Honest personal question about dating

[homeschoolmom]

[quote name='Lounge Daddy' date='Oct 16 2005, 03:58 AM']my kids were homwschooled - its sweeet...
they call it home skooled
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Yeah, but they don't date either....

[journeyman]

I'm inclined to agree with Laudate and Paladin (and Jas - who is speaking with 20-20 hindsight) . . . There is a fair amount of truth to what Socrates says, but he says it without "joy."

If your church and its ministries provide a wide range of activities, start there. As you become known, your church may send you out into the community to represent its ministries with like minded groups. As your circle of acquaintances and friends grow, so will the number of "potential" eligibles.

Betraying my modernistic tendencies, if you spot someone you think you would like to have ask you out, ask them first . . . or arrange the conversation so they think it was their idea . . . while guys may be relatively secure in themselves, they can be terrified about women . . . build a bridge so they aren't as scared . . . in the process of building bridges, you may discover men you had overlooked . . .

Dates don't have to be "dates" either . . . studying together for exams . . . volunteering together for a shift at a soup kitchen . . . being a money counter at church . . . can all be a form of social activity that builds a bridge

[Anastasia13]

[quote name='Paladin D' date='Oct 16 2005, 03:32 PM']Forgot, you're not Catholic. [right][snapback]760425[/snapback][/right]
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Well then, I almost consider that a compliment.

[photosynthesis]

I'm 22 too. I get asked out on occasion, but haven't had a proper boyfriend in about 3 years. Why? Because none of the guys are the least bit Christian! I'm not saying yes unless he's a man of God.

Don't worry.. if God wants you to get married, he will put the right guy in your path. Just tell him, "Thy will be done!" and pray for your future spouse, too.

[shelly_freak]

Every girl deserves a guy who will tell her he doesn't care what she looks like on the outside cause she's beautiful on the inside. Sorry, I'm not sharing :

[Paladin D]

[quote name='Light and Truth' date='Oct 16 2005, 08:13 PM']Well then, I almost consider that a compliment.
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Didn't mean it as an insult, I stated that because in my previous post, I said "Christ and His Church", which for Catholics, refers to the Catholic Church. Sorry.

[Anastasia13]

[quote name='Paladin D' date='Oct 17 2005, 08:12 AM']Didn't mean it as an insult, I stated that because in my previous post, I said "Christ and His Church", which for Catholics, refers to the Catholic Church.  Sorry.
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No insult taken at all.

[Proud2BCatholic139]

Trust in God...
He will always be with you.
If right now if you feel lonely, let Jesus Christ be your prince.

[scardella]

I find that I have problems, too, because I'd be looking for a courting type relationship, rather than casual dating. (I.E. I'm looking for my future wife, explicitly.) That causes me to be more selective in whom I want to ask out, but it also means that I get rejected a lot because lots of girls my age (24), are still intimidated by a guy who wants to court.

[tojo]

I'm 21 and I haven't dated since I was 15. That relationship ended becasue I had become "too religious." Like many of the others have said, I haven't dated at least partly because I don't want to do so with someone who I already know couldn't be "the one." There is someone now who I do think has the potential to be the one though, and I don't know what to do, lol. She's a nice girl and I want to initiate some sort of "special" relationship with her, figuring out what that looks like and how to convince her to want it (with me) also is the trick.... it's not easy.......