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My exmo DH would likely fit the profile the OP described. Although he isn't perfect at home he is way less selfish, lazy, etc than I am and basically does way more without complaints. Not everyone in the church is nice. But young people are kind of forced to grow up quickly in some ways while maintaining innocence in others which is odd to me. He had a very different youth than I did, was thrown into a foreign country at a young age with the weight of the world (at the time, through his perceptions) on his shoulders. He faced pretty serious hardship was basically expected to work 24-7 with little contact with his family and home. In many ways I think that shaped who he is today. He is great at making small talk and making people feel at ease. He blends in easily with people of any social, economic, racial background. he definitely has "not nice" thoughts and things to say but the difference is he is more restrained and better at not showing it than a lot of people. He seemingly always knows the right things to say.

This could just be his natural personality and is to some extent but I think definitely being dropped in a foreign country as a teenager and having to communicate with people helped shaped his skills in dealing with people. In pretty much all ways he's a much more competent person than me but he equally has less innocence and more innocence...it's weird and hard to explain.

That's one thing, the other is that even before that from a young age they are socialized this way and spend a lot of time at church, sitting still, following directions, etc. so those skills transfer over to school and the workplace as well. Again, not everyone, but a lot of people.

But behind closed doors Mormons have the same number of problems or more (I'm going to say more but no I can't back that up...so I guess just take your pick, it's as much or more) as anyone else.

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