The LCS Factor

Nell · 08-15-2008, 10:28 AM

Hope,

I'm just going to say it, I guess like I usually do, and point out that there is a difference between elders doing what you did for your family, and the rest of us doing the same thing.

From time to time, Benson did some of the same things with his family that you describe having done with yours. I remember being shocked at hearing that one elder in Houston took his wife's parents on an outing to the Huntsville Prison Rodeo. I doubt that Texas was special in this regard, it's just what I know.

This is the best example I can come up with for the existence of a "class system" in the LC. Not only are elders and their families a "privileged class" but people with money, or the potential to make money, are right in there too. The result is people like me looking longingly on the freedom of the "privileged class" and trying to figure out what class I was in, other than the lowest class of all..."single sister."

Hope, I am happy for your freedom to raise your family according to your own choices. I wouldn't change that for the world. Please believe me when I say that I was not free to follow your lead, because I didn't have money and I wasn't related to the leadership in any way. The pressure was overwhelming for the little people to perform according to the unwritten rules. My goal was to stay off the elders' radar, so I did my best to behave like a good little girl. I didn't always make it.

Nell

08-15-2008, 10:28 AM	#10
Nell Admin/Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 2,107	There's a difference ... Hope, I'm just going to say it, I guess like I usually do, and point out that there is a difference between elders doing what you did for your family, and the rest of us doing the same thing. From time to time, Benson did some of the same things with his family that you describe having done with yours. I remember being shocked at hearing that one elder in Houston took his wife's parents on an outing to the Huntsville Prison Rodeo. I doubt that Texas was special in this regard, it's just what I know. This is the best example I can come up with for the existence of a "class system" in the LC. Not only are elders and their families a "privileged class" but people with money, or the potential to make money, are right in there too. The result is people like me looking longingly on the freedom of the "privileged class" and trying to figure out what class I was in, other than the lowest class of all..."single sister." Hope, I am happy for your freedom to raise your family according to your own choices. I wouldn't change that for the world. Please believe me when I say that I was not free to follow your lead, because I didn't have money and I wasn't related to the leadership in any way. The pressure was overwhelming for the little people to perform according to the unwritten rules. My goal was to stay off the elders' radar, so I did my best to behave like a good little girl. I didn't always make it. Nell Last edited by Nell; 08-15-2008 at 11:08 AM.