Standards

This weekend I was sitting in a cabin at camp talking to some of the new girls on staff. Two thirds of these girls were once campers of mine causing me to feel a little bit like the old maid in the room. An hour or so into the conversation it came up that I am 24 years old and have never been kissed, nor have I ever had someone who I could refer to as my boyfriend. One of the girls asked if I ever want to get married or if I just plan on staying single my whole life. She is 18 and her intentions were very sweet but I wanted to say something along the lines of "no, bitch. I am apparently just really horrible at being pursued by men and no one worth my interest has made any real indication that they find me desirable". I didn't say that. I was very polite. We were at church camp after all and I used to be her counselor. Instead I gave the standard response that I know that Gods delights in the desires of my heart and that one day He will brings along some awesome person and how the love story He is writing for me is better then any love story I could write for myself.

I am not a terrible looking girl. I am fun to be around. I can be pretty dang charming. I take care of my body and consider myself to be in pretty good shape. I have heard that I am funny and people tend to laugh at my jokes. I make good choices. I have great friends. I love Jesus. I am learning everyday what it means to truly know Jesus. I will never fit in any political circle because I am spiritually conservative and politically liberal. I don't believe in premarital sex but I do believe that homosexual people should have the ability to have a civil union in the state of California. I voted for Barack Obama, I know....scandalous.

I do have some standards in the people I date. Maybe this is what is stopping me.

• Must love Jesus
• I have to at least be sort of physically attracted to them
• Some sort of life ambition
• They can't be super conservative
• They must have integrity

The End