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4. There certainly is no point in GETTING MARRIED until you have

Reply to Sheldon Cooper (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 25, 2013, 03:41 PM

Jan 2013

Otherwise, why not just go for an old fashioned arranged marriage?

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Virginity is a flaw, not a virtue. Discuss. [View all] Taverner Jan 2013 OP

My fiancee did consular work for a while. You'd be amazed how frequent this is Recursion Jan 2013 #1

Yes, because there is no point in doing anything until you've had sex. Sheldon Cooper Jan 2013 #2

There certainly is no point in GETTING MARRIED until you have Taverner Jan 2013 #4

I know couples who got married without sex. Sheldon Cooper Jan 2013 #5

Goody goody for them. They aren't the norm, Taverner Jan 2013 #8

So what. Sheldon Cooper Jan 2013 #16

No - but, the world does revolve around Taverner and his morals/ethics. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #24

Go back under that rock Taverner Jan 2013 #27

... you keep showing us your true ones. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #30

Which are balls of brass, steel and clay! Taverner Jan 2013 #33

lol Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #45

And so do you.... Taverner Jan 2013 #36

Actually, it does Taverner Jan 2013 #26

*yawn* Sheldon Cooper Jan 2013 #28

"Savage" - what is a "Savage"? Taverner Jan 2013 #29

"Humpin' and pumpin' is not Sheldon's strong suit." SecularMotion Jan 2013 #46

I would argue that it should. Chan790 Jan 2013 #31

do you consider gang rape to be sex? are you -at all- selective in this type of sex that you are Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #42

I'm going to summarize my opinions as "consent is awesome" Chan790 Jan 2013 #47

One begins at the age one wants to ... Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #49

No. n/t Chan790 Jan 2013 #50

I agree with you, Taverner. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #3

it's not my place to judge what someone else does with their body fizzgig Jan 2013 #6

+1 Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #43

At 18 it was a burden hack89 Jan 2013 #7

Virginity is not a flaw, it's a choice. dawg Jan 2013 #9

No but to potential suitors, it should be viewed as a flaw Taverner Jan 2013 #10

If everyone felt that way, the human race would have died out years ago. dawg Jan 2013 #11

You're so deep pintobean Jan 2013 #13

Wow ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2013 #19

I never had a problem with dating virgins... Chan790 Jan 2013 #32

Thank you. Perhaps if 840high Jan 2013 #37

That's the advice I gave my children. Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #12

Camping, travelling and sex flying rabbit Jan 2013 #14

Add the first thing and the third... Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #22

I once read that... pipi_k Jan 2013 #23

while i agree that virginity is not a value, i dont think its a flaw either La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2013 #15

How many of the people who don't move in together prior to marriage.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2013 #21

i think they controlled for religiousity, but i could be wrong La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2013 #34

Those numbers were from flawed studies Taverner Jan 2013 #25

nope the study i am thinking about is not a think tank study La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2013 #35

I have a family 840high Jan 2013 #39

I disagree. It is neither. Moondog Jan 2013 #17

thread winner. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #51

I do believe people should live together before marriage ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2013 #18

What kind of virginity????? Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #20

It's neither Tobin S. Jan 2013 #38

You, Taverner, are a piece of work. nolabear Jan 2013 #40

I'd say it isn't inherently either fishwax Jan 2013 #41

Is virginity the original sin? Ptah Jan 2013 #44

If you do a deconstructionist analysis of the Judeo-Christian mythology... Chan790 Jan 2013 #48