Everyday I am more surprised by the way the morals have fallen by the wayside. Yesterday I was telling a friend mine with only boys how grateful I am that my daughter and her boyfriend have committed to chastity until marriage (there are 17 and have been dating a year, but great friends since 4th grade.) She said I was naive for thinking that they were not having sex, which I am not. My daughter and I discuss the challenges all the time. Anyway, I told her they will plan to marry after a year or so into college, and she was appalled that they would be so stupid as to marry that young. She said, ‘I would much rather my boys just go ahead and have sex then commit to a relationship when they are that young.’ Huh?! Well, I would rather my daughter not date a boy like your son who you encourage to use girls at his pleasure. Oh, and she is a “strict” Catholic! Ha!
I've had people say that I got married too young as a man aged 26. Essentially, the logic goes that you're too young to get married until you're almost 30, but you'll probably not be able to restrain from having sex from age 16 to 30, so society will bless your string of sexual partners until you settle on one. And you better not settle until you have a degree, career, own a house, car, etc.