there are twenty-three synonyms for the word "idiot" in the thesaurus. i used eight of them.

today was a particularly awful day.
work was, to put it nicely, difficult and stressful.


when i got home, i checked my facebook and saw that an acquaintance of mine had posted an article [that he presumably wrote] called "How to Get an LDS Guy Part I."
i clicked on it to learn from this cretin's sage advice and was completely and predictably horrified by what i found and all hopes for having a better post-work day went out the window.


i mean, it's bad enough that he wrote that post in the first place. but this fool went a step further and posted it on facebook for all of his 300+ friends to see! and he did this to HELP the women he is friends with! 


apparently, according to this ignoramus and who knows how many other blockheads out there, the first and most important way to snag a husband is to lose weight.
this is what the dumdum says in his own words, "When it comes to attracting LDS guys, there are many other topics I would rather write about besides good looks. But…the truth of the matter compels me to address it. For many LDS girls simply improving their figure would do more to improve their dating life than anything else I could tell you."


that's right, ladies!

if you're frustrated with your lack of a dating life, blame the number on the scale!

just drop fifty pounds and you'll be a dating machine!

i can't believe that i've been so wrong all these years!

the only reason why i don't date much is because of my weight!

apparently it is not necessary to be an interesting or intelligent person because looks are the only thing that matters when it comes to dating and relationships!

thank you, jerkface, for alerting my mind to this issue!

all sarcasm aside, reading that post not only angered me to a level that hasn't been unearthed since my days of scroll-bashing at byu-idaho, it truly discouraged me.

it's confession time.

i am twenty-five, single, and content with my life [for the most part].

but lately i've really been feeling like something or someone was missing from my life.

as a result of that, i've actually been doing social things with my ward and doing things i normally wouldn't do to increase my chances of finding that person. 

it's been really, really difficult so far because i'm not one of those girls who knows how to flirt or be cute on command!

in fact, talking to a boy i have a crush on is panic attack-inducing! i feel like i'm sixteen all over again!

being a member of this church can be difficult when it comes to marital status because that status turns into a defining characteristic.

it doesn't matter if you're a singer, painter, teacher, or plumber. you're either single or married.

so much emphasis is placed on marriage [at least in my stake] and i know that a temple marriage is very, very important, but hearing about it constantly and how wonderful it can be makes it more difficult to be single.

instead of a stage of life, it turns into a disease that needs a cure.

and no matter how often we are encouraged to date, nothing. ever. changes.

boys will still use girls and be noncommital!

girls will still play games!

girls will still have to do most of the work and instigate things!

and boys will still have a difficult time even asking a girl out.

there are so many insecurities you feel during this time, especially as a woman [hmm... i wonder where we get those insecurities from?].

so many feelings of inadequacy, unattractiveness, and awkwardness.

but those feelings don't magically disappear when you find The One.

if you're going to the gym every day because you want a hot body and five dates every weekend, you're doing it for the wrong reasons.

shouldn't we be improving ourselves for our own benefit?

if we rely on other people to tell us we are beautiful, we never truly learn it for ourselves.

we will never love ourselves or think we are valuable or beautiful.

to conclude, reading those words just didn't help at all.

in fact, they hurt.

putting the blame on a woman's lack of a dating life is completely and utterly ridiculous and should never have been done in the first place.

i realize that we, as women, are not perfect and make mistakes, but our outer appearance should never be considered a factor in that.

and, honestly, if what this dimwit says is true and the only thing standing between me and a temple marriage is my weight...

then maybe i don't want to get married that badly.

so, here's my advice to the lunkhead who decided writing a dumb post was such a great idea:

how do you get an lds girl [or any girl, for that matter] to like you?

don't write a post like this.