Dating and Courtship

My life kind of ends at 4:00 each day, so I've decided it would be a good idea to fill up my nights by taking institute classes at the Orem Institute of Religion. 

Make fun all you want. 

I thought it would be fun to take a dating and courtship class, because let's face it. We all like to hear about other people's problems with dating. After going to this class, I was reminded of why I'm happy I'm no longer in school. 

There's always that one obnoxious person that never stops talking. We all groan every time we hear the teacher call on them. Well, this class definitely has its obnoxious ones- a boy (with an ipad of course) and a girl (with a waterbottle of course). 

The boy obviously has been turned down a lot by girls. 

I feel for him. 

It hurts to not have someone like you. 

But, I don't think he realized that his stories actually made him sound pitiful. 

Example: "Instead of asking a girl out on a date, I think I'm going to be more specific and say, 'Hey, do you want to go get ice cream with me?'" 

Poor kid. He's going to get the same answer no matter how he addresses it. 

Also, he kept quoting lines from The Single's Ward movie and trying to pass them off as his own. 

I was ticked. 

That's my favorite movie of all time. I know it front and back up and down. 

His comment: "You know, I think a lot of people just want to, ya know, carpool up to the celestial kingdom. You know, like share the ride." 

And the class laughed. Like he was ultra clever. 

Even more ticked. 

The girl- well she just never shut up and claimed to be the dating expert. 

You know, like telling us what girls like and what boys like. 

I hate people like that. 

No one is a dating expert. 

Hence why we're all in the same boat... 

She did make one comment though that made me smile, "I know I'm special 'cause God don't make no junk." Bless her. 

I made a comment about how people need to have high standards. Just because they're a returned missionary or have been "going" to church their whole life doesn't mean anything. This is both for boys and girls- it matters on if they have high standards and keep those high standards. 

Then all of a sudden my comment backfired and everyone thought I meant that you don't have to date a returned missionary... oh boy. That's why I've never talked in school my entire life. 

I'm in the class to grow and learn, not to date. But I'm finding more and more that that's not exactly what Institute classes are for. It's a little bit frustrating. 

I hate the awkwardness of this whole young single adult life. 

I'm no prude. But, I kind of just want it to be the Millennium.