"I'm going to get some soda" translates into "I really don't want to talk to you so I am going to get some soda so that I don't feel awkward anymore."

Let me vent to you some of my observations of the DC Mormon singles scene. Actually, they're really just general social frustrations.

I really am a social person but sometimes I get annoyed that I am so social. It's one of those personality traits of mine that I wish I could get rid of in the blink of an eye. But I can't. I'm an extrovert, a social butterfly, a flirt. Call it what you will but that's me. Dang it.

My latest observation (see headline). I go to a party. There's food. There's a TON of people. Sometimes there's dancing. Sometimes there's lamo card games (I am not a games person at all). There's themed parties. There's costume parties (watch out Halloween). And there's always an excuse to move on to the next person, the next conversation, the next potential EC.* Whateves.

The most common excuse to get out of a conversation: "I'm going to throw my napkin away now." Or, "I'm going to check out those cookies." Or, "I'm going to make sure my ride is still here." And the list goes on...

I do it. We all do it. We come up with excuses not to talk to someone. Can we get out of this insufferable cycle?

Yah. It's called, "Hey, nice to meet you, see ya later."

It's that easy.

Agh!

*EC translates into eternal companion. Yep, that's our lingo in this LDS culture of ours.