A Dating Book I Actually Sort Of Liked

I accidentally meandered over to the Christian dating section at Barnes and Noble yesterday. As a rule, I’d stopped reading Christian dating books in college when I realized that all of them were written by happily married women who met their equally Christian husbands in high school or college. Sorry, ladies, but you simply cannot understand how it feels to "wonder" if that’s your story. I remember hearing from a couple at a Christian conference who refrained from kissing until they were engaged and another whose then-boyfriend had come to visit her at her out-state-school and slept in his car rather than the couch in her living room in order to "avoid temptation." This stuff just sounded unrealistic and unnecessary to me so after swallowing "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" by Joshua Harris (world’s most famous Christian dating book!), I went at it without literary assistance.

So — back at B&N yesterday — I found this book by comedian Kerri Pomarelli and the description jumped out at me: Kerri said she wrote the book because she was tired of authors with the ‘I didn’t meet my husband until I was seventeen, and I’m so glad I waited’ story. Puh-lease. So I flipped through the hilarious and heartbreaking book, formerly titled "If I’m Waiting on God, What am I Doing in a Christian Chat Room?" Kerri takes the reader through her adventures in online dating and real life relationship drama. It was nice to hear from a woman who truly understood the struggle of the 20-something dating scene. Her weaknesses for certain types of men, consistently reconnecting with ex-boyfriends who were bad for her and going out with the "perfect" guy but not finding any chemistry are all chronicled on these pages. I walked away thinking Kerri and I would have A LOT to talk about.

In the end, Kerri ended up with a 14-month dating dry spell before meeting her husband, a guy she’d never considered and had been setting friends up with. So hers is another happy story and a reminder that most people end up with one of similar joy if they just wait for the right one. I honestly believe that though a lot of people get fed up and settle for "not quite but good enough." She didn’t reveal the happy ending in the book, but I tracked down her website because I liked her so much. If you are looking for funny book that doesn’t cut corners about real life on the 20-something dating scene, check out "Guys Like Girls Named Jennie" by Kerri Pomarelli.

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