I'm not trying to get engaged. chill. WARNING: rant.

I have been coming out of the past few weeks of singles ward (luckily) unscathed. However, this week I was no longer able to escape the inevitable date-with-a-man-years-older-than-you. To be fair, it wasn't quite as creepy and weird and awkward as it sounds. (ok i changed my mind. it was 79 times more awkward than it sounds). Anyways. So you would think, possibly, that knowing someone had just sent someone off on a mission, to maybe give them a few days or longer to, oh i don't know, be still? recuperate? be sad? mourn? But nah it seems that the new cool thing to now is to ask said person on a date the day after the missionary leaves. And then ask them/her/me how I'm doing and then tell me he likes me. I am 18. I am going to college and going on a mission. You are on a one way road to marriage and cool it because I am not the wife you are looking for. So singles ward is cool but be prepared for lots and lots of forward people and don't be afraid to reject someone just because you don't want to be rude or come off as too picky. Because you're going to have to live with that choice for eternity and wow oh wow can you imagine accidentally marrying the first RM who takes you on a date?