Is arranged marriage a good idea? What about arranged dating?

I don't really remember the order of the dates I went on...but I thought I should keep recording my stories before I forget them all.

So this is still Fall 2010

I love my Bishopric! I really do. They're super great, and they're very successful, funny, spiritual men. But it's really weird to have someone in your bishopric set you up with their son. But I guess they don't have a problem with setting their RM sons up with baby freshman.

So a member of my BYU Bishopric would come to the Creamery every Tuesday (when I was working) with his 12-year-old son to get some food after picking him up from football practice. I guess his little son thought I was pretty cute, and he told his 22-year-old brother that he should come in to the Creamery one week. We joked about this for a couple weeks. Then he actually came in.
Bishopric man: "Hey Ginelle, this is my son."
Son: "Hey Ginelle, my dad's told me a lot about you"
Ginelle: "Uh.....hey. I've....heard about you."

So I thought that was all. But to my surprise, he came back to the Creamery on Thursday (the next time I worked) all by himself. He approached me as I was helping a customer.
Son: "Hey Ginelle, I know you don't really know me, but would it be cool if we went on a date sometime?"
Ginelle: "Wait, what's you're name again?" (That's actually what I said. How embarrassing, huh?)

He told me his name. Then he got my phone number. And he used it a couple days later to ask me on a date. He picked me up one day after work and we ate food. At Chili's. I felt super awesome eating food with my braces. We talked, but he seemed kind of shy. I guess he is kind of shy. At least that's what his pops said. So it seemed like I needed to initiate conversation, or we just wouldn't talk. And that's always fun.

So we ate food and he took me back to good ole Heritage Halls. Pretty dang exciting.

So yep. It was almost like a blind single date. Because we didn't know each other at all. But he's a nice kid.

The end.