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          I had a friend who would say awkward situations were “worse than Mormons making eye contact at the liquor store,” so that tracks lol

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        I used to travel for work and had a couple of rather nice hook-ups with some Utah Mormon guys. Magic underwear and everything.

        ETA: Also a guy here. May be relevant context.

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          I don’t really understand the magic underwear thing. Because there’s a lot of very gay underwear that doesn’t really cover anything while still being clothes, technically. But they wear underwear like Disney’s Goofy during sex?

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            Oh, no, not worn during sex. It’s a “spiritual armor” kinda thing that’s worn under your regular clothes. I mentioned it because I’m not sure how strict most Mormons are about wearing them.

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          Not usually, but yeah, in this context.

          Now I want to read up on “magic underwear”,but I’m a little scared to Google it…

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        The deal with Utah is it’s actually only 40% Mormon. And when you have a bunch a kids growing up in the Mormon church, a decently large number of them will crash out. And when they crash out, they tend to crash out pretty hard.

        So Utah has large communities for various countercultures and alternative lifestyles. You can visit a random business, and often find both types working together side by side. And it is usually quite obvious which is which from external signs.

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          Salt Lake City, despite being home to The Mormon Temple, has a huge number of non-Mormons, and non-religious people in general. Pride there was a lot of fun!

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        Sounds like a mormon i (briefly) dated in high school. Couldn’t take a sip of my Arizona bc caffeine, had no problem showing up for a band competition rolling off her ass after a rave the night before. Got super into coke after high school as well, and who knows what else. The logic leaps sound exhausting to keep going.

        Last I heard, she was clean and doing good though, happy for her.