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Get excited because I'm going on a rant while I feast on my Honey and Nut Toasted Oats (the price difference almost makes them taste just as good as Honey Nut Cheerios).

The stereotypical BYU-I dating scene: you either get engaged your first semester or you get engaged within a few weeks/days/hours. I've always laughed at that until recently.

My sister got engaged within a year of graduating (in her defense she didn't meet him on campus). Everybody told me the same thing would happen to me. And while I did have a boyfriend within a few weeks up here, somehow I knew that wouldn't be my fate. So the first scenario, avoided.

Second scenario, not so lucky.

Guy #1: We were playing games at my apartment when my roomate invited one of her ex-boyfriends over. Well, he is one of those "whatsyournameletsbefriendsdoyouwanttogoonadatewithme" guys. He just kind of latched on. And me, well I have this smile that I love to use and this personality that I want to be nice to everyone. This isn't the first time it has gotten me in trouble. So yes within a few minutes of knowing me he wanted to go on a date. I, having difficulties saying no, accepted. He sent me a message on facebook the next morning saying he couldn't go and didn't mention scheduling it for another time. I was sort of gleeful. Later that night he texted me that "Things have changed. Do you still want to go on Thursday." Regretfully I had to tell him that I already had plans with my roomates. Never heard from him again.

Guy#2: Ushering at devotional is one of my hobbies this semester. There is this one guy who is kind of in charge of us and I talked to him maybe once or twice. So on Tuesday he started talking to me and once again I get a "whatsyournameletsbefriendsdoyouwanttogoonadatewithme." Being caught off guard, I said yes. After devotional I get a call from him asking me where I was. I told him assuming he wanted to finalize details for the date and such. No, he wanted to talk and talk. Finally when I escaped home, he sent me a text along the lines of "I know we've just met, but I think this could be a relationshp." Hmmm, maybe the first part of that message should be a good indicator. After some confusing messages, I pretty much broke up with the "25yearoldletsstartaneternalfamily" guy before we even got together.

Guy#1 seems completely normal now.

Some other thoughts:

1. I seem to attract skinny boys. Okay tall skinny boys, not so bad. But when they weigh less than you! I mean, I not into body appearances and such, but theres only so much self esteem I can hold onto before being put in a situation like that.

2.Roomates who have the issue of a boy on campus and a boy on a mission.

3.Roomate and boyfriend who take it as their personal mission to set you up with someone or everyone they know. Thank goodness they don't know a lot of available guys.

That's all I can think of right now.

That was fun, thanks for listening.

Come back soon and I might do it again.