#hearLDSwomen: The Bishopric Counselor Asks My Husband Before Extending Me Callings Even Though I’ve Asked Him Not to. He Does Not Do This When Extending Callings to Men.

[image error]My ex raised his hand to oppose a calling for me once in sacrament meeting because the bishopric hadn’t asked his permission first.

– Anonymous

 

My dad once voted opposed to one of my mother’s callings BECAUSE they had not told him first. SMH

– HMF

 

There is a counselor in the bishopric now who can’t seem to extend a calling to me without telling my husband first. I’ve asked him several times to please either ask us together or just to ask me, but he still doesn’t. He says women might not be direct about what’s going on that might impact the calling, but that the husbands would. Of course, they don’t talk to the wives before extending callings to the men.

– TB

 

When I got called as a youth Sunday School teacher, my dad told me it would be hard for me since the kids won’t take a female teacher seriously…