You are ready to date and marry when you are willing to be single rather than to make a bad choice of a marriage partner. For many young people, a point of desperation seems to come when they feel they just have to have somebody. They fear they are going to be left on the shelf, and rather than wait for God’s perfect timing and person, they rush out in haste to find the best person who is still available. Many young women who are seniors in college seem to give in to this fear. They want somebody,