Frankly My Dear...

I decided to watch "Gone with the Wind" today. We got back from a yummy Linner (come over at 3:30? really? what is that?) at our neighbor's apt (white bean soup, cornbread, and salad) and I was looking for something to do/watch and as I was flipping through my DVDs, I saw this one and didn't even think about it, it just fit perfectly. I love this movie and every time I love Rhett even more. Scarlett is so awful, but I guess you have to think about how young she is and how that impacts her responses. It's been a while since I read the book, but isn't she 16 when the war starts, maybe 18? Which makes her 20-22 when it's over and at that point she has been married, lost a husband, experienced a war, had a baby, lost her mother, father gone crazy, gone from pampered to worker and had to deal with working in the hospital. I'm turning 20 on Tuesday and I haven't experienced that much. Still, I always wonder why Rhett loves her so much. He seems like the kind of guy who would be attracted to her beauty, but also I can't imagine him putting up with all her crap for long no matter how beautiful she is.

So I've been on a few dates recently that I need to update you all on. A guy from my ward took me to the Carl Bloch exhibit at the Museum of Art on campus and then we got Frozen Yogurt afterwards. It was fun, he is a really nice guy and we had fun chatting. Then he got tickets to go to the Christmas Devotional at the Conference Center. So we went with his roommate and another girl from our ward. On the way home we stopped at his house (he is from Sandy) and had a little dessert. Again, it was fun and he is really nice and we had fun chatting, but I don't really "like" him. So I'm letting that fizzle.

Second date was with a guy who asked me out at Winco(best supermarket ever!). I was getting cream cheese and he comes up to me and starts chatting and asks if I want to go get ice cream that night. I was busy but he wasn't a creeper so I gave him my phone number and told him to call me after I turned in my papers. So on Thursday we went to the Missionary Training Center and played the part of investigators to the Church for the sister missionaries to practice with. It was fun, but also a little weird because we ended up playing the part of a couple. He is also really nice, and I enjoyed talking with him. But he invited me out on a second date that night, which is OK, but two dates in three days seemed a little much too me and I wanted to hang with some of my other friends anyway so I told him next week or after break. He will get a second date for sure, but I don't know about a third. I don't think that there is a reason for a third date unless you think you might really mean it.

Neither of these guys are Rhetts. They are super nice and pleasant to be around, but they aren't rich blockade runners who love so deeply. I am realistic, I understand that I can't just sit around waiting for my Rhett or Darcy or Edward because they aren't exactly real (and I don't know that they are what someone would want in real life anyway). I just don't really like dating. I hate sitting there answering the same questions over and over again "Where are you from?" "Family?" "Major?" "hobbies?" "Where do you want to travel?", it's all so inane!

How do you feel about dating? Any fun stories?

PS I am coming home on FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!