You just finished your full-time mission of a year and a half. You are sitting in your mission president's office for your final interview. He thanks and congratulates you for your hard work and dedication and then proceeds to give you your new challenge: dating. The goal? One date a week. [[Back in the Bubble]]You are finally back at BYU. You are feeling pretty confident in your flirting abilities; you talked to the guy ringing up your order at Chipotle at least once a week over Christmas Break, and you've hugged a total of three men since being home. None of them were in their 20s, but you're feeling confident nonetheless. You're ready to date. [[On the Prowl]]You go to the first YSA Ward FHE of the semester. You got dolled up by brushing your hair and even put some real pants on instead of sweats. Like before, your feeling pretty confident in yourself and wouldn't be surprised if a handful of guys asked for your digits. You talk to a lot of guys. They actually approach you and start all the conversations, so it looks promising. [[Crushes]]You have established a few crushes which is much more impressive than before your mission; your ward is looking promising. A couple weeks have passed and you still haven't gone on any dates. You are failing your mission president. Everyone and their dog asks you about your dating life post mission and you have nothing to tell them. You start to wonder if playful flirting isn't enough. [[No no, please don't]]You still haven't gone on your first date since being home from your mission. You have made quite a few friends and one enemy. Ok, so not an enemy, but someone that drives you insane because he is so freaking arrogant and power-hungry. You watch him work with your roommate in their church calling and he absolutely doesn't respect her or value her opinion. You really don't like him. Somehow he overhears your conversation WITH SOMEONE ELSE and learns that you still haven't gone on a date since coming home from your mission. He cuts across the crowd and asks you straight out, "How bout this. We get dinner, and then an opera. I got these $90 tickets for 10 bucks from a friend." You stare at him dumbfounded because you actually kind of hate this kid and he apparently never picked up on your short, curt answers and lack of interest while talking to him. You have a choice. You can say yes, or no. [[Yes]] [[No]]You go to dinner (in which he talks about himself and his awesomeness for an hour) and then to the opera. He is pretty impressed with himself at this point. Only super smooth guys take girls to the opera. You want to die and can't believe this is your first date off the mission. After all your work, you end up spending four hours of torture with an egotistical loser, and still haven't gone out with anyone you actually have interest in. No one hates you at least. [[Switching the Roles]]You really don't like this kid. You don't like his arrogance. You don't like how he asked you out in front of your ward. You don't like how he he thinks he's doing you a favor. You don't like his stupid face. So you say no. You don't know how this choice will affect you, but it's worth it. He can react in many ways. Normally you can't choose the consequences of your actions, but this is a game, so have fun. [[The "I didn't care anyway"]] [[I'm going to make you suffer]] [[ok.cool]]He plays it cool and pretends that he doesn't care. You could feel bad for hurting his ego, but you don't. You still don't have a date.His huge ego (which you're still not sure why is so huge) is hurt and he tells everyone in the ward that you're crazy (because that's how you categorize all girls that you don't like) and a man-hater. No one asks you out because they're all afraid of you.He's cool about it and drops it there. You are surprised by his reaction and stop hating him. You still don't have a date.You realize that guys aren't picking up on your awesome flirting skills (not the stupid brainless kind) and you decide that you are powerless if you continue to let the guys do the asking-out. You are totally letting your mission president down even though you really would like to go on some decent dates, but it's just not working. You can continue to hope that guys will ask you out, or you can do something about it, and ask them out yourself. [[You continue to wait, hoping for a miracle]] [[You ask a guy out]]Nothing happens. You still aren't dating.You decide to just ask out a guy out because they're being dumb and can't take a clue. You ask a guy out and he says, [[yes]] [[no]]