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February 23, 2004
More Dating Advice
So here are some other examples beyond myself... (for those of you who know please feel free to correct me)
Those that dated before:
Matt and Nancy H.
Dated on and off for 4 or so years and decided that God wanted there lives so they broke up for a time and then started "courting"
Those that like to hurry up:
Both the Powers brothers (Dave and Derek)
Hurried through the whole process and got some sweet women all before they turned 20 or something like that.
Those that like to be rejected:
Tim and Kristen B.
He stalked her. She thought he was imature. He was. He asked anyway. She shot him down. (more then once) Persistance finally won her. It also helped that he grew up in the process.
Those that like mystery:
Josh and Dana C.
They got scared when they realized that they liked each other so they spent a month apart to pray. After that it was history (except for Josh's phone call to Dana's dad: "Hi, this is Josh I am Dana's... uh.. one of her friends... I mean... uh..Can I marry her?")
Those that like to take it slow:
Mark Bowen was engaged for 4 years.
Those that like pain:
Mark and Cathy D.
Cathy's parents laughed when they were told about the upcoming nuptuals and then refused to come.
Those that were hippies:
My own parents went birdwatching and played tennis at like 6am for their dates.
Those that are now staff:
Tony and Kirsten
She was on staff he was a hot young intern. They tried to stay away from each other and managed to do so. Until the next spring.
As you can see there are many ways to go about securing someone to grow old with. I mean really in the bible they invited a bunch of the young women to a bonfire, hid in the bushes, jumped out and took one home. Hows that for a courtship?
Posted by paul at February 23, 2004 01:44 PM
Comments
WHAT?????
"I mean really in the bible they invited a bunch of the young women to a bonfire, hid in the bushes, jumped out and took one home. Hows that for a courtship?"
Posted by: jones at February 23, 2004 01:50 PM
Yep. Ok so I thought that it was a fire but maybe it wasn't... Judges 21:19-23!
http://www.biblegateway.org/cgi-bin/bible?passage=JUDG%2B21%3A19-23
Posted by: paul at February 23, 2004 02:11 PM
Paul,
I just wanted to let you know that reading your story has made me so happy for you :) I think that everytime I am feeling down, I should just read this...
Congratulations again!
Posted by: naomi at February 23, 2004 02:44 PM
well, if we were to enact the bonfire contingency (great album title), an invading army would first have to come thru and kill off all of the sisters. And I know that all of the brothers would die preventing that from happening, so really, its a moot point.
Posted by: Matt at February 23, 2004 04:30 PM
See, THAT sounds like my kind of dance.
Posted by: Pat at February 23, 2004 04:32 PM
Yeah, so you don't me at all... hehe, but I linked here from Adam O's site, and you and your commenters have succeeded in making me laugh for a solid 15 minutes.
Congratulations on your story. I am afraid I will probably end up with something similar, though I'd prefer to nix the whole "pretend your not interested" deal... I hate that stuff; it's so unsettling, lol.
Posted by: SarahJane at February 24, 2004 01:27 PM
Yeah, so that's supposed to say "You don't know me." I love appearing like a brainless fool in front of people I don't know...
Posted by: Sarah Jane at February 24, 2004 01:28 PM
I can vouch for Sarah-- She rocks. She is soooo not jaded like me.
I like your sory a lot Paul. I am totally happy for you.
Posted by: Adam at February 24, 2004 03:30 PM
Story...
Posted by: Adam at February 24, 2004 03:31 PM
thanks guys. Welcome Sarah! I always encourage new readers and new post-ers.
As to the whole "I'm not interested" bit, I did that because I wanted her to see me as a friend and not someone trying to prey upon her. And yes it was tough and in some ways I wish that I didn't have to go through with it.
Posted by: paul at February 24, 2004 08:34 PM