The Dating Game

Dating was the topic of this week's lessons, and it was particularly interesting to me (imagine that!).
As a healthy, somewhat attractive, single, and searching young woman, I found some things pretty interesting this week :)

Monday we talked about what creates a spark between two people. First of all, you need to have similarities for an interest to spark, and quite frankly, for the relationship to last. Similarities include likes and/or dislikes, education and future goals, and proximity. When you have similar likes and dislikes, you can spend time together doing things you like, which will help you (hopefully) develop a relationship. When you have similar education, you can support each other with learning styles and in your majors and prospective futures in furthering your education.

We also talked about the correlation between The Proclamation and the Three P's of Dating. In The Proclamation, men have a duty to provide, preside and protect in a marriage. The three p's of dating are planned, paid for, and paired off. It's interesting how these correlate. Provide and paid for correlate for the obvious reason that it has to do with money. Protect and paired off correlate, not just in a physical manner, but also emotionally and by using their priesthood to protect the woman's well-being. The last, preside and planned correlate in the sense that the men should be planning the date while dating, and plan FHE while in the familly.

I also think it's interesting how we incorporated Sister Dalton's devotional talk into our topic on Monday. She gave some great advice about women needing to stop "hanging out" and force the men to ask women on dates. I think that's important and vital, because when you hang out, you're often in a group and unable to get to know and connect with a particular person on a one-on-one basis.

Dating shouldn't be exhausting or hard, but exciting and fun. If only we could whip all these eligible young RM's into shape and plan me some dates this weekend!