Freshman Dating at BYU

Being a freshman girl at BYU, you are stuck in a very...different situation than most freshman girls at other schools.  When dating, you do not wanting to get emotionally attached to another freshman boy because they are just leaving for their missions in a few months, if not sooner.  Also, you do not want to get emotionally involved with a boy that is not a freshman because that means they are off their mission and the possibility of marriage is real.  At first it is frustrating, but now I have to come to realize what a blessing this "odd" situation is.  Going on a date freshman year can be just for fun whereas at other schools one date means commitment.  Also, we WANT the boys to go on missions so as much as it stinks that we cannot allow ourselves to get emotionally close to them, we know that is it for the better.  Also, it is not necessarily RM's that scare us, it is just the possibility of getting married.  It is different with them because they are actually able to, and marriage is not in the sights for most of us during freshman year.