girls' choice

Last month we organized a Sadie Hawkins dance for the Priests and Laurels in our stake (16-18 year-olds). The whole thing was the brain child of the Stake Youth Committee. They were having a discussion about the difficulties of dating - how kids just hang out or 'go out' but don't date, what to do on a date, girls freak out and think a date means the beginning of a relationship, it is scary asking someone on a date - especially when people don't really date any more. It was mostly the boys presenting the problems, and the girls protesting that these things should not be a big deal.

So the challenge was extended for the girls to try being the ones to do the asking. Thus, a Sadie Hawkins dance. They rose wonderfully to the job, though not without difficulty. Reportedly, some of them were quite terrified to ask - and for all the reasons the boys had mentioned. The evening was certainly worth the trouble. We had a lot fun - dinner, dance instruction, a fun DJ, a photo booth, and some ice cream. And we feel the young men and young women came away with a better understanding of what dating could and should be at their ages, and hopefully how to make it a little bit easier on each other.

 (This is her dad, not her date... he helped set up and chaperone.)