“Singlehood is a problem to be solved. Even the bishops in singles wards are impatient with us, frustrated with the amount of time they spend away from their families, dealing with violations of the law of chastity. There's an easy… — Nicole Hardy Copy Share Image
“The separation of young single adults from (plain old) single adults is supposedly a precaution against older men courting girls as young as eighteen.… — Nicole Hardy Copy Share Image
“That feels like the worst part: denying people hope. I don't know where I'd be if I couldn't even tell myself that any day… — Nicole Hardy Copy Share Image
“I would, for the love of God, feel a man's hands on me before I die.” — Nicole Hardy Copy Share Image
“Sariah and Kim both nod when I say I woke up one day wondering, Whose life is this, and how did I end up… — Nicole Hardy Copy Share Image
“I played along, spent the next two hours searching for Mormon men who are attractive, employed, educated, no more than two inches shorter than… — Nicole hardy Copy Share Image
“If I say no, sex isn't everything--those mechanics, that act--but it affects everything, she will say, "Be faithful." If I say sex casts a… — Nicole Hardy Copy Share Image
“We seem expected to put up with bad manners and bizarre behavior from LDS men, I say. Things we'd never subject ourselves to on… — Nicole Hardy Copy Share Image
“My throat closes against the words I can't swallow, not one more time. Because it's not true, what they're telling me--what they've been telling… — Nicole Hardy Copy Share Image
“Rather than envy, anticipation, or joy, what I feel when I look at the bride is a shortness of breath. I hear the echo… — Nicole Hardy Copy Share Image
“There have to be men out there like us: committed to the Gospel, if not the culture of the church, she says. I nod… — Nicole Hardy Copy Share Image
“I can't bear to look at the screen itself, the women in pastels, like so many Jordan almonds. The men in suits, wearing equally… — Nicole Hardy Copy Share Image
