Dating, a different approach

CORRECTION: Pastor Hilton Smith corrected me and reminded me this is not a horse but a mule. The length of ears and intelligent sweetness of the face should have clued me in that the animal is question is a mule. I AM SORRY! My grandfather said that, "The mule is the animal that built America", a truly noble creature.

For those who do not know, the mule is a cross between a horse and a politician. Mules cannot reproduce but horses and politicians can do this. Numbers 22:21-34 exhibits a politician saying something intelligent. (My apologies to all donkeys for the tongue in cheek insult)

This picture has nothing to do with this blog. The picture is of Brother Smith’s mule. Brother Smith is the pastor of Rough and Ready Baptist Church. He is the original redneck type of preacher. I do not have a picture of him but the mule is better looking anyway. I can (or could) call him my friend.

Rules for dating:

Everyone needs rules.

* But I don’t like rules
* Rules were made to be broken
* Rules are for people with no intelligence
* Rules are for losers

When a dentist washes his hands and wears gloves before he touches your teeth you can be glad there is a rule about that. Everyone has rules. Your weird friend with 20 tats and piercing in places usually covered by clothing has rules even. So, enough said, folks need rules for dating too.

Generally speaking dating the way the world does it is a BAD idea. Being alone with a girl or boy that makes your palms sweat is dangerous and asking for trouble. Just as bugs hate the light, worldly dating does too. Stay out of dark places

If you have parents that love you they have already given you rules about dating. You should follow those rules but you need your own rules also. You are your own person who is becoming an adult and you should make your own rules concerning the other gender. The following are a few suggestions for both sexes:

1. Your body belongs to you and not your date. If you are moral you are thinking that someday you will want to share your body with that special person. If these are your thoughts, the guy or gal who is trying to change your mind has their own agenda and it is a selfish one.

2. Limit your time alone with your date. Have fun with your date with friends around. The fact is that sometimes people make decisions they will regret later. If you are careful to keep romantic times to a minimum you will be lowering the risk of OOPS (we did not mean to go that far)!

3. Work at your reputation. This is important for both men and women. You can take it to the bank that others will form opinions of you according to your rep.

4. Respect your date’s parents. They are (or should be) the most important humans in your date’s universe. Do not talk about or complain about them.

5. The best standard for guys and gals is no PC (physical contact).

FOR GUYS

1. Meet her folks. Go meet her mom and dad. When you do meet them, don’t wear pants falling off your butt or profane things on your shirt. Make a good impression on them.

2. Be a gentleman. Your lady will enjoy being treated special. The gentleman opens doors for women and generally treats her like she is valuable. If you do not think she is special, why are you dating her?

3. Keep your hands off your date’s body. You will find you need to talk and get to know her. That can be fun too. Let the other guys lie about how far they went. Be the kind of man who says, “I don’t talk about personal things.” Most boys lie anyway.

4. Plan to get her home 10 minutes before her pop goes ballistic. He will appreciate it and so will your folks.

5. If your date has a bad reputation make your date in public places. If her reputation is earned consider finding someone safer. Because everyone she has dated will be a part of your reputation also.

FOR GALS

1. Realize that the genders are different. Guys think about girls differently than girls think about guys. Contrary what a liberal socialist teacher tells you, there is a difference in the sexes. This is why you seldom see a guy with tight blue jeans with slits up the side but short sexy clothing is popular for girls.

2. Be fair and don’t tease. After all he is just a guy. As you consider this, plan what you are going to wear. If you wear clothing that draws guy’s eyes to your body parts you are being a tease. He will notice your attractiveness anyway.

3. You are going to set the limits. Date a nice fun guy and he will treat you decent. Remember even the nice guy is only male. Guys mostly allow the girl to say "no, that is far enough."

4. Don’t be dumb and date guys who do drugs and drink. They will do only what they want to and will ignore a request to stop or cease an activity.

5. Never take something from someone you do not know well. Some lowlife guys will do anything to compromise your personal standards

6. Remember 99.9% of guys will share personal information with other guys.


Better yet is take a chaperone with you. This actual works if you take the right person.

HTOITA