Now what kind of a question is that?

It has been a while. I have completed my first finals week and just have two more tests. I promise to write all about finals and the rest of the semester...after it is actually over. For now I'm going to take a break from mind-numbing memorization of Torts rules and to ask a favor...


I've been dating an awesome guy for just over two months now. (For those of you who aren't Mormon please understand that Mormon dating relationships in relation to non-Mormon dating relationships as dog years are viewed in comparison to human years...multiply by 7...so by non-Mormon dating standards we have been dating for just over a year...Eric came up with this rule and I find it to be a generally accurate comparison.) Anyway, things are great. We have a lot of fun together. We obviously like each other and we intend to continue dating. Now I thought that the Provo culturites acted weird when I was not in a relationship...it gets worse when you are in one. Well maybe not worse but still weird.


Eric, my boyfriend, has a brother, Ethan, who lives with him. For whatever reason, more people seem to ask Ethan about how things are going than Eric and I about things. This of course makes sense because naturally he knows all the details of our relationship...minus any details of course.


Also, people wait to ask Eric and I about our relationship until we are not together (which doesn't happen often unless we are at school). Call me crazy (which is a real possibility) but I will answer exactly the same way if he is right next to me as I will if he is not. I also submit that it is incredibly unhealthy if the answer does change based on whether or not your significant other is around to hear what you have to say. Please please make sure your significant other knows how you feel. 


Now for that favor I asked for...can someone please tell me what is meant by "are you guys serious?" Eric likes to answer this question with "I like to think we are pretty lighthearted." I am usually trying to hard to figure out what they mean to give much of a determinate answer. It is like with the law. Everything is measured by a standard of reasonableness and yet no one can tell you what that word means. Back to what serious means. Is it a measure of length? Is it a measure of intentions? Is it a measure of feelings? (You're getting a little too personal if it is...unless you are my close family). 


My Bishop here made it even more complicated by asking this is the most serious relationship I've ever been in. Nothing against my Bishop. He is an amazing guy but I simply do not even know how to begin to answer that. I think I stuttered out something about it not being the longest but that I felt it was the best one I had been in so far. Both those statements are true. However, I don't know if that answers the question. 


You would think that I would be used to subjective tests with multiple factors to consider given law school which is  full of those. But I'm not. Anyway the judges that apply those tests usually get to mull over things in opinions that can last for several dozen pages. So if you want to ask me about the seriousness of my relationship either clearly define what you mean or expect a full blown judicial style opinion...when I get around to it.