Catholic women do not go to mass between the ages of 18 and when they get married

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I’m older than 18, I’m not married, yet I go to Mass 🙂 I also have friends my age who do as well.
 
Likewise - I continued well past my eighteenth year, currently do and am certainly not married yet!
 
Not true. Whenever I start brooding about not being able to find one, I always somehow end up in a church stuffed with young ladies so pretty and nice and kind and bright that my breath stops and I wonder what world I’m in. 😛 Then I understand it’s generally something with me that I still haven’t found one to get and keep at my side. 😛

One day I’m just going to approach one right in church (not during mass, of course). Hope there’s not too much Purgatory for saying, “That smile would make Luther and Calvin convert.” 😛
 
Ah, this thread is full of generalizations! Laughs

I am about to disprove your thread.

I’m female, 22, boyfriendless, husbandless, and, well, not exactly unfortunate in the looks department. 😉 I attend Mass every Sunday. I enjoy being single and will stay this way until I am ready to get married. I have had a few opportunities to say “I do” and refused because I am ultimately content with my current situation.

When strangers ask me on dates, I usually flat out tell them that I’m willing to get to know them as friends, but I am not open to anything else right now.

HOWEVER… if a nice, handsome, Catholic guy from church asked me out, I might change my tune 😊 :o I’d give him a chance, anyway. Heh heh.

There are others like me. I second maryjk’s statement about finding a parish near college 🙂
 
My sister went to Mass every week at the age of 18 and met her future husband there 4 years later. 🙂
 
NightngaleShane said:
Ah, this thread is full of generalizations! Laughs

I am about to disprove your thread.

I’m female, 22, boyfriendless, husbandless, and, well, not exactly unfortunate in the looks department. 😉 I attend Mass every Sunday. I enjoy being single and will stay this way until I am ready to get married. I have had a few opportunities to say “I do” and refused because I am ultimately content with my current situation.

When strangers ask me on dates, I usually flat out tell them that I’m willing to get to know them as friends, but I am not open to anything else right now.

HOWEVER… if a nice, handsome, Catholic guy from church asked me out, I might change my tune 😊 :o I’d give him a chance, anyway. Heh heh.

There are others like me. I second maryjk’s statement about finding a parish near college 🙂
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Arg! I am undone!

Friendship is really what I’m looking for to begin with. I don’t know how I could tell that I would want to date somebody without knowing them pretty well. Mary’s idea sounds good. Some googling showed me there’s actually a Catholic church right next to two colleges very near my house. I had no idea it was there.

Thanks, ladies.
 
Virtually all of the Catholic women I have encountered are married or already have someone. On the other hand, many people join the church because a spouse or prospective spouse is Catholic and they aren’t; perhaps the divine sees it fit to arrange Catholic girls to marry non-Catholics (and vice versa) to bring more people into the church, rather than just keep everyone in the same group.
 
The most deeply Catholic young lady I currently know (she’s20-21, and beatiful,and a helluva geologist too!) attends mass every week,even though she’s buried deep in Grad School! She also has much respect and love for me as her nontheist sister-in-law, and I for her.

It might just be YOUR attitude and negativity that’smaking you rather less attractive, boyo, so ease down,lose that bitterness. You want a 'good Catholic wife’and seem to have a whole bunch of prejudicial ideas as to just what that might be. In short, chill,my friend. You can’t hurry or force love. Let the surprise and wonder take you as it will,and keep a warm smile in your heart,and then let it rise to your face.

I may not be a Catholic or a Christian,but I’m no fool either- just reeelaaaax.
 
My eldest daughter proves you wrong.

Several of her best friends prove you wrong.

All of my nieces in this age group (7) prove you wrong.

My wife, and her 3 sisters when they were this age, prove you wrong.
 
Yesterday I went to mass at the church I referred to earlier, and a lady about my age came and sat down next to me! It was a nice way to be corrected.

Nepenthe, I appreciate your advice, but I think I’m going to hold on to my bitterness for awhile longer.
 
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Yesterday I went to mass at the church I referred to earlier, and a lady about my age came and sat down next to me! It was a nice way to be corrected.

…I appreciate your advice, but I think I’m going to hold on to my bitterness for awhile longer.
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Just try to keep it to yourself when at Mass. 👍
 
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