Catholic boy/girl chat

[Pearl of Tyburn]

Hello, everyone!

What does one do when they're a wee bit too young for dating, but they would like to meet some people around their own age of the opposite gender who share similar interests? Well, I guessed there are probably some other people who fit this discription on this website, so I figued I'd start this thread to see if I can find any!

It you are in your teens or early twenties and would like to make friends with some Catholics around your own age of the opposite gender, please introduce yourself and let's see how this works out!

God Bless,
Pearl of Tyburn

[Gorillaman]

Originally Posted by Pearl of Tyburn

Hello, everyone!

What does one do when they're a wee bit too young for dating, but they would like to meet some people around their own age of the opposite gender who share similar interests? Well, I guessed there are probably some other people who fit this discription on this website, so I figued I'd start this thread to see if I can find any!

It you are in your teens or early twenties and would like to make friends with some Catholics around your own age of the opposite gender, please introduce yourself and let's see how this works out!

God Bless,
Pearl of Tyburn

Youth groups. Haha I got to the point when I was in high school, bout 4 years ago, that I was there at the church 4 times a week just because we would all go there to hang out...but we also actually had a lot of good discussions. Just remember hormones know no bounds haha. God bless hope it helped. When I started going to the youth group in middle school it was 6 people by the Time I left we were raising money for retreats all over Texas and Oklahoma...pretty great.

Paz

[Swiss Guy]

Hi, it seems like you are saying two separate things here, so.....

Originally Posted by Pearl of Tyburn

Hello, everyone!

What does one do when they're a wee bit too young for dating, but they would like to meet some people around their own age of the opposite gender who share similar interests? Well, I guessed there are probably some other people who fit this discription on this website, so I figued I'd start this thread to see if I can find any!

I suppose youth groups if they are any good around where you live.

It you are in your teens or early twenties and would like to make friends with some Catholics around your own age of the opposite gender, please introduce yourself and let's see how this works out!

God Bless,
Pearl of Tyburn

I guess I fit your description.


Intro: see profile. Not much else to say.

[Byrnwiga]

It you are in your teens or early twenties and would like to make friends with some Catholics around your own age of the opposite gender, please introduce yourself and let's see how this works out!

God Bless,
Pearl of Tyburn

I'm a male Catholic, aged 21, in Canada. To save CAF the 10KB of repeated data, I'll just point any interested parties to my profile instead: http://forums.catholic.com/member.php?u=343358


-Byrnwiga

[TheCartoonist]

I'm female, 20 years old. I'm always looking to make friends! I have a thread on here about starting a new young adult group at my parish, feel free to check it out and maybe get some ideas from there. My church currently only has a youth group for younger kids, around 7th and 8th grade. It needs to be changed, more churches need to have groups for kids our age!! It's so hard to meet people that share the same values.

[AlTheCollegeGal]

If I were wanting to seek fellowship with other Catholic young adults, I would, as most have pointed out, join a local youth group. Although, I have to say, it can get a bit weird, seeing as one group is from ages 18-35. Seeing as I am at the lower end of the spectrum, it could be slightly awkward chilling with 35 year olds... As for the latter half of your inquiry, my screen name is (hopefully) self-explanatory! Anyway, good luck to you!

[Pearl of Tyburn]

Hi, gang!

Umm...Yes, well, I guess I should have mentioned that the young males I have come into contact with in my local Youth Groups are simply NUTZ!!! We have next to nothing in common, and I'd really just like to make a few male friends my own age with similar interests! Female friends my own age, too, for that matter!

My main interests are as follows: The Catholic Church, British history and culture, folk music, writing, and classic movies. Unfortunately, as I have said, there are next to no young males in my area interested in the same things. I have tried to start conversations with them and found them impossible to strike up friendships with. Therefore, here I am!

God Bless,
Pearl

[Gorillaman]

Originally Posted by Pearl of Tyburn

Hi, gang!

Umm...Yes, well, I guess I should have mentioned that the young males I have come into contact with in my local Youth Groups are simply NUTZ!!! We have next to nothing in common, and I'd really just like to make a few male friends my own age with similar interests! Female friends my own age, too, for that matter!

My main interests are as follows: The Catholic Church, British history and culture, folk music, writing, and classic movies. Unfortunately, as I have said, there are next to no young males in my area interested in the same things. I have tried to start conversations with them and found them impossible to strike up friendships with. Therefore, here I am!

God Bless,
Pearl

Bahahaha.

I think this is most young lady's problem haha.

[AlTheCollegeGal]

Originally Posted by Pearl of Tyburn

Hi, gang!

Umm...Yes, well, I guess I should have mentioned that the young males I have come into contact with in my local Youth Groups are simply NUTZ!!! We have next to nothing in common, and I'd really just like to make a few male friends my own age with similar interests! Female friends my own age, too, for that matter!

My main interests are as follows: The Catholic Church, British history and culture, folk music, writing, and classic movies. Unfortunately, as I have said, there are next to no young males in my area interested in the same things. I have tried to start conversations with them and found them impossible to strike up friendships with. Therefore, here I am!

God Bless,
Pearl

Hi Pearl,
I think that everyone has differences; when I went to a youth group once or twice, I felt similarly to you. However, the important thing is realizing those disparities and attempting to connect nonetheless with an individual. I have friends who are polar opposites to me, yet we are still able to communicate effectively and happily by learning from each person's interests. I think perhaps, if you were willing to sit with another person and listen to them tell you about what interests them the most, you would find it to be a worthwhile experience. This is assuming that the person in question does not enjoy watching paint dry or similarly useless/boring activities...

[AuditVocemMeam]

Originally Posted by Pearl of Tyburn

My main interests are as follows: The Catholic Church, British history and culture, folk music, writing, and classic movies. Unfortunately, as I have said, there are next to no young males in my area interested in the same things. I have tried to start conversations with them and found them impossible to strike up friendships with. Therefore, here I am!

God Bless,
Pearl

I am very interested in the Church of course. Unfortunately I almost share the other ones: I like France, classical music, reading, and...well not many movies, just LotR really because I don't watch that many. (Of course, I still like Britain, but France is better.)

Anyway, I am male and 17.

The reason I prefer France to Britain is that I have strong opinions about some French things (I am completely against the French Revolution) but I don't tend to get so intense about British things. I mean, I'm obviously against the Henry VIII disaster, but that happened so long ago that it feels almost less real compared to the French Revolution.

[Pearl of Tyburn]

Hiya!

@AltheCollegeGal: Thank you for the good advice. I have tried applying it in the past, but some of the young gentlemen I have attempted to strike up conversation with just have a serious lack of personality! They don't like talking about anything, even subjects they are supposedly interested in, and would much rather engage in wrestling matches on the floor with each other or playing very silly hand-held computer games!

Maybe someday when they mature a bit, they will gain more social skills. Until that day, I would like to broaden my horizons and search for some other young gentlmen who have not become subjects in the realm of the zombies! I know they out there, and I have already met several through the internet with whom I have enjoyed speaking.

I figured starting this thread would be a good means of meeting some others around my own age, male and female. We've already gotten a few responses from some young men and women already, which is great May God bless the endeavor!

But you are right that a good conversationalist should always show interest in other peoples' interests. Umm...unless of course they like observing white-wased fences dry out in the sun...yeah

AuditVocumMeam: Nice to make your aquaintance! So what sort of classical music do you like? My favorite composer is Handel. Also, what are some of your favorite books? I have never watched nor read Lord of The Rings, the reason being I am not a fan of fantasy. However, I plan on watching the Narnia movie soon, so maybe I'll ease my way in

Also, welcom to Gorillaman, Swiss Guy, Byrnwiga, and the Cartoonist!

God Bless,
Pearl

[AuditVocemMeam]

Originally Posted by Pearl of Tyburn

Nice to make your aquaintance! So what sort of classical music do you like? My favorite composer is Handel. Also, what are some of your favorite books? I have never watched nor read Lord of The Rings, the reason being I am not a fan of fantasy. However, I plan on watching the Narnia movie soon, so maybe I'll ease my way in

Thanks, nice to meet you as well. Handel is a great composer, and I enjoy his Israel in Egypt particularly; I notice that his music can be very forceful and vigorous. My favourite, though, is Beethoven, although recently I have been appreciating and preferring liturgical music and polyphonic choral works.

I have several observations on the topic of LotR (I won't give anything important away). If we could classify Catholic stories (and LotR is a Catholic story) according to the virtues that they seem to relate to the most, it would not be a bad idea to divide it into two: the story of the Ring and the story of Men. The Ring story, I think, encourages the virtue of hope quite well; the characters face immense difficulties and need to have that hope that good will eventually triumph. I cannot say much more, though, if you do not know the story, because it will not make much sense, I suppose.

The Men story encourages, in a truly inspiring way, the virtue of fortitude. The sheer strength of will that these characters show is helpful for those who are trying to reject what is evil and follow what is good. One can draw much strength from, especially, a certain charge by a certain king in the third volume - it would be unfortunate if one ignored this part of the story as being simply mindless action, because it really reflects profoundly the nobility and goodness of seeing the forces of evil laid out in front of you and saying "no".

Really, I could talk for hours and hours about that book. It is important, I think, not to fear the fantastical nature of much of it. It is not mindless escapism; it is, instead, an inspiration for the Christian life and the fight against evil.

Other books...I enjoyed G.K. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday, because it often completely changes direction and goes against one's expectations. It's quite hilarious, really. A Man for All Seasons is also good. I can't think of anything else right now, though.

What got you interested in Britain? I mentioned earlier why I like France. I get fired up when I see a fleur de lis. Then again, I do like many things about Britain - I am sure you noticed my spelling of "favourite". And perhaps you even noticed that I left the punctuation outside the quotation marks at the end of the previous sentence. If so, I commend you for that.