Chad and I had a wonderful and thought provoking conversation the other day about dating. It stemmed from my blog on Thursday, about dating. Well, we were talking about the dangers of dating and how I rushed into things with Katie. And so I determined that dating and guns are a lot alike. They are both dangerous when "used" carelessly, they both can inflict massive amounts of pain, and basically you have to be careful when "using" them. (I put the word use in quotations because you should never use anyone in any relationship, especially dating, but you use a gun, so, go figure.) Well, when you buy a gun (if you weren't already aware of this) there is a five-day waiting period for a background check or something. I determined that if dating is so much like guns, than dating also requires this five-day waiting period. The five days is from the time where it is understood that there is reciprocated feelings from both parties. Those five days should probably be spent praying, discussing it with close friends, having them pray for it and maybe even fasting. Then I would say it would be safe to start dating. Since I have no idea who reads this anymore, and I know that a lot of people have differing ideologies then me, you can take this for all it is worth. It means something to me, but if you don't agree, I'm down with that. But as I discussed this last night with some other guys they reminded me, "Yes, girls are similar to guns, with one exception, they don't have safeties on them." True that brother, true that. you have my love.