I don't. I'm on the pill and the only person that I'm with is clean and I've been with him for over a year now, minus 6 weeks.
Cos, as Chuck Berry once sang "You never can tell" (when one is required) - I suppose it's the Scout in me
I like how there are threads like this, encouraging people to have sex the first time they meet, and then there are other threads condemning women as sluts because in their boyfriends' opinions, they've had too many partners. Ridiculous.
I've only had sex with two people, one I was in a relationship for 3 years with and another I was with for about a year, broke up, and now am getting back together with. Sex has way too many requirements for me and it takes someone special to fill them
...I wasn't referring to you. My point was kind of that women, no matter how many people they sleep with, never deserve to be called sluts. There are obviously people out there (like the others who posted in this thread) who think there's nothing wrong with having a good time, as long as it's done safely.
sluts, no, but it's irritating when the conversations gets directed to a woman promiscuity and she gets offended because she slept with 18 guys by the time shes 19 and doesn't think that's being a bit loose
...so you're calling them sluts, in fewer words. That's so unfair. Just because YOU'VE been able to find long term relationships with nice guys, you think it's possible for everyone.
No, I don't think it's possible, and ending a long term relationship hurts worse than short term relationships, and my first relationship was no with a nice guy, it was with a coke-head in high school who called me fat and beat me for eating and I ended up anorexic in an attempt to please him. The term 'slut' has a totally different connotation than promiscuous does. Nothing unfair about it, a woman chooses who she has sex with, regardless of relationship status. If I so chose to, I could have sex with strangers (assuming they also wanted to have sex with me) but I choose not to. I'm not saying that being promiscuous is bad, if that's what you want to do, then go for it, and do what feels good within reason. I never said anyone was a slut, but you are promiscuous should you be 17 years old and been with19 guys and you don't even know the names of some of them. Thank you though, for assuming that people who are free loving are sluts and for assuming that everyone who is in a long-term relationship is living a fairy tale love story.
....not to derail the conversation, but he beat you for eating? Jesus. I don't know the guy but I want to hit him in his face. Then I want to eat an entire chocolate cake in front of him. back to the subject at hand. Its all fine and dandy when women have sex with a lot of people because they get a lot of pleasure from it and it makes them happy. I would be willing to bet the majority of women sleep around for other reasons.
When people talk about "promiscuity," they're basically saying "slut" in more polite words. I don't think that anyone is promiscuous, I think that some people have spent more time in relationships and therefore did not have as much time to experiment with different partners. Simple as that. I'm sorry I made assumptions about you. But I still believe in the point I was trying to make, which is the following: In the context of this argument, a boyfriend is a shelter from accusations of promiscuity. It's unfair to judge a woman who likes to have sex just because she wasn't able to find a long-term partner. I never said anything about the hurt that a breakup causes, where did that come from? Also, what do you mean by "within reason"? Tell me exactly where the line lies between reasonable and unreasonable.
Yeah, when I met him he was super nice and stuff, then after a while he just got kind of fucked up and ended up with the wrong crowd. Not like he beat me till I was black and blue, but I had a teenage obsession with him and did what I could to please him, and what's even more fucked up is that HE left me, and I was completely devastated for years. Definitely learned from that mistake. And yeah if you want to sleep around then go for it, but all I'm trying to say is that promiscuous is still a word lol. I guess as long as you're not sleeping around on purpose to spread aids or some shit, which I'm pretty sure you can go to jail for anyways
Maybe that's how you interpret it, but I and others may interpret if differently. What other people do sexually really isn't any of my business and I have never commented on someones sex life, but if I want to tell you you're a slut, I'm not gonna beat around the bush. I'm just gonna tell that you're a slut. I didn't judge anyone for not having a long-term partner. I'm saying that it is simply something I do and believe it or not, I do realize that people are different. You're reading the context of my side of the argument incorrectly and that's unfortunate. By 'within reason', I mean, if you wanna sleep with 20 guys this weekend, then go for it. But, it's not 'within reason' if your pussy is taking numbers from unprotected men you don't know about behind the 7-11 on south street.
That's all fine and good, except the purple part. You never answered my question. Obviously sleeping with 20 guys in one weekend or getting down behind the 7-11 is unreasonable. But where does the line lie? Is it a specific number, with relation to age? Is it the speed with which she accepts a guy into her bed? What is your criteria here?