Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/28/84; site lll-crg.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!qantel!intelca!hplabs!hao!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!lll-crg!muffy 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 Lines: 27 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