It was just after my mission and some people in the ward organized a group date. It was a situation where guys put a tie in a hat or whatever and the girls would pick a tie and that would be your date. A couple of really cute girls convinced me to put a tie in so I thought I might get one of them.

Instead I got paired up with a very unattractive, very awkward girl. The date was at classic skating and she had zero coordination. She could barely walk in the skates. So she was attached to my arm for two hours and I tried to talk to her, but she seemed to have no interest in talking. It was painful. Never spoke to her again.

A few weeks later I asked out one of the girls who originally convinced me to put in a tie. I had a huge crush on her. Apparently she was waiting for a missionary and he was about to get home. They were married a few months after that.