Have you ever had a hard time figuring out if that guy you saw staring at you from the other side of the room would make good boyfriend material or not?
After writing The Freshman’s Guide to College, I just really don’t want to write about college for a little bit. So this week we’re talking relationships and summer, then I’ll be back with college tips next week!
As I write this I’m visiting my in-laws in Kamloops, BC, and tomorrow is Connor and my one-month anniversary! It doesn’t seem like it’s been a month yet, to be honest, since we’ve been so busy ever since we got married!
Now, I’ve already shared with you all that Connor and I didn’t have a typical relationship by a lot of Christian’s standards, and I loved hearing all of your stories about how yours weren’t so typical, either! But it got me wondering:
If so many of us have “non-typical” relationships that are successful, but we all know quite a few “typical” relationships that are unsuccessful, why don’t we try to figure out what those “non-typical” relationships have in common and look for those, too, and not just the ordinary list of traits that make great Christian boyfriend material? [Read more…]