Hey all, my name is Kevin Crossan, I am 18 years old and a 2nd semester student at Eastern University. High school was a rough time for me especially dealing with the dating issue. I was involved in quite a few relationships all of which I considered serious but none of which really were. I dated a few girls on and off until my senior year, when I realized that my whole dating life was going nowhere. Starting the summer of my junior year of high school I swore off dating. I realized that I really needed to spend some time alone with God without the cares and worries that a dating relationship brings. Quite honestly this was one of the best things that I could have done. As a result of this and many other things, my senior year went extremely smoothly. This is not to say that it was perfect or that I didn’t face trials and temptation, but because I was focusing on God and not girls, I was able to keep my priorities straight and not stray. About March of my senior year, I started to take an interest in a girl that I had met at the beginning of that school year. For awhile I kept a lid on my feelings thinking that they would pass just as a few others simple infatuations had earlier that year. As we began talking more and more, Jessica and I found out that we were both planning on attending the same college. If this hadn’t been the case everything would have stopped right then and there. I would have moved on and would probably still be single. As it turns out we ended up going to prom together and things went from there. Neither of us initially wanted to date so we kept everything to a minimum. It wasn’t until we got to college that we actually considered ourselves to be dating and that’s only because it was easier to explain it to people that way. I’m not going to kid you saying that it’s not hard to stay Christian while dating because it really is. Jessica and I found it necessary to set up physical boundaries partly because both of our personalities are very touchy-feely, and partly so that we are both on the same page when it comes to that stuff. My relationship with Jess is extremely intertwined with my relationship with Christ. I like how the triangle analogy explains how we as Christian are to move closer to the person we choose to date and marry. All of the points on a triangle connect. God is at the top while Jessica and I are on either side. As we both move closer and closer to God, we naturally grow closer to each other.