Lately, whenever I read Stephanie's weblog, I think I missed out on something. She seems be excited about several cute men at the same time, whereas me... I've never been like that about anyone. I've never dated. I'm 23 and I've never dated.

There are probably other people out there who are like me, but sometimes I feel like a... freak. Probably. Freak sounds like a strong way of putting it. *sigh*

Maybe going to an all girls senior school didn't help. I never went clubbing, so I never met anyone anywhere like that, either. (That's another thing - no "young person" type social life. Hmm.)

If you do meet someone in a club, how do you go about getting to know them better? Surely you don't just give them your phone number and go out on dates. How can you date someone you don't know anything about? They could be anyone!

I think my parents had it easier. They had the church youth group. (There isn't really any youth at my church any more!) As far as I can tell, Dad dated every single girl in the church youth group before he went out with my Mum. They knew each other first, they dated, they married in 1974, and I've never known them to argue. If I ever get married, I can't imagine it working better than that..!

I've been thinking about all this because Mum was thinking about money, and she jokingly asked if I was planning on getting married soon. (Jokingly because we both know there's no man on the horizon. I doubt there's a man anywhere near the horizon!)

But if I get married, I think a fancy dress wedding would be fun.

I thought it'd be cool to go as a pirate, but then I wondered what the church's views on that would be.

September 19th is "Talk like a Pirate" day, you know.

It's all because I'm a geek, isn't it?

The dating thing, not the pirate thing.

Probably. :p

posted by Fiery Fred @ 11:03 PM