Will you serve a Senior Mission for the LDS Church?

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Wait a minute. You aren't making this up? Apartment inspections are a real thing?

Under the guidance of Richard Smoot Nixon they were, as were car inspections. I believe Elder Cheney and myself are the only back to back winners of the worst car award. My acceptance speech wasnt appreciated, but I did thank Taco Bell for their help in accomplishing the feat.

[bluegoose]

My wife has always said that she wants to serve a mission when we retire.

My parents are currently on a temple mission in Manila. Aside from the 8 hours a day they have to work in the temple it sounds like a great gig. Their temple is closed twice a year for several weeks at a time. They go on excursions around the country all the time, visiting beautiful tropical islands. And apparently they have plenty of spare time for family newsletters, Facebook, Instagram, and staying abreast of the latest ground level Utah-based MLMs.

[Uncle Ted]

Under the guidance of Richard Smoot Nixon they were, as were car inspections. I believe Elder Cheney and myself are the only back to back winners of the worst car award. My acceptance speech wasnt appreciated, but I did thank Taco Bell for their help in accomplishing the feat.

LOL.

[Flystripper]

How much do we have to know about polygamy?

you don't need to know anything until you read section 132 during morning scripture study and then you should pretty much know everything...

[Blueintheface]

My parents have served several, all of them humanitarian: Russia, The Phillipines, Africa. My older brother is in Ethiopia right with the Rotary to help cure polio. I am at work contemplating what to have for lunch.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

My parents have served several, all of them humanitarian: Russia, The Phillipines, Aftrica. My older brother is in Ethiopia right with the Rotary to help cure polio. I am at work contemplating what to have for lunch.

Go have some injera and dora wat.

[SeattleUte]

Never ever do anything that defines you as old.

[Flystripper]

Never ever do anything that defines you as old.

solid advice. I only eat dinner after 6:00 PM and will never play bingo as long as I can bet a football game.

[thesaint258]

This literally made me lol. I have been playing heavy defense with my wife regarding a dog. At this point I'd rather go on a mission than get a dog as well. Although I didn't do a mission the first time so maybe I don't know what I'm in for.

I still have the occasional nightmare about getting called to serve another mission, and I still prefer the mission option. My wife hasn't pushed incredibly hard to get a dog yet because she's incredibly busy and she knows that for me to even consider it, she'd have to agree to feed, water, and clean up after the dog. (Yes, I know that will probably last two days.) In a moment of weakness I tried to find a dog that would be good in cold weather, but not too big. I thought a shiba inu might be a possibility until I did some research and saw that those puppies sell for around $2,000 a piece. Moment of weakness over.

[wuapinmon]

Yes, apartment inspections are a real thing. I wrote about it the other day. The MPW took all my Beatles cassettes and told me to throw away my empty Dr. Pepper can that I used to smell when I would get homesick. She also told us that we had to make our beds every single day. Nevermind that I just had a simple sheet on top of my inch-thick mattress in a place where it was 95F with 95% humidity all day every day, she wanted blankets and bedspreads put on. Never happened.

[Blueintheface]

Yes, apartment inspections are a real thing. I wrote about it the other day. The MPW took all my Beatles cassettes and told me to throw away my empty Dr. Pepper can that I used to smell when I would get homesick. She also told us that we had to make our beds every single day. Nevermind that I just had a simple sheet on top of my inch-thick mattress in a place where it was 95F with 95% humidity all day every day, she wanted blankets and bedspreads put on. Never happened.

You would have loved my mom when she was MPW. She made (laminated and bound) a booklet of how a missionary's apartment should look, complete with instructions on how to clean toilets. Proper ettiquette at dinners was also included. This was following an episode where a missionary put the beets he was served in his socks (this was at the mission home mind you) and they came out all over the white carpet.

[TripletDaddy]

retired couple missions that involve pros are a huge joke and basically a long vacation. Think back to when you were on your mission as a youth....you didn't take the senior couples seriously, their language skills were usually awful, and you resented them to some degree because they didn't work very hard and didn't have to. You sure as hell didn't entrust them with serious investigators as they fumbled around trying to even manage to read a scripture in a foreign language.

so if the question is "do you want to go on a really long vacation with your spouse when you retire," I would say that I'm open to it!

[Sullyute]

Yes, apartment inspections are a real thing. I wrote about it the other day. The MPW took all my Beatles cassettes and told me to throw away my empty Dr. Pepper can that I used to smell when I would get homesick. She also told us that we had to make our beds every single day. Nevermind that I just had a simple sheet on top of my inch-thick mattress in a place where it was 95F with 95% humidity all day every day, she wanted blankets and bedspreads put on. Never happened.

Wasn't it your mission where the pres wouldn't let you take the plastic wrapping off of the beds too, so you slept in a puddle of your own sweat?

[fusnik]

Leave family behind when you finally have the time to hang with them?

Pass.

[Commando]

I still have the occasional nightmare about getting called to serve another mission, and I still prefer the mission option. My wife hasn't pushed incredibly hard to get a dog yet because she's incredibly busy and she knows that for me to even consider it, she'd have to agree to feed, water, and clean up after the dog. (Yes, I know that will probably last two days.) In a moment of weakness I tried to find a dog that would be good in cold weather, but not too big. I thought a shiba inu might be a possibility until I did some research and saw that those puppies sell for around $2,000 a piece. Moment of weakness over.

Get a Chow!