I have had a plan for my future since I was four years old. First I wanted to be a mom and a pure-bred Persian cat breeder. Then I wanted to be a mom and a lawyer. After that I wanted to be a mom and an archaeologist. Do you see the pattern here?

                When I reached high school I found out that in order to be a mom I would need to do that thing that gets kids... so my new plan was to be a wife and mom. Looking at examples around me (tv... my parents...) I decided that the most common way to achieve my plan was to meet my high school sweetheart, get married just after high school, and have babies. So in grade 11 I got a boyfriend. My plan was working perfectly! And then a month after I graduated from high school, my boyfriend broke up with me.

                After much ice cream and tears, I had to make a new plan. I thought “where else can a good Christian girl find a husband?” And then it hit me: Bible College! Of course! I shall go to Bible College (otherwise known as “Bridal College”), find a guy who is studying to become a youth pastor because they are all awesome, and get a “ring by spring”. I never really liked school, but I figured 8 months of Bridal College, and I’ll be back on track! First year came and went... nothing. I decided to keep going to school. It was bound work at some point; it seemed to be working well for everyone else. After five years of going to school, I graduated with a BA in youth work and a diploma in counselling... but I left with no husband and no plan.

                It’s been three years since I’ve graduated college, and while I haven’t had a plan or found a husband, I have received a lot of advice on how to get one. A LOT of advice. While I know most people give advice out of love, every time someone who was married at 19 years old tries to tell me how to attract a 30 year old man, I kind of want to slap them a little. Instead of resorting to physical violence, I have decided to take a different approach. I am going to take all of that ‘advice’, and try it. Since everyone seems to know exactly how to find a spouse, it must be because their strategies work, right?

                So, here’s my new plan. If you aren’t looking for a spouse, people say that you’ve “given up”, and if you are actively searching people say you’re “on the hunt/prowl”.  Well, I haven’t given up, so instead I’m going to hunt… I’m going to have a Husband Hunt! I am going to take all of the advice I’ve been given over the years and use it. These will be my new hunting strategies. Thanks to a strange work schedule that limits my time and available hunting grounds, I’ve decided that the best place to start is to go back to church.