As I see it, there are 3 types of people who go to college.

1. The people who go strictly to get a degree and have no plans of getting married in the near future.

2. The people who went to get their degree but caught the feels for that special someone.

3. The people who went to college with the goal of finding someone to take care of them and their art degree. There’s a fourth kind but this article isn’t about future AA members.

All joking aside, consider that latter category of people; the ones who are in college looking for a significant other to take them away and live happily ever after. It’s such an interesting concept; that “Mama told me to find me a rich boy” mind set. I could look out over a crowd of 100 people and 98 of them would be worrying about being down to their last meal swipe of the week and its only Wednesday. But there’s those 2 kids who have their whole lives figured out; mini-vans, picket-fences, mortgages, the whole package. Just a couple of years ago the US government didn’t think they were old enough to vote or drink and now they’re setting a date and picking out flower arrangements.

The notion of the MRS degree came to me from a senior when I was a freshman. I was spread out on the futon one lazy Sunday afternoon when he came in the door (it was his room, I was also stealing snacks) and flopped down on his bed. He then began this long winded rant about how this girl he was interested in was just after her MRS degree. I had never heard about an MRS degree and he explained that the MRS was like Mrs. and it was a label for girls who were looking for husband material. It was from that point that I began to see people as being in one of those 3 categories.

I’m not a cynic, nor am I a disbeliever in true love, but I can barely decide what size I want my coffee, let alone decide on whether or not I want to spend the rest of my life with someone. Maybe these future stay-at-home moms and dads have got it figured out, maybe I’m missing something. Don’t get me mistaken; I’m not one to tell someone how to live their life. Do what makes you happy.