I need a place to live for awhile... (Arizona)

Zerokku · December 2008

Not sure if this is the right place or even allowed due to the nature of the situation but I thought I'd post here as I trust/respect most of the PA'ers.

I have a bit of a situation. My entire family is mormon. I havn't believed in almost 2 and a half years, but I continued to let them think I did for the sake of maintaining peace in the family, among other reasons. Well they have found out and rose hell. I basically need to find a place to stay for a month or two. I need to find one within a couple weeks tops.

If you think you can help me out reply or shoot me a PM, and if you have any advice in general from a similar situation of being kicked out please tell me cause I'm scared shitless right now.

Edit: Yes I'm over 18. Just short of 19 actually.

Richard_Dastardly · December 2008

Are you over 18?

Zerokku · December 2008

Richard_Dastardly wrote: »

Are you over 18?

Yes, and edited that into the first post. I don't have the funds to get an apartment by myself at this time and am looking for a place to stay till my coworker has enough for him and me to get an apartment together.

supabeast · December 2008

Try contacting people through www.exmormon.org, there have got to be ex-mormons in Arizona who will take you in for a few months. Just be warned that some of them will be fundies trying to convert you.

Zerokku · December 2008

supabeast wrote: »

Try contacting people through www.exmormon.org, there have got to be ex-mormons in Arizona who will take you in for a few months. Just be warned that some of them will be fundies trying to convert you.

Already done. Didn't get much of a response there, and got a fairly good response from over at Post-Mormon though.

At this point I'm just throwing lines out everywhere =/

BetelguesePDX · January 2009

Sorry I am nowhere near AZ but wish you best of luck. These are hard times and being 19, conflicted with family and being on your own... *shudder*. Seriously... good luck.

Belruel · January 2009

i am also not in arizona, but i wish you the best luck you can get man, i know your situation, happened to some friends of mine, and almost to me. luckily as i was finding out i didn't want to be a member anymore, my father as doing his own research and didn't freak out as bad as i imagined he would.

you could always try and talk sense into them, families are forever even if one does not follow the same pattern and all that

SBoggart · January 2009

Really sorry to hear that, dude. I'm not in Arizona, but I wish you the best of luck.....

Theological family issues are..... Difficult.....

Mormon, too...... Ouch....

Nakatomi2010 · January 2009

It's odd because it's been my experience that Mormon families tend to be rather accepting of their children regardless of their beliefs. They promote famliy values/togetherness more than anything else... Unless you were drinking, smoking, doing drugs while looking at porn and doing a hooker most families are pretty accepting.

Only one in my family who still goes to church is my older younger sister, my oldest married a non-member and does go, but holds the values, my brother is a smoker/dinker, but we still accept/love him, while I hold the values but have a rather large sex problem, as some of you may have read... Our parents still accept and love us though...

I'm not trying to start a religious debate, and hope one doesn't start form this, but hoenstly good wholesome Mormon families don't turn on their children, they get a little upset sure, but don't toss them out on their ass... You sure the differences can't be reconcilled?

Zerokku · January 2009

Nakatomi2010 wrote: »

It's odd because it's been my experience that Mormon families tend to be rather accepting of their children regardless of their beliefs. They promote famliy values/togetherness more than anything else... Unless you were drinking, smoking, doing drugs while looking at porn and doing a hooker most families are pretty accepting.

Only one in my family who still goes to church is my older younger sister, my oldest married a non-member and does go, but holds the values, my brother is a smoker/dinker, but we still accept/love him, while I hold the values but have a rather large sex problem, as some of you may have read... Our parents still accept and love us though...

I'm not trying to start a religious debate, and hope one doesn't start form this, but hoenstly good wholesome Mormon families don't turn on their children, they get a little upset sure, but don't toss them out on their ass... You sure the differences can't be reconcilled?

Actually in my experience it tends to be the opposite when you leave the church. I've had several friends/associates that were effectively dissowned by their family for their lack of belief.

And yah unfortunately I do know the differences can't be reconicled because my old brother tried to leave a couple years ago and everything got shot to hell and then some, and he basically had to come back to the church for the sake of family peace and maintaining his marriage.

Good news is a coworker has some room in his house And I'll be over there for several months until a friend is ready for us to get an apartment together. Thanks for the thoughts and ideas from everyone.

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