007, 03:11 PM | #27 | |
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carry on. tell us all about it. |
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12-27-2007, 03:13 PM | #28 |
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I'd say that represented at least 33% of the guys in my mission, myself included. You've got your head in the sand if you think the pressure isn't there.
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12-27-2007, 03:19 PM | #29 | |
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But then again, my mission was one where if you were a pussy, there was no way you would stay. No electricity, no running water, no good food, middle of nowhere. Mission president hundreds or thousands of miles away. Of course legend had it that in my mission there was a special process to be approved to go to my mission. So maybe more pussies were diverted to other missions. |
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12-27-2007, 03:23 PM | #30 | |
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Be honest, He's a good football player because he has honed his skills and a pretty good athlete. if he was really fighting the man he would have gone back to ASU and honored his commitment there.
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