Life after the LC

[TLFisher]

Originally Posted by Freedom

By the way, the irony behind this all is that as saints get older, buddy-buddy relationships are strongly discouraged. WL calls natural relationships "honey" and says their should be no natural affection in the church life. I have heard the BB's speak to this effect multiple times. When I see that the older saints don't do as much together like the YP, I don't feel so bad about losing some of the relationships that I have lost.

I have seen just the opposite. Maybe because the home meetings I have been in, there's a building among the older brothers and sisters. I was one who was more in a comfort zone with older brothers and sisters rather than ones from my generation.
Speaking on buddy-buddy relationships, it should be encouraged and not discouraged. As a college student going home for Thanksgiving (during the late 80's) I was impressed how my parents took care of a widow and her six children by having them over. This is a type of intimate care than cannot occur in a meeting environment.
By contrast not showing intimate care for families exposes where love is lacking.

[Freedom]

Originally Posted by Terry

I have seen just the opposite. Maybe because the home meetings I have been in, there's a building among the older brothers and sisters. I was one who was more in a comfort zone with older brothers and sisters rather than ones from my generation.
Speaking on buddy-buddy relationships, it should be encouraged and not discouraged. As a college student going home for Thanksgiving (during the late 80's) I was impressed how my parents took care of a widow and her six children by having them over. This is a type of intimate care than cannot occur in a meeting environment.
By contrast not showing intimate care for families exposes where love is lacking.

Maybe there are some generalizations that can be made about different generations in the LC. Since I wasn't around back in the day, I don't know what it was like back then. Nowadays older saints do get together and do things, but not nearly with the frequency that the young people do. If the same standard that is applied to the older saints were to be applied to the young people, they would all be scared away. I remember being in a training and hearing the brothers condemning natural relationships and I had the realization that this is what the LC has in store for me when I'm older if I were to stay. Of course they are not going to pressure the young people to abstain from being friends because they would lose them.

I see many older saints who seem happy in meetings because they have people to talk to, but outside the meetings they really don't have many friends, including LC friends.