When I was in grad school I had a crush on a girl who I thought had a crush on me. When I asked her out in the library she squirmed a bit and said, “Hmmm… I’ll need to pray about that.”
I said, “Oh, yeah, OK” and walked away feeling like the biggest idiot this side of the Mississippi.
A few days later, while I was studying in same said library, a girl I knew walked by and asked me if I was going to go on a school-sponsored trip to Mexico. I said I had a ton to do and wouldn’t be able to make it.
We talked for a bit about life. She said she was taking a break from med school to take a few missionary classes at our seminary.
When our conversation wrapped up, she walked away and I thought “wow, that was the most amazing conversation I’ve ever had.” To this day I can’t get that girl out of my mind.
And you can bet your ass I went on that Mexico trip.
When I came home from the trip, Prayer girl decided that she wanted to date me, so we started hanging out. But I couldn’t stop thinking about Amazing girl.
Questionable at best to date one girl while being interested in another – but these were my days of confusion.
And I’ll never forget the night I decided to break up with Prayer girl and start dating Amazing girl. Continue reading Dating Advice from a Married Religious Person Who Sucked at Dating