To: Frumious Bandersnatch
I don't want to start a flame war, but expecting a human being to be 100% chaste until they're married is getting a little unreasonable.
Consider the average age for marriage is now 26 or so.
19 posted on
03/18/2005 1:54:35 PM PST by
ruiner
To: ruiner
Maybe their could be a fudge factor of like 50 partners. Then I'd be right ............ oh never mind.
27 posted on
03/18/2005 1:58:09 PM PST by
mlbford2
("Never wrestle with a pig; you can't win, you just get filthy, and the pig loves it...")
To: ruiner
I've done it and I'm well-beyond 26.
Set expectations low, and your results will be low.
30 posted on
03/18/2005 1:59:52 PM PST by
CounterCounterCulture
("... But the senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity.")
To: ruiner
I was chaste until I was married at the age of 39 and considered the choice neither unreasonable nor impossible. We are not, after all, junkyard dogs.
To: ruiner
I don't want to start a flame war, but expecting a human being to be 100% chaste until they're married is getting a little unreasonable.
Consider the average age for marriage is now 26 or so.
I expect chasity until marriage. And marriage should be much earlier than 26. Married housing in dorms, and a general acceptance of early marriage iis needed in this culture.
67 posted on
03/18/2005 3:05:57 PM PST by
mlmr
(Oh! I'm six months pregnant! Time to get Married and rake in gifts and cash!!)
To: ruiner
Chastity and virginity are only slightly related. Virginity is a physical condition, whereas chastity is a mental and moral condition.
IOW, you can be chaste but not a virgin (e.g. a married couple) and a virgin, but not chaste (e.g. indulge in oral sex).
That said, I'd say that it is probably far more common for a virgin to be chaste than a non-virgin (who is single).
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