"Well, I'm in love too, but in an orderly fashion."

As I was dropping a friend off on campus tonight around midnight, I nearly ran over approximately 20 couples walking off into the outer reaches of campus to get some alone time on this, the first night of school. Living off campus is nice for several reasons, one of which is no open house rules. While I am as thankful for these rules as any girl can be who lived on a hall with a communal bathroom and unscrupulous hall-mates, it does propose some difficulties to a relationship. Those couples still on campus must brave the lobbies, or else wander into parking lots, fields, cars and sets of buildings to commune. Romantic, isn't it?

College relationships have many down sides, including lack of money, no privacy, and the ridiculous things one must do to spend time together. Staying up until all hours of the night was my least favorite. Biola has always been swarming with couples, but I for one am glad not to be one of them. My next relationship will play out far from the reaches of lobby dwellers, hall-mates, and campus safety patrollers. It will include jobs (which pay money!!), houses in which dwell only close friends, none of the mushy church approved PDA, and, with a little luck, the maturity and happiness that can come with order and confidence.