Dan In Real Life Questions

22. Life is full of disappointment. Just to be blunt, and simple. People are disappointing, things are disappointing, and life is disappointing. Every single person has gone through at least one disappointment, whether it be not making into the college of your dreams or finding out this extremely attractive guy is in a relationship, life is full of disappointments, big and small. Sure, some are more influential than others, when comparing your college education and some guy who you thought was semi attractive at one point, have two different “disappointment levels”. I read a magnet on a refrigerator at old friend’s house that said, “Stop worrying about it and think to yourself, ‘Is this going to matter in five years? If not, forget about it.’” The only determinant of how destructive a disappointment can be in your life, is your attitude towards it.
9. What makes someone attractive to me is not necessarily looks. I mean if they happen to have a six pack of abs and brown eyes I’ll definitely be keener to a date. I would like a guy who tells me I’m interesting, and unique, and different from other girls. For all I know I could be just like every other girl, and I’d like to be reminded that I’m not. (Does it make me a basic girl because I’m saying this?!) I’d like a guy with some intelligence, but no more than me (so quite a bit of intelligence), who likes to read books and will read the books I hurl at him every other week. I like guys with manners who love their mom and have exceptional moral values. I’d like a gentleman who will be lazy with me most days, but take me out when I want to be taken out. I would expect flowers often, and be disappointed when there are none (especially on important day’s ex. anniversaries, achievements, etc.). He wouldn’t be 6 feet tall and muscular, and the quarterback of the football team. He’d be quiet, and shy around strangers, but loud and enticing when he’s comfortable. He’d like my chipping black finger nail polish, and we’d have opposing arguments on many things, so that when we are having a discussion, it’s more of a debate.

17. On my perfect day I would wake up around 9 o’ clock in a warm bed right next to my boyfriend. We would get up slowly and sleepily to a brisk but not too cold morning. Next we would get up get all of our things together and go on a drive. We’d stop at a quiet little restaurant and get breakfast, then we’d be on our way. We would go all the way up to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. We would go on the trolley there, and visit all of the quaint little shops on the main strip. Then we’d explore all around the town and talk to many different people and see many different things. Then by 4 o’ clock, we would leave and head back to Nixa, where he lives. We’d get our rafts and go float down the river that’s not even five minutes away from his house and we’d go on a float trip. Our float trip would last us only a little while, as to say we got up early and we’re probably exhausted. Then we’d go to dinner at some small yet quality diner somewhere. Lastly, the night would be warm with no breeze. We’d go camping down by the river and make a camp fire and fall asleep all at once under the stars.

1. Three tips I would give parents are: don't give too much freedom and try to be the "cool parent", but also don't dictate your child's life, and lastly let them come to you with their problems.

7.  Three days is a total of 72 hours. Do I think it’s possible to fall in love with someone in this short of a span of time? No. You can’t know within this tiny amount of allotted time that you love someone. The opposition would say you get a “feeling” when you meet this one special person. I think it’s called your “gut feeling”.  However, this gut feeling is wrong almost 75% of the time, at least for me, but I’m young and reckless and completely capable of the ability to love. My “gut feeling” has lead me down many paths that I didn’t want to be on, but there has been a few that I have relished. Some people, whom now mean nothing to me, meant very much to me previously in my life. Boyfriends, best friends, and acquaintances that meant the world to me at one time or another have faded and are no longer in my life. However, I have found someone who makes me forget about all of those broken relationships and someone who treats me better than all of those people, who are dead to me now, did and combined. I didn’t know within 72 hours that I loved this boy. But now, after 4 months I’m positive that I do.