I'm currently in my early 30's, and recently I've been thinking a lot about getting married and having kids. TRP (rightly, IMO) warns of the dangers of marriage, but there are benefits both socially and personally IF I can mitigate some of the risk.

I can't see myself marrying any of the women I hook up with. Nothing wrong with them as plates or LTR, but even the younger ones (19 - 23) exhibit red flag behaviors that make me think they're not worth investing in. So while socially I'm successful with women, it feels kind of hollow, you know?

I also travel a fair amount for work, and recently had the pleasure of visiting Salt Lake City for the first time. The women were, in my admittedly fresh-off-the-plane eyes, exceptional. Younger women were modest, fit and attractive, and older women with multiple children still had good figures, deferred to their husbands and spent time on their appearances. As a society, they seemed to have figured out the man/woman dynamic.

So here are my questions, hoping some of you guys can help out:

  1. Has anyone here ever dated/married a traditional mormon girl? I'm talking ugly shoes, long skirt hanging out at the temple traditional - does it happen?

  2. Do mormon girls date outside their faith? If not, do that date converts? How involved in the faith does one have to be to "pass"?

  3. I'm an atheist, I wouldn't have a problem converting if necessary, as long as living as a mormon isn't too onerous. The liquor laws were kind of insane, and I gather coffee is a no-no. Is there anything else that might be a deal-breaker?

  4. Do I have a completely unrealistic and skewed perspective on mormon girls that I need to have beaten out of me? Because I'm seriously considering buying a vacation condo out there. At the very least I'd get some good skiing in.

edit: formatting