Are we allowing ourselves to be robbed?

[JPPT1974]

Jesus also was a virgin as well. I am a hetrosexual female and never really had a boyfriend at all and only dated a man just once, yep that is right ladiesm once but that was nine years ago and love my independence and cherish my privacy.

 

[HoosierCanuck]

I've been divorced ten years and can count on one hand the number of dates I've been on and I have to say that every single one of them was with men I met via the Internet. So...if it weren't for the WWW I would not have had one single date in 10 years. Kinda sad really. Dating's not really a priority for me though and and the thought of marriage again scares the **** out of me. I've lived on my own and done my own thing so long that I don't think I could live with someone again anyway. I only allow myself to be robbed when I let others' comments about my being single get me down. Otherwise I try my best to live life as full as I am physically and financially able.

 

[JPPT1974]

Just as long as I am single but am a virgin and believe in abstance and don't get involved with the wrong crowd and keep a cool and humble head, then people will be just fine.

 

[nooby]

I have had a few problems connecting to the internet. Hopefully they are gone.

I have read all the posts.

Bless you all, I so want to encourage you!

Perhaps its time to 'come out of the closet' and tell people who question our sexuality that this is very wrong and for many single people intensely painful.

How can we tell our family, relatives and friends (etc) in a way which is constructive but very firm?

 

[nooby]

I work in a safe home for young women who are or have been involved in prostitution (technically we take boys too but that is very rare). The Alberta government has a program called PCHIP (protection for children involved in prostitution) where the police are allowed to apprehend a kid and place her in a safe place against her wishes, so that she is hopefully rescued from a bad situation. It's a good thing in theory but the kids tend to run away as soon as they get to our house. We have better luck with those who are a little older (18-20) because they have more of a desire to actually get better and so are more willing to be helped. We give them a safe place to live, 24 hour staff, and any resources and support that we can to help them overcome their addictions (the toughest part) and other issues. It's a wonderful job but also heartwrenching. Their addictions are what bring them down again and again, and are the toughest thing to overcome. But our model is based on "harm reduction", so if we even keep a girl for a few days or a few weeks, that is a few days when she is not on the streets, and the hope is that next time she will stay a little longer (which usually works).

I love, love, love, love my job!



(even though it regularly makes me cry)

Thank you for this klewlis.