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The Ideal of Oakleyean Romance: Easier
Said than Done Mr. Neff ends his article, "The former diplomat concluded her remarks by offering important advice to current students: 'My husband has gone through almost 40 years of marriage yearning for a sign that says, 'No, I did not go to Fletcher.' It is much easier if you mate here. It will simplify your lives. Let romance bloom.'" Easier said than done, Ms. Oakley. Although Ms. Oakley may be correct about the simplicity of having a Fletcher spouse in the long run, she does not take reality into account: the difficulty in dating a classmate in the Fletcher Fishbowl or the dearth of potential partners. Perhaps this is Ms. Oakley's (or Mr. Neff's) way of trying to remedy the condition which I refer to as "The Fletcher Disease": when virile youth are suddenly stricken with a case of inability to ask a classmate out. Regardless, I think Ms. Oakley should have qualified this statement, taking the realities into consideration, instead of instructing us to do something patently obvious but which is either too difficult or virtually impossible. Moreover, I accuse Mr. Neff of baiting students to respond. Is it Walid's influence? Or, does Mr. Neff think he is doing us a favor and spreading the romantic mood? Anna "But I'm not bitter" Balogh (MALD '00)
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