[Billy_bob_bob]

I've run across a couple of "celibate" guys in my life, not priests but very religious. They both were very tense people. Very tightly wound, edgy and defensive, not at all easy to be around. Wore their celibacy like a militant homosexual wears gay pride, they had to refer to it at least once every five minutes.

Not exactly a ringing endorsement of that lifestyle.

[jlogajan]

Celibacy is nature's way of saying your genes aren't fit to produce the next generation.

[Double Tap]

Wore their celibacy like a militant homosexual wears gay pride, they had to refer to it at least once every five minutes.

Hmmmm, that is probably closer to the mark than we will ever know.

[TheSpottedOwl]

I've run across a couple of "celibate" guys in my life, not priests but very religious. They both were very tense people. Very tightly wound, edgy and defensive, not at all easy to be around.

Not to mention cranky. Very cranky. Extremely cranky.

[Oberon]

Not exactly a ringing endorsement of that lifestyle.

But that only accounts for those you knew were celibate. With most of my acquaintances, the topic never comes up.

[Poohbah]

Sounds like they didn't read Jesus' advice on fasting, alms-giving, and prayer...

I was celibate until I married at 30. No regrets, and no problems--and I wouldn't call myself "tense." Never mentioned it unless someone asked me about it, and then I just acknowledged it as what I was doing.