Falling apart to half time

I have been reminded once again why I hate Fridays but on the other hand I am reminded how much I love camp, and the people one meets there.
On an entirely different note, I have decided to tell you all my views on dating, because I've been thinking about that a lot lately for some reason... and because I can.
First of all, the guy should do the initiating. Girls can ask guys out for coffee and walks and whatnot, but if there is any romance involved, the guy has to make the first move. Second, dating (or courting) should be done only with the possibility of marriage involved, not just for fun. The general point is to see if this is a person that you want to spend the rest of your life with, that you would perhaps marry one day. Otherwise the whole thing is rather pointless. Thirdly, for me at least, I would want to be good friends with the guy before I started dating him, because then I'd know if I wanted to go any further. None of this randomly taking the number of the cute guy at the mall. That's just stupid. I want to be able to just hang out with a bunch of people, instead of one on one all the time. Sometimes that's alright though. I want to be able to do random fun things, not just the traditional dinner and a movie. That's lame. Although it might take away my loathing of Fridays. Oh, and this is very important: any guy who is interested in me (of which there are a total of zero and that is not a bad thing) has to ask my father for permission to court me. And for permission to marry me but that comes way later. I want the kind of relationship where we're friends before, during, and after our courtship. I don't want to ruin things. I want to be loved for me, for being myself, even if it is abnormal in today's culture. I want to wait for the person God has set aside for me, no matter how long it takes, although hopefully it won't take too long, because I want a family of my own. Sounds like a plan.