Thank you, Kristy. I guess it's just...I don't know what to do. I mean...Jared and I are very close. When he was here, we talked about everything. Marriage, family values, God, everything. Our main reason for meeting was to see where God wanted this relationship to go. And the time he was here was great. It DIDN'T go awful. It went better than we even imagined it would. So our question is, what are we supposed to do now? I'm going to college for 4 years, he's moving to TX with his dad and is going to go to college as well. We both are pretty sure we want to get married one day. And we're both holding to the truth that if it's God's will, it'll happen. If I happen to meet somebody ELSE in college who God wants me to marry, then so be it...we've already discussed those possibilities. And I mean...I HAVE been troubled at the thought that maybe we ARE moving too fast...maybe we DO know too much about each other. But I don't know what to do! And I'm pretty sure HE doesn't. I'm not even sure, Kristy, if we ARE doing anything wrong. I've told him over and over again that I don't want to mess up anything in this relationship and do it all according to God's will. And here I am messing up big time, perhaps. I mean...I HAVE thought before that we already seem to know everything about each other, everything we NEED to know about each other before getting married, and have already been through the process it takes for two people to decide if they want to spend the rest of their lives together or not. We've already been through that. It seems that it's happened pretty fast, and maybe it IS because we knew each other for a year and a half before we met...and all we DID was talk. I guess that's how we began to know so much about each other. But it seems a bit odd that we've seemingly gotten through the whole "Is this the one?" process pretty quickly. And I'm not saying I want to marry him now. I DO want to go through 4 years of college before getting married. I DO want to experience living independently and serving God individually. I WANT to make friends and all that stuff. But I guess it's just as if this 4 years will only be a hiatus...and not a "getting to know" process for Jared and I since we already seem to know everything we need to know. I realize I'm probably very ignorant right now about a lot of things and perhaps I will learn them later...but I'm just so stressed right now to think we've been doing this all wrong. I just...I don't know. :( I just...don't...know. But thanks, Kristy, for your comment.

Love,
Stephanie