The Square Life

It’s that time of the year again.  Hot chocolate is starting to be served, family parties are starting to be planned, and introductions of that special someone at Christmas are starting to cause anxiety.  Fall is setting in and the Winter chill is making its way into the valley.  The holidays are just asking for love to spark, with mistletoe and all.  And, in the spirit of giving, we tend to have that special someone on our mind…or finding them at least. 

   But, before we even start to think about proper family introductions, how to dropthe “L Bomb” under the Christmas lights, or what to do at the Christmas party when you are asked what your girlfriend/boyfriend’s name is (and no you haven’t yet had a DTR), we need to back up quite a bit.  We need to flip it into reverse AND FAST!  Before we can even think about meeting the fam, we need to master the dating life.  And trust me, we are far from it.

   First, let me give my disclaimer.  I am a girl.  So, this is from the eyes of a girl, and I am only speaking the opinion of the many girls who have complained to my listening ears. For as long as I can remember in my dating career, I have heard girls complaining that boys just don’t know how to date.  Girls are sick of Mr. Hottie showing up at their door saying, “So…what do you want to do?”  They are sick of being asked out by the one who makes their heart beat to find out he can’t think of a single thing to do.

   I want to help.  I thought of what I could do to help.  I thought about getting a billboard on I-15, I thought about petitioning UVU and BYU to offer a course on it.  But, when it came down to it, I realized that boys aren’t full of a million never-ending ideas.  So, the best help I can give is to provide you with a few dating ideas.  Show up to a girl’s apartment/house with one of these plans, and guys, you will impress her and get just about any girl you want!

   I started my quest for ideas by asking guys.  That worked…kinda. My first reply was “making out.” Then my second guy reply was pizza and…making out.  Case and point.  No plan.  Nothing to do. But, I asked around, racked my own brain, and came up with fool-proof dating ideas.  So, here is your A-Z index.  Make your way through the alphabet.  Take ‘em or leave ‘em!  But, trust me.  Take ‘em!

A – Alpine Slide, Applebees, Arcades, All-you-can eat buffet –need I say more

B – Boondocks, Batting Cages, Biking, Board Games

C – ComedySportz, Christmas Shopping, Country Dancing, ColorMe Mine, Caroling, Camping, Cooking Classes

D – Dinner (cook it yourself!), Dutch Oven Cooking, Drive-InMovie, Dinner Cruise (Provo River)

E – Enjoy the mountains

F – Fondu Party, Fishing, Five Buck Pizza Picnic

G – Generator for a movie outside, Gardens (thinkThanksgiving Point), Gingerbread House making

H – Hiking, How to Host a Murder Party, Hide-and-Seek in the mall, Homemade ice cream, Hay Rides, Horseback Riding

I – Ice blocking, Ice Cream, Ice Skating

J – Jack-o-lantern carving

K – Karaoke

L – Lazer Tag, Look at Christmas lights, Limo for the night

M – Movies 8 (yeah, I know), Malt Shop for fries and a shake,Mini Golf, Midnight Movie

N – Nickelcade, Nature Walks, Nutcracker

O – Old Folks Home

P – Picnics, Pool at the bowling ally or The Ozz, Pot Luck, Progressive Dinner, Plays, Poker

Q – Quilting

R – Rock Climbing, REAL Salt Lake games, Rollerblading, RoastMarshmallows, Rent old movies

S – Sporting Events, Smart Cookie, Skiing, Snow Shoeing, Sledding, Service, Sundae Party, Shooting, Smores, Sushi

T – Tin Foil Dinners, Tubing, Tennis, Temple Square

U – Unlimited Options in the A-Z List!  (It’s a hard letter.  Give me a break!)

V – Volleyball, Volunteer at a soup kitchen

W – Walks, Water Skiing, Wave Runners, Window Shopping

X – X is just plain too hard!

Y – At least act excited to be on the date!

Z – Zoo