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I'll be the dissenting voice here-- Within two weeks of meeting my guy, we were at least saying sexual things if not sexy pics. Neither of us would dream of sending that sort of thing to anyone or everyone--we're both rather sexually conservative. However, neither of us are Christian or...

As someone who most certainly has had sex with more than one person without an ounce of regret (what you folk would call an unrepentant fornicator!), it most certainly won't be just another night that she already knows. It'll be an exploration of a completely novel side of a person she knows...

The problem is their 'past'--its your perspective. It is incredible to me that you had such a visceral, personally offended reaction to the lives these women lived before they met you. You couldn't work, you couldn't sleep, because a woman you cared about had sex before? Yikes! Gee whiz, the...

I think he just wants you to be more 50/50 in the relationship (not saying you aren't, just explaining what it sounds like he wants). I'm not sure how that relates to what time you leave to drive back home, unless he regularly drives to your place and stays there late. I think by "female...

My absolute best friend (for over 10 years) is a guy. We've had our situations where he has been into me but I didn't return the feelings--we simply talked it out, moved past it and kept on rockin. If I were a guy, you'd be calling our friendship a bromance. We're running buddies, drinking...

Completely off topic: I have never heard a satisfactory answer for why God requires a blood sacrifice in exchange for the time I cheated on my 5th grade spelling test. God throws you into a game you will inevitably lose, demands that you win, and feels he deserves recompense paid in blood. If...

Plenty of non-Christians understand the comprehensive message of Christianity--I don't think that most people disbelieve because Christians didn't show them enough love or left out the concept of sin. For many folks, no amount of evangelism will get them to accept the message or worldview...

A person is always to blame for their own bad behavior. In my experience, if someone is going to be rude to me, it has absolutely nothing to do with what I'm wearing and is mostly to do with me being female. I've been followed by men in cars, shouted at, whistled at, all while wearing my...

I am very much out of the loop politically, mostly due to a simple lack of research. I wonder if older generations might be more motivated because they have assets to protect, insurance to pay for their families, tangible that younger folks don't have yet. They've also got a better sense of...

It was surely more difficult in the past, what with shorter lifespans and marriages being typically arranged as political transactions between families and consummation occurring as soon as the bride reaches menses. You'd have a much fairer shake at it now if that is your goal, at least in the...

That makes sense to me, to label the hookup as "lust" and expressing love physically with a cherished partner something else entirely. But it seems to me like the religious distinction is solely on the basis of marital status. It seems to defy experience and is so un-intuitive I'm not sure I...

From the time I spent in church during my early-mid teens, there seemed to be an equal emphasis on "sex is for marriage" and "married sex is awesome." Perhaps a bit more emphasis on the former during youth meetings, as that is what was most pertinent for young folks. Song of Solomon and all...

Its a great point. Those who have experienced it know--the majority of the time, the best part about sex is the joy of the other person. I can imagine an asexual person might delight in pleasing their partner even if it isn't their own cup of tea.

Or maybe some of these self-proclaimed "nice guys" are actually narcissistic jerks who only befriend women as a ruse to date them, and they have such a sense of entitlement that they think any woman who doesn't respond to this is using them, and brands it as the "friend zone." Women don't owe...

In any other circumstance I'd probably say that I have to move on.. But for the guy I'm with (we got back together, for those that remember him), I'd have to try.

So hungry now.. so, so hungry.. My favorite is veggie fajitas, or these fantastic pork burritos I get from the restaurant up the road. Guac, queso sauce, veggies, & super tasty pork. Great, now I may opt for takeout tonight.

Some of the protesters have charged police barricades--the majority of "policy brutality" videos are in response to such actions. At least some portion of the movement is uninterested in being civil. It isn't wrong to protest without any cohesive purpose, its simply naive and won't attract the...

I checked out Occupy Cincinnati on their kickoff day--not to protest, but to observe and try to understand the message. The crowd seemed majority college age, with some older folks. Protest signs varied wildly--anything from advocating vegan diets, anti-capitalist (yes, there are some...

A friend and I with Penn Jillette ^_^

The Torah has some other gems concerning marriage: Deuteronomy 22:28-29: "If a man is caught in the act of raping a young woman who is not engaged, he must pay fifty pieces of silver to her father. Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he will never be allowed to...