What use is it to share the gospel or tell the truth if some people will avoid it?

If it had have been a stay-at-home wife instead of husband would you have still talked to her about it? Do you think they would have given you the same cold-shoulder treatment if that had been the case?

The stake president seemed to think so.

“If it had have been a stay-at-home wife instead of husband would you have still talked to her about it?”

I doubt it. There were hundreds of “stay-at-home wives” in our ward and the stake president never asked me to visit any of them in the same capacity.

Oh, and you can leave your name, anonymous. Kim doesn’t care if you criticise him :)

However. If someone came to our home to tell him to get a job so his wife wouldn’t have to work, we would probably be honest about the situation.

That said, we also know many many people that think because they have a college degree or have held important jobs in the past, that they are above doing certain kinds of work. Luckily, my husband has never felt that way. (He has a master’s degree in Psychology and currently drives a forklift.)

Anyway, to answer your question, I think it’s always best to do what we’ve been asked to do by those who are in authority, regardless of the outcome. Personally, I cannot tell you the number of times I have been called to repentance by someone, causing me to get huffy and upset, only later to realize that if I’d truly listened and been repentant that I could have saved myself a great deal of heartache. Perhaps the next time this man has a similar situation to the one you were involved in, he will behave differently.

Then again, what do I know? I’m married to a loon, which makes me mostly loony myself.

Danithew