:meru_mewwuluv: b e a r d@LukeAlmighty yeah don't worry lol, i'm not usually one to get mad over comparisons like that haha. we all experience things differently and being able to relate to each other at any level is good.
well, i won't speak too much about the aftermath because that gets into a completely different can of worms, but long story short it fucked up a lot of stuff with family and friends. i think i kind of took a lot of people with me though lol, after the initial shock of "beard isn't mormon anymore?!" they started to realize that i was still myself, but a lot better off for it. 4/5 of my closest friends, my mom, and my brother left the church a little while after. so thankfully i wasn't completely outcast, but it was definitely rocky there for a while and there are still some recovering relationships.
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