I remember sitting in my bishops office at the age of 16. I had lost my virginity to my high school sweetheart. We decided to stop having sex so that we could try to be temple worthy because we thought we wanted to get married one day. My bishop didn’t ask me any sexually explicit questions. He did, however, tell me that I was “used” and nobody would want me as a wife. I told him my boyfriend and I were hoping to get married after high school and he just laughed and told me that it wasn’t very likely because he’d move on to a girl that wouldn’t throw herself away. It was devastating. I received punishment worse than any of my friends who were doing the same things I was. I was treated almost as if my endowment had already been taken out. There was SO MUCH SHAME!! It was so painful.
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