Sooo... this last August I attended BYU Education Week for the third time, it is the highlight of my year. I highly recommend that you go, it is amazing. One of the classes that I went to was called "Dating vs. Hanging Out." It really changed my perspective on the dating that is going on in the LDS Single Adult scene. I won't rant and rave too much about it here, but instead will post a link to a talk where you can read what Elder Dallin H. Oaks has to say about it, because I agree with him whole-heartedly.
https://www.lds.org/ensign/2006/06/dating-versus-hanging-out?lang=eng
I feel passionately about this subject. Call me crazy, but I think it is another one of the Adversary's ways of trying to thwart eternal families. I am done being a part of it. Nowadays when I guy asks if I want to "hang out" (aka let him bum on my couch while I provide him with food) I say "Sorry, I don't hang out, but if you would like to go on a date I would be glad to."
Feeling and acting this way places me in a very, very small minority here at BYU-Idaho. Everyone here hangs out casually, it is what they do. But I am done with it. Sorry!
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