Men... GAH!!!

This is going to be a rant about men. If you don't feel like reading, STOP NOW!

That said...
Men really are quite interesting individuals, you know?
And their logic is just...
Confusing to a gal.
Why won't they just ask a gal out? It's not like I'm looking for a marriage proposal on the first date!

Truth be told, I've had 2 relationship offers but NO offers of a single date.

The first time I was offered a relationship, I simply wasn't ready and definitely not ready for a relationship with that guy. Frankly, I'll never be ready for a relationship with that guy.

My second relationship offer I actually thought and prayed pretty hard about. In my church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons), when our young men are 19 years old we encourage them to serve a 2-year mission for our church. They could be sent just about anywhere in the world. They could serve in Alaska, or Guatemala, or Madagascar, or Africa, or even Tonga!

Well, the summer before a certain young man left for a mission we started seeing more of each other. But didn't go on any dates.

We've known each other since I started high school. So we'd already known each other for 3 1/2 years. In high school I truthfully couldn't stand talking to him. But his brother and my best friend kinda had a thing for each other so I had to endure. And then our senior year of high school he went to a military academy in another city and I switched to another high school. We didn't see each other that entire school year.

When we met up again that summer he had changed so much. We saw each other again at a service project that we were doing with our church. The service project lasted for several hours and we talked the entire time.

When we both started attending the Singles Branch about a month later all we could do was talk. On Halloween the Branch had a dance that lasted for 3 hours and can you guess who I talked to and danced the most often with? You guessed it.

Well, during those three hours this young man started talking about how awesome his mission would be. A point a should also make is that this young man is a very good friend to my older brother, Tyrel, who is also serving a mission for our church. I don't know why I put that in there... Now I remember! While we were dancing this young man was saying that when he returns from his mission, most likely on 11/11/2011, he wants me and my brother to be there greeting him. He also hinted that when he returns he would like to see how we'd do in a relationship.

I really didn't respond. I told him that Tyrel and I would definitely be there to pick him up.
But I was kind of dumb-founded. Did he just ask me to wait for him? Would I?
If you really want to know where I stand with this young man ask me. I'll tell you but I think it would be interesting trying to write this all out.

Let's just say I know who I am NOT marrying and I also know the time limit that I WON'T be getting married in.

But I'm not the kind of gal who would 'break up', Dear John, or even tell a guy that I liked him via the internet or in writing. If I have something important to tell a guy, I'm going to tell him to his face.

That said, men are silly.
I could tell even more about experiences with guys. But I think that's enough information for now.

I've had friends that have been through some interesting relationships and only our closest friends now. But guess what? Men are silly. We all know that. And you want to know something else? Us gals can be pretty silly as well.