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Okay no one is going to want to watch the show if they don't make it look absolutely absurd. But abstinence comes in lots of different forms now, for lots of different reasons, and while I don't think it should be because a person feels like God will damn them if they don't remain abstinent, I don't see it as a bad thing entirely.
I was raised southern baptist and have/had plenty of friends who were "waiting" (the number has dwindled over the years lol) and there seemed to be three kinds of people among that group: (1) the kind that was really serious about it, whether for deeply personal reasons or religious mandates, and are still going strong with healthy relationships with understanding or like-minded people; (2) the kind that wasn't serious about it and has fallen away from that belief, and; (3) the kind that was "serious" about it (but had zero common sense) and it was their ultimate goal in any relationship to: get the ring, get married, make love and lots of babies ASAP.
The third category seems to be the minority, but why would TLC or anyone make a show about the rule? No one wants to see the rule, just the crazy, insane, absurd exceptions. I'm not happy with even more negative light to be cast on people who chose to remain abstinent... I know they aren't all crazy.
I DO have ONE friend who won't kiss until her wedding. She's 21 and engaged, to her first long-term boyfriend, but to her defense they have been dating for like 3 years. I still think it's weird and so do most of our mutual church friends, many of whom are very pro-abstinence... I just can't seem to wrap my head around why you can't kiss someone. I get the logic behind abstaining from sex, but kissing? (shrug) To each his own.
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