SIX CATEGORIES OF SEMINARY MEN, especially as they relate to first year, single, female students as seen and experienced by first year, single, female students within the first days of arrival.
This will all sound terrible, but it is oh-so-true.
1. Married men - usually able to communicate with other females without any added awkwardness. Every now and again will mention their wife and/or kids in relevant conversation and are generally just nice to talk to.
2. Dating/engaged men - rarely able to communicate with single women without making it awkward. They are very good at mentioning in a very clear and unmistakable way either their girlfriend or fiancée.
3. Single men who are terrible at communicating with girls because they don't want the single girls to think they are interested in them by talking to them, or want the girls to think they are "searching" for a wife (even though everyone knows they really are). This kind usually thinks all women at seminary are there with the sole intent of finding a husband and they are not about to give in to that childishness. Are content with sticking to strictly male friendships and make it very difficult for any girl to simply be a friend.
4. Single men who are terrible with communicating with girls simply because they are terrible at communicating with girls. These guys might sometimes be classified as "weird," "strange" or "just different" in regards to their social-communication skills. Girls need to be careful with how they communicate with guys of this category, because once they introduce themselves or show any form of personal kindness, they will never escape the seeming omnipresence of that guy.
5. Single men who realize girls do not pay thousands of dollars a year to go to seminary and find a husband. They are easy to talk to, have many female friends, do not become omnipresent after the first introduction, etc. These are the ones you might find yourself studying with, walking to class with, eating with, etc. The only problem... there are so few of them.
(Category 6 was added at the suggestion of several seminary guys, surprisingly enough)
6. Single men who are at seminary to find a wife and who have desire to disguise it. Hey... at least they are honest.
Haley, Haley, Haley,
ReplyDeleteI must admit, I was expecting a different kind of "update." I was hoping that you would have a story concerning Mr. Mountain leader for fathers and sons; works at Starbucks; please, oh please come to my Monday soup night at the Thomas house. Well...I'm waiting.
As to your recent blog, might I make several suggestions? A) In regards to the third category - where I come from (granted, it is a backwards, mountainous state), this particular group of the male gender is lovingly referred to as pansies. B) This suggestion involves a rather introspective and psychoanalytical question: found someone in category five hey? C) Please give some slack to category four (sounds like a hurricane - which, by the way, are usually named after women...hmmmm), they are simply trying. D) I was under the impression that women did go to seminary to find husbands (although this may not be the primary motive...it is certainly ulterior).
Take it easy on those poor seminary men. As an experienced sage told you some time ago, "Just pick one."
P.S. Don't tell my wife about the ulterior motive stuff because I would end up creating my own category - married seminary guy who was killed.
wow, Scar, do you learn anything about GOD there at seminary or are you just studying the other gender?:)
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