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I'm struggling with self pleasure (sounds better). I was clean for 4 years. Since I stopped with my fetish, which aroused me, I find myself doing it again. I wish I felt guilty doing it, but I don't really. I do it for the feeling and very rarely have lustful thoughts. I've read other posts on other threads on this site and I get mixed feelings about the subject. I myself don't plan on ever getting married. I struggle in other areas and am very sexually messed up, not to say that God can't heal me from this. I just don't want to mess up someone's life up, and stay away from any relationship. My friends say that I should keep those feelings for my future wife, but if I don't plan on getting married is it still wrong that I do it?
 
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I think for me that if I were in a situation where I had no slept with any or many people, I would try and keep it that way.

I find that the idea of having sex with lots of people is very appealing but it stops you having long term relationships because there's always another person you would like to be with, or are thinking about.

I remember talking to a girl on webcam a few years ago who quite happily said she had slept with at least 100 men, when I asked if she got bored she just said know she loves it. I wonder how many long term partners she could tell you she had, my guess it's very few.

There's something very comforting to be with 1 partner, especially if you find the right one.
 
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