F.W.

I've just been talking to my best friend about a date she went on tonight and it was kind of interesting so I thought I would talk about it here. It was a blind date with a guy in her ward. In order to encourage people to go to Institute, the Institute committee arranged dates and then afterward they played the Newlywed Game. This was to help them find out all about their date so that they could answer all the questions and win the game. Throughout the course of their date they found out that they have a ridiculous amount of things in common. They are practically the same person. They are both from Florida, they have the same favorite color, the same favorite music, and the same favorite ice cream. They are even majoring in the same thing. In fact, they found out that they actually have a class together. They quote the same movies, love the same Saturday Night Live skits, and tell all the same jokes. She was trying to figure out if that was a good thing or a bad thing, because dating him would almost be like dating herself. Is it good to date someone who is that identical to you? Maybe, because it is nice to have things in common, but then again, maybe not, because are there any surprises that way? The other person knows exactly what you're going to say all the time, not because they know you really well, but because they know themselves really well.

They say that opposites attract, but then people talk all the time about how important it is to have things in common with the people you date. So where do we draw the line? Does the fact that she is even analyzing this mean that they're not right to be with each other?