It's the BYU Way of Life

Here is another glimpse into the BYU way of life. For those of you unfamiliar with the BYU lifestyle, do not be afraid. These concepts may be hard to accept at first, but once you understand them, you will learn to pity us. To assist you, I will first outline a few examples and explain the key components and their importance.

Example 1:
This is a conversation I overheard on the way to class today. It involves a male and a female and I got the idea that they had not seen each other in a while.
Male: Hey, how are you doing?
Female: Great! So, are you married yet?
Male: No, are you kidding me?
Female: Why not, what's wrong with you?

Explanation: This conversation includes the main topic of every discussion over heard on BYU campus. It gets the mundane details over with quickly (really caring about how the person is doing) and gets straight to the point of marriage. The guy, either doesn't want to get married or has not yet found the perfect girl. To the female, however, the real reason that he is not married yet is because there is something wrong with him. This flaw can be physical or not so noticeable, but evidently, it is there.

Example 2:
I don't have direct quotes, but I overheard this conversation today in the CougarEat. The girl was telling the guy about every date she had ever been on and whether or not she liked the date. I started listening in on the guy asking her, "So how do you feel about bowling dates?" To which she replied, "I have been on some good ones and some bad ones, it all depends." She then continued to break down the date and you could just see the guy taking mental notes. I hope he has a good memory and can read short hand because the girl was talking so fast even listening to her was a challenge. I, unfortunately, had to focus on my physics homework, but they continued to talk about dating for an hour, a whole hour. Well, I feel that I am getting off topic, but I am just going to go with the flow.

That last example led me to something that I hate to talk about and that is dating. At one point, the girl said something to effect of, "If I only got asked out on one date a year my self-esteem would be way down!" My question is, why does dating make you happy? Sure you may have a few good dates, get some free food and have a great time together. But in the end, you are left with the awkwardness of seeing an ex on campus or (gasp!) attending their wedding. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying anything at all about females not needing males, believe me, we need them. I just don't see why you need to be dating or in a relationship to be happy. I am at the time in my life where I am still figuring myself out and even I can see things that could be changed. Don't think I am bitter, either, because I assure you I am not. Dating is a great thing, but to always be dating to be happy, I just don't get. It seems to me that you need someone else to make you happy. I know that in my future I will (hopefully) fall head-over-heels in love with my eternal companion and in order for that to happen I need to date, but I will not dating to be happy or to have a larger self-esteem.

Okay, sorry for straying from the topic, but now that I have vented I feel much better. Well, there is a part of BYU campus for you. I have heard it called Marriageville as well as the Bunny Farm, you chose which one you like best. BYU is not all about dating and marriage, there is a little thing called getting an education that will be helpful for your future. But for those of you who are just working and are not in Provo, go ahead move here, and I am sure that there will be someone in the Utah Valley that will snag you. Of course, you also take the risk of being called "Wife-Hunter" or "Husband-Hunter" (thanks, Black Brothers).