I Took a Purity Pledge

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Posted Oct 11th 2009 12:00AM

by Beth Brennan, for

I "came out" when I was 18 years old.

Except that I'm straight. If I had come out as a lesbian, most people would have reacted normally to that ... which is not at all what happened when I came out a confirmed virgin.

When I tell most people that I took a purity pledge, they usually say the same things: "Are you serious?" or, "You'll never make it," and, "People just weren't meant to do that." But here I am more than two years later, still living a "pure" life. I'm not a hardcore Christian like the Duggar girls. I'm not super-prim and I don't wear long skirts. I believe in the principles behind remaining "pure," and the reasons that I follow are my own.

Check Out Her Reasons for Taking the Purity Pledge >>

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starbuck

Oct 11th 2009 @ 7:17PM report

Sounds pretty inmature to me. Only someone who has never had sex would believe it stops the rest of your life. A purity pledge is like prostitution. I'll trade sex for whatever it is you will promise me. Not a strait cash deal but still a deal. Hardly a relationship built on broad based respect. Sex becomes an overbearing obligation in a purity pledge. Such an outsized obsession with sex will lead to bad decisions.

Jane Doe

Oct 26th 2009 @ 1:30PM report

Starbucks not because you are already a mess it does not mean you need to drag down other people. There is so much down side to premarital sex. You should already know them but let me remind you. Unwanted pregnancy which also leads to a lot of abandon children in foster care or abortions, S.T.D's, a broken heart which by the way cannot be prevented by a condom which is also not even 90% effective in preventing S.T.D's. Whether you believe in God or not a spirit, soul, & body that is on it's way to hell.

Premarital sex also prevents a relationship from growing to full potential. The guy may not respect the girl or girl do not trust the guy. Premarital sex is also based on selfishness. There is no world of possibilities. That's what devil wants you to believe and then you are caught in a trap. Sex outside of marriage is a sin.

Starbucks you don't know what you are talking about. I have seen enough failed relationships to know that.

Jane Doe

Oct 30th 2009 @ 11:09PM report

look below for this response.

Jane Doe

Oct 11th 2009 @ 10:30PM report

Purity Pledge? That does not sound like such a bad idea do whatever it takes to stay pure in a healthy balanced way. Don't listen to people who are a mess. Remember misery loves company or bad company corrupts good character. I have heard a lot of stories about people who gave up their virginity and later regretted it. Besides if you wait you will have less baggage to bring into the relationship.

Nowadays I am hearing a lot of people both men and women say that they don't want someone with a lot of baggage and they are the same ones with the baggage. Honestly this is what I believe If a woman or man choose to keep their virginity it won't scare away the right person.
If you are a girl and your virginity scares a guy away, right there and then you should know he does not love you and he is not Mr. Right. I honestly don't believe you will scare a real man away. If a girl or guy is a virgin I think it would be easier to be with someone who is a virgin in the sense that you want someone who shares your morals and values. Unless the person who you are with (not a virgin) is really willing to wait and not getting it (sex) else where.

I honestly believe good men do exist.

Sex is not just a physical act, it is also emotional and spiritual.

starbuck

Oct 11th 2009 @ 11:12PM report

Jane, now days you hear a lot of people say they don't want extra baggage? A purity pledge is just not normal. Ask an Altar boy. That thing must be like dragging an anchor with you on dates. Cut the chain and step into a world full of possibilities.

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