“But if there’s one benefit to all of the hooking up they’ve been doing in college, it’s that they’ll have a better idea of the type of person they do want to settle down with since they will have tried out so many other types. Also, for all of their experience, they’ll probably be pretty darn good in bed.”
I’m sorry to say but this kind of thing just makes it harder to be ever satisfied.
Hooking up? What’s that?
Yes, I have been living under a rock for the last 23 years.
Bump for later reading.
Yes. And in addition to the benefits you mentioned, your friend’s daughter might be able to make thousands in a Valtrex commercial.
Just a matter of time....
What I’ve observed for a long time is that the people who dated a lot of people in high school continue to do so at the expense of marriages and long term relationships. They always seem to find somebody new. Kind of like Hollywood. And I always think there was a lot of hooking up. I think they used to call them one night stands. There’s nothing new under the Sun. It partly has to do with opportunity.
Given the number of STDs out there, the likelihood of abortion if a pregnancy results from a tryst with a guy who isn’t even a boyfriend and the emotional baggage one brings into a marriage from past sexual partners, I’m not comforted by this information at all.
No need for gay marriage, the straight kind has been homosexualized.
People need to figure out that the dominant social patterns (the "everybody's doing it" concepts) are ALL geared toward hurting society. Drugs, divorce, casual sex, homosexuality, porn, whatever. Civilization is under assault and saying "tish, tish it's always been this way" is a good way to show people that you've bought into the lie.
Gee, young people having sex. How unusual.
"Hooking up" is not something to be taken lightly. I am the farthest thing from a churchman, but the consequences of disease (you can still get HPV even with condoms) and unwanted pregnancy are not a laughing matter.
College kids have always had sex. In the 60’s & 70’s it was called “free” love. Back then it was frequently accompanied by psychedelic drugs.
Why do people always write as if EVERYONE had a wild time in college. I did not. I am glad. Nothing missed. Whew!!!!
If you have not as a parent, instilled good common sense and proper moral conduct in your child BEFORE they leave for college you might as well forget about it.........
Either you gave them the right foundation to enter the larger world on their own or you did not....
Yes, it does bring on panic attacks because we know first hand the personal wreckage wrought in our own lives and in the lives of friends, relatives, and acquaintances.
Thankfully, 3 of my 4 children have married in our church to spouses firmly committed to the Gospel. The son who is not yet married **dates** exclusively with women who strong in their commitment to the Gospel ( specifically our denomination.)
Personally, my advice to young people would be to completely give up the idea of “dating” and adopt the attitude of **courting**!
No, we did **not** figure out any “new” system. Instead we reaped bushels of STDs, broken hearts, cynicism, divorce, single parenthood, spinsterhood, depression, and empty lives.
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1973 Steven Stills-— “Love the One You’re With”
2008 —— Hooking up
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