Are you my new boyfriend? I want a perfect gentleman to call myown. I’m looking for a man who’s between the ages of18-23, and between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-9 with preferably brown hairand hazel eyes. He needs to be respectful of me and my wishes. Agood and funny personality is a must. He must also be a talker. Iwould love the occasional surprise gifts, but money is not anissue. To sum it all up in one sentence, I want a guy who will, nomatter what, always be there for me.

Going to college is a new experience for everyone. Students wantto have fun and go to parties only to get drunk and meet someonethey don’t know. They stay up all night just hanging out withpeople in the dorms or those who they have just met. Somewherealong the line they hope to meet that special someone they wouldlike to spend the rest of their life with.

It’s amazing how many people I have talked to or have seenwho already have a boyfriend or girlfriend. It’s like theyare already ahead of the rest of us in this game everyone callslove. But how do they really know that what they have with thatperson is real and will last forever? Secretly I hope theydon’t last.

I’ve been looking around at all the guys on campus,picking out the ones who could be potential boyfriends from theones that I wouldn’t even consider going for, wondering ifthey could be “the one.” It’s almost as ifI’m deciding on a car to take home with me. I’m justlooking for the right model and year to call my own. Looking fromone to the other saying in my head, “No, not that one. Toofat. Not him either. Too big. Maybe that one is the right one. Newshoes. Or could it be the one in the blue?” But the truthbeing I wouldn’t know if he was the “right one”if he walked right in front of me.

My friends from back home told me I would just know, that Ishouldn’t count anyone out until I got to know him. Theywould tell me not to be afraid to talk to any of them. The rightguy would show up and I’d have my new boyfriend. Maybe evenmy one-day husband. Help! My new boyfriend or husband is somewhereout there? Shouldn’t I be worried about making new friendsand meeting new people? Or maybe getting my school work gettingdone before it’s due and picking out which classes I shouldtake next semester.

Some hot guys are in my class but you could find them anywhere.It takes so much more too really grab my attention or get me tothink about a guy all the time. They just can’t have the goodlooks. I want a guy who could make me laugh. Who likes the phoneenough like me to talk late into the night to me about nothingreally important. I want someone who would care about me and treatme with respect always and not just when it’s convenient forhim. I don’t want someone who is going to just call me whenhe feels like talking to me, after all I do want to know and feellike I’m wanted by him.

I would also want my future boyfriend to have those deep eyesthat I could stare into for hours trying to read his soul or figureout what was on his mind. Someone who has a smile that lightens uphis face as well as his eyes. That with one look would make yousmile right back at him. Someone who is smart but also a little onthe wild side and will show you things you have never tried orthought about trying before. He would take me out and show me agood time but the only thing that would really matter was that wewere together.

You know you don’t find too many of those guys aroundthese days. Just like a species they are dying out and they aregoing quick. I get guys all the time who just want a little actionand nothing else. Hello! You can go other places to get that fromgirls. I want what some of us like to call a long-termrelationship. It’s not all that hard or bad really and youcan really get to know someone that way.

It can’t be that hard to find Mr. Right on campussomewhere. After all, a ton of perfectly good-looking guys arewalking around. One of them could just be my Mr. Right.