Authorities in the state of Washington say an Oklahoma man may have infected up to 170 people with HIV.There are a ton of reasons why it's wise to be celibate outside the bounds of marriage, and this story illustrates two: there are plenty of people out there who will intentionally try to hurt you, and you can't tell who they are.Anthony Whitfield is charged with 12 counts of sexual assault in addition to charges of witness tampering and violating no-contact orders. He pleaded not guilty to all of the charges. ...
A woman who had a relationship with Whitfield when he lived in Washington said he often talked his way into the lives of women who would give him sex, money and affection.
"There was just something about him ... that he had the ability to make you feel that you were really special and beautiful, and you were the only woman in the world to him," she said.
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there are plenty of people out there who will intentionally try to hurt you, and you can't tell who they are.
This can and does happen even if you are celibate outside the bounds of marriage.
J: Do you mean other than sexual predators? Or just in general, people will try to hurt you? Are you arguing that a general rule of celibacy doesn't offer more protection than just "being careful"?
Uh... I mustered up the courage and when I was 20 I asked thw woman who became my wife to marry me. That was 21 years ago. Likelihood of my getting HIV is hardly measurable.
Without judging, premarital sex and spending even a month in the "singles scene" is playing Russian roulette emotionally AND physically. Most premarital sex involves a willing female confusing a fling with actual intimacy.
If women attacked and researched their unique gift to choose a mate like some do with the annual Consumer Reports auto report, they'd want to pick the best guys off the tree as early as possible. The leftovers are rightly seen as such.
Cupid and romance are stupid and irrational. Approaching marriage like trying to select a business partner to start a business intended to last for 70 years would result in a lot more happiness.
Relationship test drives don't help. If you haven't met a potential partner's friends and family and clergyman, you're an idiot for sharing a bed.
I'm the father of daughters ages 16, 14, 12 and 10 and sons ages 6 and 1. Over my dead body would I allow any of them to live in a college dorm or date (or subscribe to MTV, watch "Friends") before they decide they're old enough to marry and are only going to date researched partners that have potential and already are known to share similar values and goals.
M: The first and second. Mostly, I'm feeling maudlin today.
A: Unfortunately, there aren't many girls like your daughters.
J: There's no way to be perfectly safe, but I doubt you're encouraging your daughters to go have sex with people. And yes, I've actually had the parents of some kids I've worked with tell their kids that. It has never ended well.
Aaron,
I think what you are trying with your children is respectable but if you don't allow them to date at all, aren't you worried at least one of will rebel and go 180 degrees in the opposite direction? I was raised in a Christian home. At age 16, I was allowed to date. I didn't choose boyfriends based on whether they would be good choices for a life-long partner. However, out of respect for myself and the values my parents had raised me with, I didn't do anything more than kiss any of them either. When I went to college, it was a slightly different story but I'm still with the only person I have ever slept with.
You've met me and my daughter. I barely let her sit at the other end of the table. I'm still hearing about you and the ice. (Let the reader wonder).