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Of the events: 1. First Base 2. Second Base 3. Third Base 4. "Home" 5. Cohabitation 6. Ring #1 7. Ring #2

Time that should be spent building a relationship being used to play often means when the 7th inning stretch comes one of the two has taken their ball and bat to look for a new field to play in

That way you never have to get to know the fine points of the game, or what the other player may have really been capable of

Time that should be spent building a relationship being used to play often means when the 7th inning stretch comes one of the two has taken their ball and bat to look for a new field to play in

Not sure I can parse that.

Do you agree with my suggestion that there are many more important factors in the permutation of the events listed than whether (5) precedes (7)?

You know, this thread is filled with comments from people who didn't read very carefully. All this wailing over the female attorney who dated Mr. Celibate for six months. Let's look again:

"I dated a very intelligent woman, an attorney, who was OK with celibacy," Washington said. "But after six months, she wanted me to make a commitment. She felt if she knew we were going to marry then she could abstain. I couldn't make that promise."

The lady attorney was not abstaining. Also, there is no mention that they dated exclusively. So, Mr. Celibate was actually dating a woman who was also dating other men and sleeping with them and he knew about it. She was willing to commit to an exclusive relationship that was celibate until marriage but he simply wasn't interested in marrying her. (Maybe because she was whoring with other men already and he was looking for a woman with more integrity than a bimbo/lawyerette?)

This concludes today's literacy test. Most FReepers on the thread just flunked it.

Of course, the piece was written from an anti-celibacy bias. The modern world hates celibacy and fidelity, openly and steadfastly. Bible readers are not surprised.