SLC

Of all the home towns, in all the home states, in all the home countries that we come from, Salt Lake City Utah is one of the best.
I grew up in one of the most perfect places in Utah, Holladay, on the east side of Salt Lake City. My neighborhood is filled with wonderful people, people that I love and that love me. I live 20 minutes away from 6 different canyons and downtown Salt Lake. It is a remarkable thing to be able to watch the sun rise over Mount Olympus and set over the Oqukers and still love that site after 18 years. There is an abundance of green all around. There are trees from newly planted to a hundred years old. I feel safe and at home there.
In the summer time there are always kids running around and having a good time. The neighbor's grandchildren are always over playing in our back yard. In the winter, before the snowplows come around we sled and play in the street.
It is beautiful and safe at home and perfect in every way.

I Want to get Married...

There is one and only one reason to come to BYU and that is to get married. That's why I'm here and you all know that's why you're here.
Brigham Young said "Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace to the community." This is why missionaries come here, they have less then a year to get married before they become menaces to society and where else to do that then at the marriage capital of the world.
Girls on the other hand are here to get married and further their progress to Eternal Life in the Celestial Kingdom. We also have this problem of a biological clock that just keeps ticking. We only have so much time to give birth to as many children in Zion as we can and the sooner you start the more children you can have.
I know that marriage is a vital part in our quest for Eternal Life and that is why I am here, to find a great returned missionary to marry and start my family as soon as possible.

The Worst Thing About BYU

Well, BYU is amazing and could be a dream for anybody to have the opportunity to attend but there are a few to many wise-cracks that must be put up with...
Ok, so ever since I found out (and even before) that I was coming to BYU the most overwhelmingly abundunt comment I have gotten has been "so will I get a wedding announcement in 6 months?" or "you are so going to get married..." both and all of which are very annoying. It is very frustrating to hear this from friends, neighbors and even family especially since it is so not true. I'm absolutely terrified of getting married. It's not that I don't want to get married and have a family someday but that day is very far in the future. I'm way to young to be taking care of a house and a husband and I have a lot of growing up to do...
The thing I find most ironic about the supposedly high marriage rates at BYU is that the rates of marriage at USU and the U of U are higher...