Sunday, 28 September 2008

  • Christian Pick-Up Lines

    oak by mr oak 

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    My wife will kill me - but I don't really remember asking my now wife out in the beginning of our relationship.  I simply don't remember.  We were both part of the same Christian ministry in college - so we easily saw a lot of each other.  But it's hard to say what our official first date was and how I asked her to spend some time with me.

    In a lot of ways, church and clubs really encourage spending time with others, so I find there's really no need to ask someone out.  In my personal relationship, I'm glad my relationship with Mrs. Oak started with the context of a nurturing environment like church.  We were constantly surrounded by people who were practically family - had the support of other couples, and there was a ton of accountability.

    But we often wonder what it would've been like if we didn't have something like that in our lives - and if we met randomly.  Heh - I could think of some pretty cheesy pickup lines - but i'll save that for another post.

    So, in your opinion, where's the best place to meet that special someone?


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Comments (25)

  • hubbaduh@xanga

    With the title of this post, I got all excited that it was going to be full of joking Christian pick-up lines...sad day....
  • goodgirl_196@xanga

    @hubbaduh@xanga - Glad it wasn't just me...
  • tialoca_talks@xanga

    i met mine in a bar...
  • eclipse_the_dawn@xanga

    Here's one: "Hey baby, bet Mary Magdalene gave you fashion advice." Actually, that one's kind of crap, so I'm not gonna bother making up another.
  • LoBornlyte@xanga

    It don't get better den dat!!


    The blessing you received warms the heart!
  • SWAurora@xanga

    I have always wondered this too. If I was desperate I guess I could go to the meat market known as the 'singles group'. Not being desperate I don't know where to go. Most of my friends find their significant other through other friends. So I am relying on word of mouth I guess.
  • Theophilus166@xanga

    family reunion.
  • RuthViola@xanga

    Don't ask me, there aren't a lot of single Christian men where I hang out--at my church, doing the ministry God has called me to. Maybe the best place to find someone is where God has placed you. It's not exactly working for me, then again, I'm not exactly looking.
  • tanoshii66@xanga

    I think meeting people through a Christian Ministry or Church is ideal, especially since you will usually have common friends and many supporters.  Also, you don't have to wonder if the person is Christian or not, and you both have at least one big common interest.  :)  I recently met a guy at a 20's Ministry at a local church and we've hung out a few times.  He's a really cool guy and I look forward to getting to know him better.
  • PXwanderer@xanga

    Too shy around 'em to ask girls out, so no idea.
     My former fiancee was because we both were involved with Chi Alpha in college.  Just like your situation.  We did bond over watching "Star Gate" the series together...
    So know any good christian girls up for living and travel overseas send her my way. : )
  • Laserlawyer@xanga

    "where's the best place to meet that special someone?"

    Biblically speaking, this kind of direction should come from God.  As an example, I think of the selection of a wife for Isaac (Gen 24).  That process did not start with the question you posed.  It began instead with an understanding by a parent of what God was doing in and through his family, and therefore understanding where a suitable bride could be found as well as what an unsuitable location for finding a bride would be.
  • Schristian@xanga

    Yeah. Good thing you didn't meet in a seedy bar like my aunt and uncle who've been happily married for over 10 years. Or at college like my mother and father, both married well over 20 years.

    You might've had a horrible life together.

    Like, my uncle having a job that takes him all over the world, my father
    being president of his own consulting company, highly regarded in our
    area.

    Seriously, I feel sorry for them.
  • Be_A_Revolution@xanga

    @hubbaduh@xanga - Ditto.
  • seahorselove@xanga

    I have no idea where the best place to meet that special someone is, because I haven't met him yet!  But personally, I am not going to go looking for Mr.Right in bars, dark alleyways, Satanist Missions Buildings, or any other place that makes me feel uncomfortable.

    And I agree that the title was misleading.  Can we tell Christian pick-up lines anyway?

    My favorites are....
    "Is it a sin that you stole my heart?" ;)
    and
    Boy: Excuse me, I think you have something of mine....
    Girl:  Really?  What?
    Boy: My rib.
  • moodypoeticartist@xanga

    @seahorselove@xanga 


    - Boy: Excuse me, I think you have something of mine....
    Girl:  Really?  What?
    Boy: My rib.


    haha that is a good one.
  • Pieces_of_a_Melody@xanga

    Bible College... hehe. I'm just kidding, but a lot of people do meet and marry there.


    I don't really think there is one place that is better than another. I think that if you are following after God, then he will place that person in your life.
  • hubbaduh@xanga

    @point_of_no_R3turn@xanga - I've heard that Central Bible College in Springfield, MO is sometimes referred to as "Central BRIDAL Collge"...lol...and my old pastor once said that it's where guys go to find God's Grace and girls go to find God's Will for their lives

  • Pieces_of_a_Melody@xanga

    @hubbaduh@xanga - Hahah that's awesome. No lie, on my campus a lot of graduated students work here. And they ALLLL met here and got married right after college. It's crazy.

  • x_simplysweet_x3@xanga

    Probably as you said, fellowship. My mom wants me to find a husband in a Christian fellowship in university. Hahaha. 
  • WLCALUM@xanga

    No offense, but I wonder how many different pick-up lines King Solomon used to land all his wives! (lol!).
  • Andrea_TheNerd@xanga

    @WLCALUM@xanga - Sometimes I wonder if he just kept using the same old pick-up line, and they didn't realize it until they started talking with the other wives.  Maybe that's why he had to get new ones all the time - they quickly got pissed at him for his antics, and created the Wives of Solomon Union against him.  =D



    I randomly met my husband at a cafe where I worked.  He would come in a lot, and we'd talk when I wasn't busy.  It was too hard to resist someone so intelligent and handsome!
  • redbutterfly137@xanga

    @eclipse_the_dawn@xanga - At least you tried. Work on it a little; I be you could make something out of it. There's gotta be a joke with Mary somewhere...

    @seahorselove@xanga - Those are pretty funny.

    I've never had much luck meeting the good Christian guys. I always seem to attract the jerks, or guys who claim to have faith in God, but then it all just falters away. If I stayed in Florida where I grew up, I probably would have eventually married a guy from my church. But I grew up in a hillbilly town, so I don't think I would have been happy. Guess God really does know what He's doing...

    But I do agree that Church or related functions are good places. If you have any other suggestions, send them my way!
  • Cliffycliffz@xanga

    I doubt it would be church for me ^^;...
  • BecauseIamDonnieDarko@xanga

    @Theophilus166@xanga - HAH!  Awesome....Major props to you.
  • Padooker@xanga

    By all means, small one-room bookstores in Taejeon, South Korea, are the best place to hook up with a mate.  We have five children now thanks to our meeting.  Too, dating is utterly unnecessary for believers, if not pernicious.  My wife and I discussed marriage from the get-go and agreed within three days.

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