Week 6 – The wonderful world of dating

Hey everyone!

So if you can't guess by the title, or by my own life's experience, I definitely paid a lot of attention this week. I mean, what young man my age who isn't married or dating someone wouldn't want to learn about dating, am I right? As always, I definitely feel that I learned a thing or two this week.

Before I get into that, as I usually do I'd like to update you guys on how I'm doing. I feel that this helps keep my soul in what it is I'm talking about. Otherwise this would just be doing homework , which can be easy to feel like sometimes. This week has not really been one of my better weeks, if I'm being honest. I felt a bit under the weather , and that much has been frustrating to me. I feel like I'm a pretty social person, so when sickness or other illnesses come and interrupt that, I have a hard time typically. So this week has been a lot of staying at home rather than going out and not doing much. Can't say it's been the greatest use of my time for sure.

I'm feeling better now though, so I'm going to start going out more, especially since I've been taught what I've been taught this week.

So we talked about dating. I really did like the conversations we were having. Our class is a hybrid in person and through video conference class, meaning that if I needed to or wanted to I could participate in person or through video conference. Thank goodness for that, 'cause I'm sure I wouldn't want to be there in class if I was feeling the way I did, and trust me, I really rather would have stayed home. So thank you professor for providing that.

During class on Tuesday we had an interesting conversation going chat section of the video conference. We were talking about how sometimes we feel super pressured to act one way while we're dating. My struggle with that is that sometimes I feel like I'm left with no other option than to assimilate with it. Sometimes it's hard for me to meet people who don't conform to that.

For sure the biggest takeaway from me has been learning that there's people who think differently. I was able to feel encouraged and uplifted by my classmates commentary throughout the class. There is definitely a weird culture about dating where I am right now, Rexburg ID. Being that there's so many people of the same faith that teaches that eternal marriage is essential to our livelihood, that often seems to be the only thing on anyone's mind. If we're not going on dates to reach that we're talking about going on dates to reach that.

So for me, it's encouraging to see that some people aren't exactly that way. There are people who thinks that marriage and family are important, but recognize that all things need to come at their own pace and time. perhaps not everyone i meet on dates will be this way, but at the very least, I don't need to act like everyone is that way. For sure I know that I do two often think of people that way sometimes . It makes it difficult to connect with people 'cause I'm afraid of them just wanting to take things too quickly. So I think that now I can go into dating and relationships without so much of a barrier in my mind around it.

Sorry that this week I'm not talking too much about what was gone over in class, but I do feel that I'm trying to find a way to relate it to my own life in front of all of you. Is that not the point of this blog? Needless to say, I greatly benefited from what was shared this week. That much is good, because I have been going on more dates recently. In fact, I went on one tonight that was actually kind of fun! I'm trying to meet more people now which is good. For sure though, I'll be sure to keep you guys posted 😉

Well, that's all for this week! Thanks as always for reading and I'll keep you posted for next time.

-Caleb