If so, what was your experience? Why or why not? I have never done a dating fast. To be perfectly and painfully honest, I have never had the opportunity to take one.
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My second year of college was the best and worst of my life. Some of my greatest achievements and most epic failures can be traced back to sophomore year. Despite making a fool of myself on occasions, I know that I made one decision during my sophomore year that forever changed my life for the better, and for that, I am thankful. A while back I wrote an article about the six-month-long dating fast I took during last semester. I put my heart on the line, as all writers do, and was pleasantly surprised with the results of my efforts.
It can include saying no to casual dating, flirting, making out, and the like; no spending an afternoon daydreaming about your crush or thinking about your wedding; and not encouraging any thoughts of lacking worth or how one relationship will fulfill you. I asked myself the same question until one day, during college, I listened to a talk by a priest about friendships between men and women. I realized that many men had not been friends, or even people, to me for a long time.