Dating sucks. We might as well just throw that out there now. Dating in Idaho is horrible. I should know because I have been attempting to do so for quite a while now. I am currently 25, never been married and I don't have any kids. This all sounds normal, right? Sure, if you were anywhere BUT here. Around here it is more normal to be married by 18 (19 at the latest) and already have two kids pushed out by 20. This region is very heavily Mormon and while I was baptized at the tender age of 8, I don't practice.
The majority of my family is Mormon, but there are a few of us stragglers that just don't quite fit into the mold. These are the family members I am closest to and relate to very well. I am very much a "black sheep" of the family with my multiple tattoos and various piercings that I have had through the years. When it comes to dating for someone like me it is really hard to do in this area. The best places to meet people? Church, church activities, the bar. So since I don't go to church that really only leaves me with the bar. I've tried to find someone at the bar and I didn't do too well. Obviously. I have resorted to one other way of meeting people and that is the internet. My mom absolutely HATES this, but when I ask her for places to meet people she can't really give me any suggestions that I haven't already mentioned. Needless to say, the internet hasn't been to nice to me either in the dating department. You will read about those winners later on.
Now I know that everyone dates and everyone has stories about people that they have dated over the years. I'm just not sure how many of those people have actually been told multiple times that they needed to write a book about those experiences. I am one of those few people. I don't know how and I don't know why, but if something bizarre or crazy could happen then it will be happening to me at some point in time. I want to throw a disclaimer out there before I get into all the good stuff. I have a shitty memory at times and while I try to be as accurate as I can about when things happened so I may not be spot on. Just so ya know. Although, that isn't saying that what I am writing about didn't happen or isn't true. It is. It so is. I have also changed the names of those lucky individuals I graced with my presence. That way if they happen to stumble upon this then they may not know that I am talking about them... Maybe. There also may be some things I am not necessarily proud of doing or proud to admit. Don't judge me. So now on with the show...
I'm so excited!
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