Growing up with few LDS boys to date, I expected to be bombarded with dates. In fact, I planned to never have to worry about food for Friday or Saturday nights. I mean, with so many boys, shouldn't there be ample opportunities for free food and a good time. Wrong!
I am not the only one to experience this sad tragedy: dating failing to live up to its potential. Of my five roommates, one has been on three dates, another on two, and myself on one. This semester, three of my awesome roommates haven't seen one free ice cream cone.
We have two theories about our epic dating failures. (1) We are all terrible individuals with no social skills (False). (2) Our dating opportunities are limited due to the fact that most of the boys in Heritage Halls are leaving on missions in a few short months, and our ward is a 1:3 boy to girl ratio. Most days, we select theory 2.
Like all girls, we have come up with various methods to combat our lack of dating. Our first tool was a blog we found written by boys who attend BYU about dating, "Brother's Guide to Guys," which gave hilarious, but surprisingly useful dating advice.
Our second tool has been Facebook. My roommate, Rose**, has been crushing on this guy in one of her classes for weeks. However, recently she has been working on talking to him and making eye contact (advice given from the blog). However, I bet Rose could tell you everything about this boy, including his hobbies, how many siblings he has, and what he was doing in 2009. Our next goal for her is to add him as a friend on Facebook or just bite the bullet and ask him out.
Our third and final tool has been the BYU Directory. Another roommate, Sarah**, was at a church activity when she came across a new dating lead. His name was Brother Johnson. Unfortunately, Sarah did not have the opportunity to introduce herself before the activity ended. Now, left with only a very common last name, Rose set off to find out who Brother Johnson was using the BYU Directory, looking up every "Johnson" in the directory on Facebook. Unfortunately, she was unable to locate his information. However, phase 2 of Sarah's plan was to get Ann**, another roommate, to ask her friend who works at the library to get Brother Johnson's class schedule.
For now, the six of us are not succeeding in the dating world; however, we believe we will be more successful next semester, after we analyze the most fruitful sections of the library to study. Obviously, girls at BYU will go to extreme lengths to get a man.
**Names have been changed to protect the identity of those involved
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