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A Day That Will Live In Infamy
Thursday, December 7, 2006
December 7th has been a landmark type day for me. On this day in 1991 I had sex for the first time. It was in my basement bedroom at my mother's house over Christmas break from school. Jennilyn Brockbank and I had been fooling around for a couple of weeks in my apartment, her car, her apartment, friend's houses and in any closet or empty classroom we could find in the performing arts building.
Earlier in the day she had just come out and said, "Hey, later on... let's fuck". I didn't need an engraved invitation. So later on... we did. The next day, she asked me if we'd really done it because she wasn't sure it had actually gone in. Despite being a little insulted, I explained that I felt that we had.
The next few weeks were filled with Bishop's interviews, pregnancy tests and at least one secret load of laundry.
In retrospect, she may have been right, I don't think there was actual penetration but I didn't know any better. It all seemed to work pretty much how I thought it was going to work. I didn't know very much about very much, obviously. Nevertheless, I still count it because when the opportunity presented itself, I took it. I dove in head first, so to speak. As far as I knew, I had turned in my V-card.
On this day one year ago, the following letter was sent. It came to my office a couple days later.
The Church of
JESUS CHRIST
of Latter-day SaintsMEMBER AND STATISTICAL RECORDS DIVISION
50 E. North Temple Street Rm 1372
Salt Lake City, Utah 84150-5310December 7, 2005
Peter Dunn
xxxx West xxxx Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84xxxDear Brother Dunn,
This letter is to notify you that, in accordance with your request, you are no longer a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Should you desire to become a member of the Church in the future, the local bishop or branch president in your area will be happy to help you.
Sincerely,
Greg W. Dodge
Supervisor, Member and Statistical Records
At that moment I felt exactly the same sensation I had more than twenty-three years earlier as four men laid their hands on my head and proclaimed me a member of the LDS Church... nothing special.
Minutes later I became an ordained minister in the Universal Life Church.
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TalkrV-Card Turn In
Submitted by Sister Mary Lisa (not verified) on December 7, 2006 - 6:53pm.
Yep, I was at BYU when I lost my V-card. And yep, the strongest possible consequence befell me...I got pregnant.
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What was I thinking?
Submitted by Randy (not verified) on December 7, 2006 - 8:18pm.
Dammit, I didn't lose mine 'til I got married. If I had done me some fucking way back when, I wouldn't have me so many issues right now. Sigh.
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Was it hard?
Submitted by Tiggerlane (not verified) on December 7, 2006 - 8:51pm.
Getting the letter...NOT getting your card punched!
Seriously, was it difficult to obtain? My first request to have my name formally removed from the rolls of the church resulted in a scathing response. Basically, it was a letter admonishing me and letting me know that if I chose to proceed, I would be denying my baptism and denying the one true church...blah...blah...blah...
It upset me greatly -- and after two more years of fighting, I finally got my letter. I'm wondering if I should dig it up and compare it to yours...
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Not really...
Submitted by Pete on December 8, 2006 - 10:58am.
Not really hard at all.
I mailed my resignation letter to LDS Church HQ and also hand-delivered a copy to the local Bishop's house on November 1, 2005. The Bishop insisted on taking care of the paperwork in his office later in the week (rather than in his home on an evening he didn't have meetings planned). When we met, he had everything ready to go and didn't give me any lectures or sermons. I got an initial letter from Church HQ about a week after that saying that they had gotten my letter and were waiting on the Bishop's paperwork (which I knew was already on its way).
Everything went smoothly for me.
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Great Memory
Submitted by FFG (not verified) on December 8, 2006 - 10:26am.
I thought guys didn't keep track of dates. I guess when it comes to the important things...
BTW, (like SML) I was at BYU too. Thank GOD it didn't result in pregnancy!
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I don't know...
Submitted by Pete on December 8, 2006 - 10:53am.
I don't know about ALL guys but for me, I tend to keep good mental track of the significance of dates. I have kind of a "this day in my history" thing going in my head.
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Much Better Letter
Submitted by Tiggerlane (not verified) on December 8, 2006 - 11:34am.
After reading your letter, and especially this statement:
"I understand what you consider the 'seriousness' and the 'consequences' of my actions. I am aware that The Church Handbook of Instructions says that my resignation "cancels the effects of baptism and confirmation, withdraws the priesthood held by a male member and revokes temple blessings'..."
I can see why you were let go easily. You had all the bases covered, and knew exactly what to say in order to get the job done. Well-written!
I ended up having to write a similar letter - but carefully phrasing it to say that, "I understand that you believe that I will be denouncing my baptism..." Believe it or not, my baptism was special to me - but not b/c of the specific church affiliation, and it was something that I refused to "erase." By agreeing with the church that THEY saw things that way - still allowed me to retain my own perceptions of what that event meant to me.
Sorry --- babbling recovering Mormon here...good to know there are others out there!
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Happy Anniversaries!
Submitted by sarasue (not verified) on December 8, 2006 - 12:36pm.
I hope you took yourself out for a nice dinner and then brought yourself home and had mad, passionate sex with yourself!
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What A Letter...
Submitted by Eric Farewell (not verified) on February 19, 2007 - 11:54pm.
The idea that resignation from the Church negates your relationship with Christ that is supposedly instilled because of your baptism, absolutely blows my mind.
Congrats on your letter, and your "almost" penetration all those years ago!
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Hello Everyone
Same Letter!
They must be real busy writting those termination letters in SLC! My letter was exactly the same...word for pathetic word! Congrats on turning in your V card...may you have a romping good time tonite!!