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Subject: What is the purpose of dating before you turn 18?

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Affection.

The only reason anyone dates anyone, essentially.

  • 01.03.2013 10:26 PM PDT

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Posted by: StorySan

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Just because you're dating doesn't mean you're having sex.


Also, this. Sex can highly complicate things. A bunch of my friends are abstinent in their relationships to keep things simpler.


exactly, sex makes things worse, better to wait and just stick with one person, I guarantee you will be happier.


In some cases, yes. But it seems to me that you're associating most relationships with sex.

  • 01.03.2013 10:27 PM PDT


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Posted by: StorySan
by going through heartbreak and feeling like no one loves you? no thanks. You can become great friends with people without dating them.
Doesn't heartbreak only make you stronger? Since about 40% of marriages end in divorce, it's good to be prepared for that as well.


Be the 60% then.

Heartbreak did not make me stronger.
All wounds heal. Except death. But that's aside the point.

Also, is there some sort of a guarantee that a certain person will be in the 60%? Most don't actually want to break their own hearts, they have no choice. It's best to be prepared for and expect the worst.


best to love the other person and take the chance that your bond will be broken by something other than death? no thanks. Wouldnt you want to be certain that you would be with the person you marry for the rest of your life?
"I meant all wounds heal" (with time) as in that you will begin to become stronger over time after your heartbreak. Death is an exception from healing, for obvious reasons, unless we want to talk about cryonics. I digress again.

And yes, when I am married, I want to be sure that I will not have to divorce, and I want to be certain in it. Will I be certain, though? No, nothing is certain.

  • 01.03.2013 10:27 PM PDT

Experience and enjoyment. You may also marry the person.

Also if you don't date before 18, most likely you won't be getting girls for a while unless you change yourself

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  • 01.03.2013 10:30 PM PDT

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  • 01.03.2013 10:30 PM PDT

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Posted by: StorySan
1. I think that they are very awesome people, when I get old, as in 40 years old, I want good friends who are wise, and the people I have now, (who are abstinent) will certainly be wise and happy at age 40. They arent boring now, and I dont think they will be boring in 20-30 years.
3. Yes it does, Experience it for the first time with the person I will spend the rest of my life with will be amazing!
4. Both ways, I choose being taught by others and waiting for my brain to develop fully.

You probably won't keep your friends from high school.

The first time is always awkward no matter what and you'll probably want to forget it, and virginity isn't really that big of a deal unless you make it one.

Your argument of waiting until the brain is fully developed to even start dating doesn't make any sense at all to me. By that logic you should wait to start school until you're 23

  • 01.03.2013 10:30 PM PDT

So you can learn from your mistakes. I don't see any sense in learning from your mistakes when you are 18 and everyone is already adept at dating.

  • 01.03.2013 10:31 PM PDT
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Posted by: oaklandp8ntbalr
Dating =/= sex 24/7

  • 01.03.2013 10:31 PM PDT

Don't worry, you're still your mom's favorite Bnet member.

My father and mother started dating when they were 15 and 13, respectively.

  • 01.03.2013 10:32 PM PDT


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I'm ok with being best friends with girls, but I think that you shouldnt be making out and sleeping with people until after you are able to actually pay for a gf/bf


There is a term for dating a partner you pay for.


please elaborate on this term my good sir.


You know what it is!

It is important to experience a large variety of relationships when you are still young and can blame inexperience. By the time you get to 18, I think most people will assume you have dated before.


I would rather have a clean record when I get to college, that way, when I get married to someone, I can say that everything is new.

True, you do in fact need experience when it comes to friendships and communication skills if that's what you mean.
New, does not always mean good.

  • 01.03.2013 10:34 PM PDT

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  • 01.03.2013 10:36 PM PDT

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orgasms, intimacy, and just plain old fun

This.

But they most likely aren't worthwhile.

  • 01.03.2013 10:37 PM PDT
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Posted by: petitminou
orgasms, intimacy, and just plain old fun

This.

But they most likely aren't worthwhile.


eh, but at least you have someone to hang out with

someone who has boobs

  • 01.03.2013 10:38 PM PDT

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Posted by: DIGITAL SK1z1lz
New, does not always mean good.

In fact, new usually means awkward and difficult for both people.

  • 01.03.2013 10:38 PM PDT


Posted by: StorySan
I should also mention that I am one of those weird people that believe in abstinence.

Good for you OP. Seriously. I am the same way.

I do agree that a relationship typically won't be too serious before that age but some people do make it work. My parents met when my mom was barely 17 and they've been together almost 30 years now. To each their own I suppose!

  • 01.03.2013 10:40 PM PDT

If we disagree, it's nothing personal, opinions are opinions.
Antagonizing me to build a false sense of worth is so damn cute.

Brighten your day with science.

Posted by: StorySan
I should also mention that I am one of those weird people that believe in abstinence.

What do you mean by "believe in"?

  • 01.03.2013 10:41 PM PDT

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Posted by: StorySan

1. there is a select group of people that make the point to not sleep with other people until marriage.

I hear some people whip themselves if they have a sinful thought too, and I'm fine with that.

Don't be too quick to place rules and restrictions upon yourself... Only a sith-lord thinks in absolutes.

  • 01.03.2013 10:44 PM PDT

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Dont really understand how not having experience can mess you up the first time...i thought all you have to do is just talk? or am i wrong about something here?

  • 01.03.2013 10:58 PM PDT
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Sex. When you are a decently controlling teen boy, and she is a young teen girl, its free range man.

  • 01.03.2013 10:59 PM PDT

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Lolabstinence

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Lolabstinence

  • 01.03.2013 11:20 PM PDT

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Posted by: StorySan
you are able to actually pay for a gf/bf


Like a prostitute then?

  • 01.03.2013 11:23 PM PDT
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I've been in a long lasting relationship and committed relationship and i'm not 18

  • 01.03.2013 11:23 PM PDT

'Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ, Υἱὲ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐλέησόν με τὸν ἁμαρτωλόν.'

Probably none to be honest. Teenagers in this day and age are stupid. Put two of them together and it will be a hormone, acne-filled mess.

Posted by: BOBoMAUL
Lolabstinence


lolwhoredom

[Edited on 01.03.2013 11:40 PM PST]

  • 01.03.2013 11:38 PM PDT