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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.

"The modern world hates celibacy and fidelity, openly and steadfastly." People's sexual morays have not changed since time immemorial. The only thing that has changed in the modern world is our honesty in acknowledging how people truly behave.

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

That's what I got out of it, too. She couldn't control herself, and he picked up on that. If a man is going to respect himself enough to be celibate, it's not unreasonable of him to expect the same in a potential mate, and failing to find that, deciding that committment to such a person would not be a smart thing.

Ladies, the reason it bothers you is because deep down, you know he's right.