it’s more about not putting myself in the position where I may be tempted rather than a ready made excuse. Everyone has their weaknesses and areas where they might be easily lead off track. For some it’s the ladies, others money or booze, drugs, vanity, violent behavior. If you haven’t found one in yourself yet then God bless ya but I have all too many and find it is easier to avoid temptation rather than have to deal with it when it is right in front of me.
Mel
I have a few things where if I start down the path putting the brakes on is nigh impossible, gambling high on the list, but I just don’t start. And even there I’m OK being near “temptation”, one of the best concert venues “in” (way outside) Tucson is attached to a casino, I go to shows there all the time, eat dinner in the restaurants before the show most of the time, never touch any of the tables or machines. They’re not why I’m there, I already know the results, no reason to start.
It just seems sad and kind of silly to me. “I can’t be friends with half the population because I might have sex with them” it just doesn’t add up for me. Maybe it’s the large quantities of females in my life growing up, I can separate the “fun” part of women from the “people” part of women, declare the “fun” part off limits and be friends with the person. For me the physical attractiveness of my friends is kind of like stuff on a food TV show, yup looks nice, probably be a lot of fun, not gonna happen, moving on. I don’t know, maybe I just compartmentalize exceedingly well, it’s all a no brainer to me.