2021. Four Bad Ideas that Make Latter-day Saint Dating Stressful By Maurine Proctor , in Meridian Magazine
This seems to be a helpful article for young adults! Four Bad Ideas that Make Latter-day Saint Dating Stressful By Maurine Proctor · August 8, 2022 Let me take you with me for a minute into a Relief Society meeting recently held in a BYU singles ward. My husband Scot and I were teaching and we asked a question that everybody wanted to answer. The young women were clamoring to be called on and the answers spilled out quickly. We asked them what is most stressful to you in your current life—and almost to a person, they said dating and boys. Then we went on. In a world where you have school and finances and big decisions before you, why is dating the most stressful thing? They exploded with answers. “Being in a singles ward sometimes feels like a meat market—like I am competing with everyone for the boy’s attention. I am always wondering if I look good enough or am what boys would want. It makes me feel like I’m always on the line and I have to second guess myself to fit into what the