tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503640.post298591441440709032..comments2023-07-20T09:09:24.580-07:00Comments on Girls, God and the Good Life: Pure and ConfidentCamy Tanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790591988777275651noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503640.post-4448815691087107082011-09-05T19:54:30.598-07:002011-09-05T19:54:30.598-07:00CCT, how awesome that God is using you in that way...CCT, how awesome that God is using you in that way! Thank you for sharing!<br /><br />Anonymous, I think it's awesome you're waiting too :) And that you are surrounded by such supportive people. Wonderful!Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503640.post-7552363423075636212011-09-05T19:52:06.912-07:002011-09-05T19:52:06.912-07:00Ack, so sorry I haven't been responding to all...Ack, so sorry I haven't been responding to all your wonderful comments!<br /><br />Anonymous #1, I'm so glad you were there for your friend. We all make mistakes. (I have always been especially prone to mistakes when boys were involved - aargh!) While I would never encourage or glorify premarital sex, of course, I also don't want to be hasty to judge those who have made that mistake. Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503640.post-1408437909042763832011-09-03T17:26:49.057-07:002011-09-03T17:26:49.057-07:00I'm not ashamed of my virginity I think that i...I'm not ashamed of my virginity I think that it's awesome that I'm waiting. I have the support of my parents to stay a virgin. Then there's the threat my best friend tells me she'll do if I do loose my virginity. In a way I feel that there are a lot of kids who say they are sexually active but I'm not on to say whether it's true or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503640.post-69564416682005847662011-08-31T20:01:05.427-07:002011-08-31T20:01:05.427-07:00I am waiting for marriage. I am homeschooled but l...I am waiting for marriage. I am homeschooled but live in a large homeschool community and I have many public schooled friends. I play volleyball with many of the middle schoolers around here. Most of them are not virgins. And they are totally okay with that! And yes do think anyone who hasn't is crazy! These girls think I am crazy for waiting and yet they come to me for advice and counsel! Counter Cultural Teenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08983248423952602784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503640.post-43765860190981444992011-08-30T15:23:50.337-07:002011-08-30T15:23:50.337-07:00Anonymous #1 here!
Thanks Stephanie,waiting to mee...Anonymous #1 here!<br />Thanks Stephanie,waiting to meet the guy I'll marry seems endless at times but I don't want to get married just to be married in I have to know it's right in my heart. Nothing worthwhile is even easy is it.<br /><br />I also have a friend, and I do consider her a friend, who has gotten herself in over head and gone farther than she intended just from getting Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503640.post-59784382070727337902011-08-30T12:59:39.499-07:002011-08-30T12:59:39.499-07:00Sierra, I really enjoyed the book. Excellent writi...Sierra, I really enjoyed the book. Excellent writing, very funny, and pretty clean too. There's nothing issue-wise that's more mature than a Sarah Dessen novel. (Haven't you and I had a conversation about Whatever Happened to Goodbye? I hope I'm not confusing you with someone else.)Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503640.post-225056579898634472011-08-30T10:53:13.252-07:002011-08-30T10:53:13.252-07:00Betsy, hello fellow freak! In high school, I didn&...Betsy, hello fellow freak! In high school, I didn't think much about my actions impacting my future kids (wasn't even convinced I wanted them) but like you, I'm glad I'll be able to tell McKenna, Connor, and any others we may have that we waited.Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503640.post-21308639647004171952011-08-29T13:39:38.321-07:002011-08-29T13:39:38.321-07:00PS - I'm one of the freaks! :) I got married ...PS - I'm one of the freaks! :) I got married at 20 and my husband was 19 and we were both virgins. We're so proud and relieved of that fact now that we're celebrating our 7th wedding anniversary and have a toddler. I can honestly tell her one day that mommy and daddy were both virgins on their wedding night and it IS possible.Betsy St. Amanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01326874709264159191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503640.post-74288514268756888932011-08-29T13:38:36.114-07:002011-08-29T13:38:36.114-07:00I'm continually shocked by the world's min...I'm continually shocked by the world's mindset on sex in general. Even Christians...it's almost like some believe that if you make the pre-marital sex mistake once, you're free and clear to keep making it. Or if you were a virgin, and get married then divorced, there's no reason to stay pure until your NEXT marriage. I'm sorry but I thought the Bible was super clear on Betsy St. Amanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01326874709264159191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503640.post-81835912696554301352011-08-29T12:30:34.533-07:002011-08-29T12:30:34.533-07:00Trinka, thank you for your feedback! I'm sure ...Trinka, thank you for your feedback! I'm sure there ARE high school girls who feel embarrassed to be virgins (maybe even the writers of those books used to be those girls) but it just seems so foreign to me.<br /><br />Anonymous-in-college, stand strong! My husband said the same thing about his high school experience - that some were, but he also thought some were just talking like they were.Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503640.post-13065960692094218542011-08-29T12:24:10.881-07:002011-08-29T12:24:10.881-07:00Anonymous (the first one) I've had friends who...Anonymous (the first one) I've had friends who have given up on the idea of waiting because they're afraid they won't find a guy who waited. (Or if they do, he'll be a pathetic freak, like your "friend" said.) Every time I've heard that, it's made my heart hurt. Because fear just seems like such a dumb reason to give in on something like that. Although I think itStephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503640.post-9436717309626909672011-08-29T10:53:30.633-07:002011-08-29T10:53:30.633-07:00I'm with you that no one seems to care. In HS,...I'm with you that no one seems to care. In HS, like Anonymous said, some seemed to be having sex and plenty others pretending, but I never paid much attention. In college it's sort of the same, but no one really seems to care either. There's always been a sort of don't ask, don't tell policy, so I'm not sure if anyone knows I'm a virgin (if they did I have no problem Firenzanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503640.post-79394032917076110982011-08-28T19:10:20.026-07:002011-08-28T19:10:20.026-07:00Well, I wouldn't say I'm ever embarassed w...Well, I wouldn't say I'm ever embarassed when people find out I'm a virgin, but it *does* make things a little awkward. The other person usually just stands there with a dumbfounded look and says, "Oh....." :-P<br /><br />I do have a friend, though, whose entire college class actually laughed at her when one student asked about her purity ring.Sapphirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295637356951119285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503640.post-35568836044484645952011-08-28T13:47:10.032-07:002011-08-28T13:47:10.032-07:00Well I'm in college now but in high school the...Well I'm in college now but in high school there seemed to be a lot of kids who were sexually active, and a lot who just said they were. I would say that in high school I was never teased or put on the spot for my beliefs. but in college now, sometimes people kind of poke fun at it or things. But I stand firm in my beliefs so I wouldn't say that I feel insecure about it. <br /><br />I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503640.post-62861061155813771612011-08-28T13:33:57.888-07:002011-08-28T13:33:57.888-07:00I'm actually home schooled in a christian home...I'm actually home schooled in a christian home, so I can't help you there. :) But, yes I have always found it odd when, in some ya books the min character feels embarassed by being a virgin. I hope to never go to an actual high school, and I have been wondering if some girls actually feel that way, or if it's just something the put in the book. Wow, this comment is getting too long, ITrinkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05017986291337943280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503640.post-1942844542860219452011-08-28T12:03:34.134-07:002011-08-28T12:03:34.134-07:00In a word "yes" something has changed in...In a word "yes" something has changed in just the past couple of years I think. I'm in my 20s, a virgin, and I want to wait till I'm married. It's only been more recent that I've started to feel like there may be anything uncommon or that I may feel weird about it. I still want to stick to my guns though.<br /><br />Growing up my parents sent me to a small Christian Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com