“I date to marry.”
When dating with intention goes right
One Saturday afternoon, myself and a group of women family members convened for lunch. My family is pretty small and busy, so this luncheon was one of many we vowed to have every so often to stay close. After our greetings and being seated I noticed the cousin I was closest to hadn’t arrived yet. Later I discovered it was for good reason.
She arrived as we were all settled and browsing the menu. We were casually dressed, but she caught our attention with her dressy skirt, heels, and overcoat.
As she removed her coat and sat next to me I complimented her on how pretty she looked. Her running behind was due to her being with a guy she had been dating and how they were discussing some “plans.”
Then she showed her ring.
Shocked, surprised, yet happy I congratulated her on the engagement.
“Wow!” I said. “And you two haven’t been dating long.”
“Well we’ve known each other for a very long time. We were in the same nursery together,” she chuckled.
Then she dropped a line on me I’d never heard.
“I date to marry.”
Date to marry. I repeated over in my mind. Date. To. Marry. I repeated it again.
