Blind dates are double-edged swords with the potential to either beautify or awkwardify life: I know a lot of married couples who met on blind dates; I also know a lot of single people who have been set up with weirdos. The nice thing is we live in the information age, and you have the right to refuse any setup you’re not comfortable with. The key is if you do enough verbal and Internet stalking in advance, you can drastically decrease your likelihood of being real-life stalked by a blind date later.
Julia Shumway grew up in Utah and is studying maternal and child epidemiology at the University of Minnesota. Her column on Mormon Times, “Pairing Off,” explores the intricacies of the Mormon YSA experience. E-mail: jshumway@mormontimes.
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I have to say that I'm probably in the 3rd category as well. I've found that other people's assessments of a person's traits can differ greatly from my own. However, when it comes to "cyber-stalking" someone before hand, I tend to disagree More..
I, too, am in the third category. And I have a rule about blind dating: The person wishing to set me up must either introduce us personally or accompany us on a double date; no exceptions, and no handing over phone numbers or e-mail addresses, More..
Wow, and mormons think the "world" is astray? I hope this chicks entire blog series ends with some rational. She seems out there and like most bloggers that the mormon times would call "contributers" are just writing about their More..