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From: muffy@lll-crg.ARPA (Muffy Barkocy)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Chastity, parents, etc...
Message-ID: <330@lll-crg.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 11:47:19 EST
Article-I.D.: lll-crg.330
Posted: Fri Dec  7 11:47:19 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 15-Dec-84 00:11:34 EST
Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, CRG group
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Hmm...my mother was on a trip the first time I had sex with anyone,
but it was in her house, since I was living there.  She figured it
all out at a glance and a question, and all she did was ask if I
had been sure to use some sort of birth control.  This is still her
attitude.  I suppose my situation may be a little different, though,
since it isn't "parents," it's "parent."  She's not one to forbid
me to do anything she does, and she obviously *has*, or how did *I*
get here?  Anyway, she often disapproves of people (just friends of
mine that wander home with me at odd hours) and asks in a shocked
voice, "you're not sleeping with *him*, are you?"  *laugh*...she
credits me with a lot of activity, much more than is actual.

As for chastity, and the benefits or lack of same thereof.  I can't
claim to have much experience (no matter *what* my mother sometimes
thinks), but the only time I've found that it's *definitely* desir-
able is in a situation where you're interested in sex for the 
^^wrong^^ reasons.  A major one is loneliness, when the prospective
partner is just someone who is *there*, not someone you really have
any caring for.  I don't think there are any great benefits to be
gained, unless you want practice to quit something else, like smo-
king (which I wish more people would).


(Ever tried to keep your cat from typing the rest of the entry
for you?)
		   Muffy