Met an elder on my mission who had done this.

Aug 23, 2014
10:26:39am

touchdownbyu

My guess is that he never told his leaders about it. He ended up marrying the girl post mission, but they got divorced a few years later.

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BYU students heading to Vegas to get married, then divorced,

eddog

8/23/14 9:40am

That urban legend has been around since LONG before the internet.

Byron McNertney

8/23/14 9:42am

I was in the ward that did that.

bald man

8/23/14 12:19pm

I can confirm the rumor has been around forever.

QuinneyCoug

8/23/14 9:43am

^ this is the reason I heard

DrJaggers

8/23/14 9:45am

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cvd6262

8/23/14 9:43am

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cvd6262

8/23/14 9:44am

that sounds believable to you huh?

chodakus

8/23/14 9:44am

The rumor dates from at least 1992-3 (when I first heard it in seminary)

jkccoug

8/23/14 9:45am

You've got to figure that with the hundreds of thousands who have attended BYU

KingDave

8/23/14 9:47am

That was my thought. I truly hope I'm wrong. It is possible that it was an idea

jkccoug

8/23/14 9:52am

RE: That was my thought. I truly hope I'm wrong. It is possible that it was an

southernfriedcougar

8/23/14 9:54am

The only thing I question is that, to be honest, it was/is common for BYU

jkccoug

8/23/14 9:58am

Very true

KingDave

8/23/14 10:02am

RE: The only thing I question is that, to be honest, it was/is common for BYU

southernfriedcougar

8/23/14 10:04am

Of course it's possible that it's true... even probable imo. When you have kids

FierceArc

8/23/14 10:17am

i never had a spring or fall break when I went to byu..... Not when I was there.

relic

8/23/14 10:25am

But the rumor was anullment, not divorce . . .

jkccoug

8/23/14 9:53am

It goes back much further than that.

kccougar

8/23/14 11:04am

Yeah I was divorced 9 times in college. We made the Vegas trip quite a few times

southernfriedcougar

8/23/14 9:46am

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kunarcougar

8/23/14 9:47am

Ceremony was at 31 Flavors?

cougfanblue

8/23/14 10:10am

they still have a fall break

Mr Bassman

8/23/14 9:47am

Really? They didn't when I was there.

eddog

8/23/14 9:50am

Thanksgiving Week was no break?

byujacob

8/23/14 9:52am

Most schools have a fall break in October as well.

eddog

8/23/14 10:02am

I don't think BYU has ever done that.

byujacob

8/23/14 10:15am

I was referring to the break between summer term and fall semester.

Mr Bassman

8/23/14 9:57am

I'm sure those two weeks are plenty enough to be a break.

Mr Bassman

8/23/14 9:58am

Most of the students are homeless during this period anyway.

Y2010

8/23/14 1:27pm

No they don't. Thanksgiving break isn't the same as Fall break.

MagicValleyCoug

8/23/14 9:52am

We always just stuck a racquet in our window. Much cheaper.

kccougar

8/23/14 9:51am

This is another great provo urban legend. Is there any truth to it though?

OlanchoCoug

8/23/14 10:23am

It's false because it happened at Ricks

KingDave

8/23/14 10:25am

Haven't heard this one. What is it?

Harrison0Yfan

8/23/14 11:40am

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cvd6262

8/23/14 11:58am

I did that during my sophmore and junior years when we went down for the MWC

Mathlete

8/23/14 9:55am

You have been making me LOL a lot lately.

jkccoug

8/23/14 10:00am

You are welcome.

Mathlete

8/23/14 1:28pm

Do you honestly believe your one sentence in your post.....

Real G Man

8/23/14 10:15am

No. I wasn't necessarily saying that I believe it.

eddog

8/23/14 10:22am

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Real G Man

8/23/14 11:00am

I have a friend who's sister was disciplined for doing this while at BYU

BrewCoug

8/23/14 10:23am

And I totally believe your friend's sister.

kccougar

8/23/14 10:54am

Believe what you want

BrewCoug

8/23/14 1:19pm

Before my mission, the stake president asked me if I had ever been married

LonePeakCoug

8/23/14 11:58am

Met an elder on my mission who had done this.

touchdownbyu

8/23/14 10:26am

I believed everything missionaries told me about their home life too. .

kccougar

8/23/14 11:06am

And there you go . . .

jkccoug

8/23/14 1:11pm

My wife and I

Mississippi

8/23/14 11:22am

I heard this came about during the 70's and 80's

Harrison0Yfan

8/23/14 11:35am

The only part about that urban legend that is remotely believable

Linescratcher

8/23/14 12:31pm

The only part I find laughable is that so many on here believe that

Real G Man

8/23/14 1:31pm

I don't recall a Fall or Spring Break at BYU during the years I was there,

NewMexiCoug

8/23/14 12:47pm

I love how so many people on this thread speak in absolutes...like never

TepperCoug

8/23/14 1:16pm

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