I can’t I’m Mormon

A new series of t-shirts are currently making waves in the world of the latter-day saints, it basically says “I can’t I’m Mormon” on the front - which to be honest, for a mormon is a fairly useful thing to have on a t-shirt and I can confirm that from personal experience.

I spent the best part of my teenage years as a dutiful Latter-Day Saint, I went to seminary, I saved for a mission, I prayed, studied the scriptures and regularly went to church - which was nice - I have gone on and off for the last few years but things sort of lost their spark when I met my now wife and found more interesting things to do with my time.

The reason for the t-shirt being a good idea is outlined by the guy that came up with the idea for the t-shirt, he says “I found if I told people I didn’t drink, they didn’t know how to react,” he said, “but if I said, I can’t, I’m Mormon, they said, ‘Oh,’ and boom, it was over.”

That is exactly the experience I’ve had in the past, you go out for a drink with friends and you’re on lemonade, they ask you why and you have to either make up some dodgy excuse about being on medication or just tell the truth which could lead to even more difficult questions than explaining why your taking medication (when your not).

I always used to just take the honest approach (but then I WAS a dutiful Mormon boy) so wearing this t-shirt on a night out would have saved a lot of hassle.

It’s not just booze either, theres the sex, the tea, the coffee, smoking and if you’re really into it swearing and listening to dodgy music - or watching anything above a 15 at the cinema.

I don’t bother with any of that anymore, although I still don’t drink, smoke, do drugs or drink tea - and most 18 rated films are crap anyway (although I’m more than happy to watch something like the Al Murray live DVD).

Some Mormons at BYU don’t like the t-shirt very much because it apparently suggests that ‘I can’t because I’m Mormon‘ but ‘I’d really like to’, to be honest your in your late teens, probably a virgin, see your mates having a laugh pissed - you probably do want to - it’s not bad to want to (sorry about the god talk lecture thing here) it’s just bad if you do it (ooops).

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