Being young single adult members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints presents a unique circumstance,

and while we are all different, there seem to be some common themes in the perspective of what it's like to be a young single adult in 2019.

I'm Morgan Jones, a 29-year-old single member of the Church, and I recently sat down with Mallory Everton, another 29-year-old single member of the Church, to discuss being single in the Church.

Mallory Everton gained recognition as part of the original cast of the wildly popular BYU TV sketch comedy show, Studio C.

Along with her fellow original cast member, she is now working to develop and create content for JK Studios, a family-friendly comedy network.

You're listening to All-In, an LDS-living podcast where we ask the question, what does it mean to be All-In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

I'm Morgan Jones, and I'm so excited to have this conversation with Mallory today. Mallory, thanks so much for being here with us.

Hi, thanks for having me.

Well, I am excited to talk about something that is near and dear to my heart because I'm living it, which is being a young single adult in the Church.

I think that this is something where people have, they think of like two extremes, so one is this very glamorous, like I do what I want.

I don't care about anybody else, which I think is an extreme. And then on the flip side, you have Mary Bailey, and it's a wonderful life, like the lonely librarian walking out, and she just looks like her life is miserable.

So for you, what does your life look like as a young single adult in the Church?

Yeah, I think that you're kind of nailing it. It's so interesting. People do have, they make a lot of assumptions about single people.

Obviously, you know, people are always trying to figure out why you're single and what's going on there and all of that.

What is wrong with you?

Exactly. What's wrong with you? Like some people coming up and point blank asking, why aren't you married, which is such a complicated question to answer.

And very personal.

Like you wouldn't ask people that about other things.

I know. I know it's very interesting.

But I think my life is basically just like everyone else's.

Yeah, which is, I think one thing that I would love people to take away from this podcast. You know, my life is complicated and sometimes exhausting and sometimes lonely.

I think just like anybody and sometimes super fulfilled and sometimes super overwhelming.

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