It's All About the Fun and Laughter

Don't let them tell you different.

Fun and laughter. That's what I am talking about. Genuine fun. Genuine laughter. The kind of fun that gets you to laughing, alot...along with someone else. Isn't this the stuff that makes people, dare I say, sexy... to themselves and others? Isn't this the atmosphere that gets phone numbers exchanged in the hopes of a similar evening the the near future?

I assure you, this is what the LDS Singles need like their next breath of air. This is why game nights in people's homes with small groups of less than 30 people really works. Not dances. Not game nights in a gym with the entire region. Not firesides. Not conferences. Just a simple activity that has worked for us our whole lives. Just relaxed, genuine fun and laughter that allows you and me to be ourselves.

I guess there is something about unfaked fun and real laughter that just sends the fear in the dating process out the window, and let's you be you, and me be me. Along with the rest of us.

Can you have fun without laughter, or the other way around? Sure. But when people get together, if given the chance to create fun, can give and receive both fun and laughter. And it's so great when it happens. Everyone remembers it. Everyone wishes for more in the future. The fact is, we yearn for it. It is quite possibly the main thing that is missing in the lives of singles today. No? (Again, I am not talking about cynical fun and laughter at some one's genuine expense. Rather, I am discussing the genuine childlike fun and laughter that just strikes up during an evening of having a truly good time.)

The games. You know them. Balderdash, Pictionary, Cranium, Scatagories, Exquisite Corpse, Trivial Pursuit. Even Twister. There are others. Isn't it time we figure out that in the pursuit of finding a good Singles activity, games can truly be our friends? And while we are discussing which activities work, why are dances the standard for Church activities? Isn't it time to give game nights their due, and just give them a chance?

Maybe you think that we the writers of this weblog harp on dances too much, while touting game nights as some Singles program panacea. If so, I only have one question for you: How are those dances working out for you? All I can say is, don't knock game-nights until you have tried them. And don't invite 50 or more people! Invite 20 or 30. It's the difference between a party and a crowd.