Latter-day Saint Dating
- Go where you can meet people in a wholesome atmosphere.
- Help others get acquainted. Set people up. Where appropriate, be a matchmaker.
- Date people who honor the Covenant.
- Date with the spirit of inspiration and revelation.
- Don't kiss someone on Saturday and act like you never met them on Sunday.
- Do original and fun dates rather than just go to the movies.
- Realize that the amount of money spent doesn't make for a good date.
- Dress modestly.
- Double and triple date--include others.
- Don't share your past worldliness.
- Don't be a faultfinder.
- Stay morally clean.
- After you quit dating, don't share confidences shared in dating.
- Don't gossip.
- Help people who are nervous to feel comfortable.
- Don't look only on the outward appearance.
- Don't judge others motives and feelings.
- Be interested in others--their life, their interests, their hobbies, their family, etc.
- Take the spirit with you. Three is never a crowd. Pray when appropriate.
- Have the courage to be tactful and yet honest.
- Study the gospel together.
- If you know you are going to break it off--get it over with.
- Don't wear your heart on your sleeve.
- Be careful with the words, "I Love You."
- Have a reasonable curfew.
- Make the restored church an integral part of your dating.
- Other people's goals and standards should be sustained and not put down.
- Don't use people for status purposes.
- Don't "throw in the towel" at the first obstacle.
- Work and study together.
- Courtesy is a great lubricant in relationships.
- See only worthy movies.
- Be friends first.
- Spend more time talking. Lower the stereo while driving.
- Don't play games.
- Don't dance to degrading music.
- Be interested in your date's family. Share your family.
- Be sensitive to other people's hearts.
- Eliminate some role stereotypes.
- Introduce your date to others. Help others get acquainted.
- Have personal prayer before and after dates.
- Don't show affection to people you don't intend to date.
- Acknowledge that marriage is a high priority to you and to the Lord.
- Be an example of a believer.
- Improve yourself rather than looking for perfection in others.
- Don't disregard the teachings of the General Authorities and Prophets.
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