Dear Editor,
Ahh, relationships. The thing that we live for, and yet are the cause of many, if not most of our every day problems.
The editorial that started this discussion was ludicrous.
Joanna Caldwell invited women everywhere to stop giving away free dinners. I would like to say to her what my mother said to me.
When she was at BYU, every Sunday, the women would invite an apartment of men over for a meal. My dad said it was rare that he had to cook a Sunday meal.
I would like to ask her who she knows that is continuing this practice, because I would like to have a free dinner or two every once in a while.
Over the past three years, I have prepared at least three times as many meals for girls' apartments than I have received. And I've not been cheap at it either. Usually, I begin a semester by inviting apartments over about four or five times out of the first eight weeks of the semester.
I spend about $20.00 per meal, not bad for Italian cuisine, and over the course of that semester, I get fed about twice, maximum.
Meanwhile, I get requests for repeat performances and provide a few more meals in the second half of the semester.
I also get several marriage proposals each semester at the conclusion of these meals. But I lose my interest because there is a sense of indifference from the guests (the proposals are of course whimsical).
It's my personal belief that the break away from traditional practices has caused the indifference of men and women alike. What a better place to get to know a person than around a dinner table.
Reid Fuller
West Valley City, Salt Lake County