juliaoceania
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Joined: 4/19/2006 From: Somewhere Over the Rainbow Status: offline
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fast reply I am reminded of an episode of Roseanne where her sister Jackie is on a date with a man that she hopes to become seriously involved with. The subject of sexual history comes up at dinner, and her date has had only a handful of sexual partners. On the other hand when asked to quantify how many she "has had" she starts doing the math... I am paraphrasing her response... "well I am 40, and I have averaged about 2 partners a year, and in my early 20s I had more, because of 'sex love and rock and roll', I guess around 60 give or take a few?" Her date is appalled at this number and freaks out over it. You know, I laughed at that episode because whilst I have no where near that number personally, I understand the reply... I haven't lived with a man in 18 years because I was a dedicated single mom with a life. I still am. I have had a handful of what I consider serious relationships lasting multiple years. I have been a serial monogamist, and I still am. But to compare my number of sexual partners with someone married right out of high school would be patently silly. I only care if my partner is STD free. I think it is valid to get squicked about disease risks, and lord knows growing up in the age of death by sex, I have been very cautious about that. To me asserting that someone is less than faithful because they have had a few more sexual partners than the norm is just an emotionally retarded view of the world, especially for someone over the age of 40 to assert something like that. I maybe a whore, but a liar and a cheater I am not
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