I suppose I owe you an apology. The very thing I have spent countless hours arguing, debating and damning, I end up doing.

You see, I hear so many stories of young Mormons who meet each other for the first time, and then within a few weeks, they’re engaged. The guy is usually fresh off his mission and the girl usually isn’t old enough to buy beer (and sometimes, not even old enough to vote).

And it frustrated me. It worried me. It angered me. How could two people know they’re supposed to marry each other within a few weeks of knowing each other? How could they fall in love so quickly?

And then I experienced what, allegedly, all these other quickly-engaged Mormons had been experiencing. I started dating Nikki Clark and six weeks later, we were engaged to be married.

Now, in my own defense, while my engagement was very fast, there were some very different circumstances.

Firstly, while not necessarily close friends the whole time, Nikki and I have known each other for over a year and a half.

Secondly, because we have known each other for a while, we already knew a little about each other. In other words, we weren’t starting from scratch.

Thirdly, both she and I are older and our frontal lobes are fully developed. If you don’t know why frontal lobes make a difference, look it up…or ask Nikki.

Fourthly, because we are older, we have spent a lot of time dating, trying to figure out what we want in a spouse and preparing for marriage. Both of us were ready to get married, and were just waiting to find the other.

So reading this letter over, I think this may be less an apology and more me defending my actions. And you know what, I don’t care what you think.

So leave me alone already!

Your Number One Enemy,

Scott Spjut